My Honest Review of 10 "Beginner" Aquarium Plants @GirlTalksFish

Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago

I dreamed of having a beautiful planted aquarium like everyone else on Instagram, but alas, I have a black thumb and kept killing plants. In my desperation, I decided to try every “beginner” plant that is supposedly bulletproof and find out which ones are worth it!

🛒 MATERIALS I USED
(I work for Aquarium Co-Op but do not receive commissions from their links.)
▶ Live aquarium plants: aquariumcoop.com/collections/live-plants
▶ Easy Green all-in-one fertilizer: aquariumcoop.com/products/easy-green-all-in-one-fertilizer
▶ Easy Root Tabs (fertilizer for the substrate): aquariumcoop.com/products/easy-root-tabs

🐟 EXTRAS
▶ Members Only content: youtube.com/channel/UCNoNEF64ijgxK6OSTwdHOFA/join
▶ Instagram: instagram.com/girltalksfish
▶ Merch store: girltalksfish.creator-spring.com

🌿 EDITOR: Matt Gray at grayfamilyfilms.com and instagram.com/mentalityfilms

ATTRIBUTION
Music from Epidemic Sound: epidemicsound.com/referral/2earpi (if you use my referral link, I get 1 month free 😀)
Blue male guppy in fish tank.jpg by Sbane5001 from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_male_guppy_in_fish_tank.jpg
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#girltalksfish #plantedtank #plantedaquarium

0:00 Are these "beginner plants" actually easy?
0:22 Plant #1
1:24 Plant #2
1:57 Plant #3
2:34 Plant #4
3:19 Plant #5
4:02 Plant #6
4:47 Plant #7
5:31 Plant #8
6:02 Plant #9
7:00 Plant #10

My Honest Review of 10 Beginner Aquarium Plants

$I Kept Pet Mudskippers for 1 Year… Was it worth it? Ever since I saw Zenzo from @tazawatanks talk about his Indian dwarf mudskippers (Periophthalmus novemradiatus), I’ve been absolutely obsessed. I LOVE oddball fish because they’re so weird and unique, but they often come with specialized care requirements and I’m still in my “lazy fishkeeper” phase right now. So, after 1+ years of keeping them, I’m going to lay it all out there — how difficult is it really to keep a brackish tank, are they super easy or really high maintenance, and am I still going to keep them? 🐟 MATERIALS I USED (As an Amazon Associate, I may earn commissions from the links below.) ▶ 20-gallon long aquarium: https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/aqueon-standard-glass-aquarium-tank-20-gallon ▶ Aquarium lid: https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/aqueon-versa-top-hinged-glass-aquarium-top-30-l ▶ Aragonite sand: https://amzn.to/4eHkSX0 ▶ Marine salt: https://amzn.to/3BIMzjC ▶ Refractometer: https://amzn.to/3zMt0q9 ▶ Refractometer calibration fluid: https://amzn.to/4043oQ7 ▶ Easy Flow Sponge Filter: https://www.aquariumcoop.com/products/aquarium-co-op-coarse-sponge-filter ▶ Airline tubing: https://www.aquariumcoop.com/products/aquarium-co-op-black-airline-tubing ▶ Air pump: https://www.aquariumcoop.com/products/aquarium-co-op-air-pump ▶ Heater: https://amzn.to/3NmNKIb ▶ Turtle platform: https://amzn.to/3NmNKIb ▶ Black slate rock: https://aquarockscolorado.com/ 🌿 RESOURCES ▶ How to Set Up (and Maintain) a Brackish Aquarium: https://www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/aquarium/brackish-aquarium 🦐 EXTRAS ▶ Members Only content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNoNEF64ijgxK6OSTwdHOFA/join ▶ Instagram: https://instagram.com/girltalksfish ▶ Merch store: https://girltalksfish.creator-spring.com EDITOR: Angela Guererro at https://www.angelaguererro.com/ ATTRIBUTION Music from Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/2earpi/ (if you use my referral link, I get 1 month free 😀) Mudskipper fish.JPG by Beatriz Posada Alonso at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mudskipper_fish.JPG Common Mudskipper (Periophthalmus kalolo) by JarJar at https://www.whatsthatfish.com/fish/common-mudskipper/3296#leaf Schlammspringer by Gertrud K. at https://www.flickr.com/photos/gertrudk/3023791171/ Mudskipper at https://publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=16638&large=1 Which MUDSKIPPERS Should I CHOOSE? by Tazawa Tanks at https://youtu.be/x_xcfyQjawc #girltalksfish #mudskippers #aquariumfish 0:00 1 year update on my Indian dwarf mudskippers 0:37 Problem #1: Availability 1:36 Problem #2: Territorial (tank setup tips) 6:12 Feeding behaviors of mudskippers 7:36 What to feed dwarf mudskippers 9:50 Problem #3: Brackish water with no plants 12:52 Are mudskippers worth it?$

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