How to Make Seashell Planter

Seashells, even broken ones like this one, make nice planters for aquatic plants. 

In this example, I use the seashell to anchor land moss growing underwater. 

Stick the moss in the hole and...that's it.

 We have made a planter or anchor. 

Put the planter into an aquarium. 

You may notice on the right side that I use a different shape seashell to anchor dwarf hairgrass. 

It looks great! 

Shrimp and small fish like to hide inside of large shells.

 Here you can see it about 1 year later.

Guppy fry play hide and seek in the shell. 

For plants with roots, I make holes in seashells to allow roots of the plants to grow through them.

 In this example, I want to make a hole in the shell right above the entrance into the shell.

 Right here. 

File this spot on the shell over a flat concrete surface. 

Pull the roots of the plant through the hole in the shell. 

Here I use the seashell to anchor a tiny dwarf water lily. 

A large seashell for a tiny plant - wait to see the plant grow big! 

In this example, I make a hole in a seashell to use it as a base to fix some driftwood in proper position. 

Make the hole of a desirable size. 

Now, let's insert this driftwood in the hole. 

And this future underwater Christmas tree goes into an aquarium. 

Well, you may see it in my other video... 

In this example, I secured dwarf hairgrass with a seashell flipped upside-down. 

And here I use a seashell to anchor a floating Marimo ball. 

There is a video about making it in some other ways too. 

Here is another example where I use a seashell as a base for driftwood. 

And that is how it looks in a fully assembled aquarium. 

Seashells make great planters, anchors, and bases in aquariums. 

Have fun and happy aquarium gardens :)