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0:00 - Chapters cuz uncle MJ cares about your time
0:48 - Past experiences
2:14 - The One Thing
3:50 - Lean dosing explained
6:17 - Benefits of lean dosing
7:50 - Should you try lean dosing?

[stevewarlow]

Great video. I used to get problems with BBA and green algae. I have been using this method for the past 2 months and now have a tank completely clear of algae and full of vibrant plants. It works!! 👍

[SA-hkxj]

Ever since I used organic dirt in my substrate, I eliminated 99% of any algae. Never dose or add anything into the water. I use this on a high tech tank with co2 and a low tech nano with no co2. Both are algae free and I do a 30% water change every four weeks or so. Old guy many years ago…before planted tanks were the rage, told me plants take most of their nutrients through their roots. I never dosed the water, but used fertilizer tabs in the substrate for years, until I switched to dirt in the substrate, and now it’s even easier for me to maintain. Just look up “dirted tanks” and you will see others results. Good luck 👍

[markusjentesart]

I had GDA, GSA and BBA in my 5 gallon tank during the first month of setup. The GDA was all over the place and returned quite often. I started adding more plants (including floating plants) to help eat any excess nutrients. The floating plants helped a lot in lowering my light output in the tank. Maintenance-wise, I kept up the usual water changes (50% 2x a week) and started leaning out my dosage of ferts (also 2x a week right after each water change). Lighting periods are down to 4 days a week for 6 hours each time. On the days my tank LED light is not on, ambient room lighting is provided. Over the course of about 1.5 months, the results have been quite positive. None of the algae types I mentioned have returned, or have come back enough to be noticeable at all. I can say for now, this is how it's working out for me.

Thanks for all your awesome videos!

[IntegrityDistribution]

Careful w/ Micro’s around shrimp (especially copper). Also, in my experience in lawn care and listening to some of the most knowledgable fertilizer specialists, plants rarely need micros in turf and most products are marketing with almost no demonstrated benefit in many of the chemical forms.

I’m not confident that translates to the aquarium hobby as a newbie, but, for what it’s worth In turf the NPK ratio is around 8-1-4 that the green leaves will actually use in tissue testing from clippings. Quality frozen fish foods have little phosphorus and likely roughly zero potassium.

I make my own fertilizer for the fish tank from urea, monoamonium phosphate, and sulphate of potash and do it at about a 4-1-4 ratio NPK by weight (urea is 46% nitrogen, MAP is about 61% phosphorus, and potassium sulphate/SOP is about 53% potassium by weight).

Annual N for my lightly planted tank in the water column might only be about a gram of urea per year… I estimate annual needs based on turf knowledge and premix a bottle. Still learning. I have a Siamese algea eater, so no green algae in the tank at all (I have to turn the lights up to try to get algae), and some brown algae during cycling that brushed right off.

Newbie, but I’m optimistic that my fairly competent knowledge of fertilizer might translate to the aquarium… for now, 4:1:4 ratio… overall, trying to apply little and use tabs for stems.

[ronaldthered]

You might also try dimming down your lights! A lot of our LEDs emit way more light than is necessary, especially for smaller or shallower tanks.

[prometheusRise]

Another great detailed video grounded in useful knowledge rather than popular opinion. I love the thought gone into your work. And thanks for debunking that iron myth for red plants! You're the first YouTuber so far I've seen mention that.

[sebastiangallor]

Good video as always... i would like to see that video for the red plants

[sergeiz.]

I'm beginner, excellent info. My 20 gallon has no algae problem yet :) I do use live plants planted from bulbs or seed. My Gourami like to nibble at the plants. I need to learn the names of plants. I'm enjoying the hobby. Thanks 👍😊

[edeuter]

am using HS aqua macro and micro, also seachem flourish excel for my 72lt tank. i battle algae from the start of my journey to the aquascaping (about 3 years), Oh boy i got all time of algae so far! i rescape my tank clean it so many time especially one was a nightmare -i had hair green algae almost in every inch of my tank-. I used aqua soil with no success found it to be create soil but not for me. i throw it away replaced it with fluorite and start over. i also change my light fixture to chihiros. you see the only place i can have my aquarium is a room with many many windows. i follow your advice about fertilizers cut the dosage to half and also make some adjustments to my light cause i get lots of natural light from the windows thank God not direct but still plenty of it. I want to tell u that your advice worked. I still have some algae spots in some places of the tank but am still adjusting and experimenting. i consider the tabs but i don't know how to use them. how do i know if i need to skip liquid fertilizers without stress my plants. i have 15 species inside. except one all are stem plants. some growing very well other are not . Overroll your advises always helped me and i thank u for than

[HeyItsJA]

I saw "Chapters cuz uncle MJ cares about your time" on another video of yours which is why I subscribed. I still watched the full video because it's full of useful information (I want to try lean dosing with my new tank) and to help boost it in the algorithm, but thank you for being considerate. Keep up the good work!

[Knight]

Great advice here and yes I would like the video on how to get plants red, I have ludwigia palustrus that I got red thru and thru and now it's only green.

[roberttaylor]

I do not add any fertilizer to the tank. I have a sand substrate but it was an established tank when I added the plants, most of which I grew from bulbs. The fish waste seems to be enough to grow healthy plants. My plants have done great thus far. As to algae, I added 2 snails and within a week or so they were controlling the algae and I had no more algae bloom issues. I opted to not add an anti-algae agent as I did not want to take the chance with my plant health. I think snails have gotten a bad wrap for whatever reason but in my case they have been amazing. I call them our little vacuum cleaners.

[SlickNick]

Great tips Mark! I too have been using this method most of my plants are algae free in low tech setups and I no longer dose excel which I’m happy about and things look better then ever! Love your videos!

[josezambrana]

Thanks to your videos I learned a lot in a short time. Your explanation is very clear, without secrets and eager to help the aquarist. I spent months watching ADA and Green Aqua videos, but I could not find the solution to my algae problems, they think about it a lot and end up confusing. Instead, you are direct. Thank you very much keep going.

[Ownuout]

SAEs destroy BBA, Hair Aglae and Red Algae. That said you can still does with liquid fertilizer if you add plants the pull more nutrients from the water (Anacharis, Hornwort, Cobomga, etc.) column although, those plants aren't really Aquascaping popular.

[alfaivre]

You've got really elegant, beautiful tanks. I'm getting ready to try my first tank and your videos have been great for learning. Thank you for making them

[KentAJDK]

Thanks for your video. Very interesting. And yes please make a video on growing red plants 😃

[rreyes]

One important thing you haven’t mentioned is the heater. I struggled for some time with algae. One day I decided to lower the heater down two degrees (or to room temp) and all my algae disappeared!!! And my betta doesn’t seem to mind the colder water. Secondly, direction of water flow. I noticed algae grow when the plants where in front of the outflow Lilly pipe. Moved it to the front and algae gone. I’m even considering taking out the heater and just keeping it at room temp. Unless it gets extremely cold in you area then keep it. Just something to consider.

[liferemastered]

you should do a video feeding your tank... with some soothing videos of the tank... watching fish and shrimps eat sometimes can be very relaxing....

[FernandoSanchez-hczw]

Yes, please.
It would be great a video about red plants care.