#Pothos plant in goldfish aquarium how to#

I sit mine on bogwood, but you can also float them in slices of pool noodle, or stack rocks (make sure they’re secured with aquarium safe glue, and aren’t going to trap your fish. I would highly recommend submerging it in a separate vessel of water, because we don’t want rot in the tank. I don’t actually know the process of submerging an adansonii but I know that it’s not that easy, and you will inevitably lose some plants to rot. There are some plants, like Monstera adansonii, that you can submerge, BUT it’s not as easy as stick the plant under water and be done with it. Don’t submerge house plants in an aquarium We stuck my Thai constellation in a big piece (shown below in my terrarium, which was once an aquarium). For large plants, it’s usually best to anchor them properly. The hardest thing is keeping the plants upright. Over time, you’ll notice holes appearing your plantscape, and you can add plants to fill the space. A pothos, or a rhaphidophora tetrasperma will be good to start with. If you’re new to adding house plants to fish tanks, then start with something that trails. You CAN grow a rubber plant in water, but it’d be a pain keeping it upright in an aquarium. Select the right speciesĪs I said before, most plants will do well in aquariums unless they hate high humidity, but some are physically more suited to it than others. Peace lilies actually grow really well in aquariums and tend to grow up, rather towards the light. Or have trailing plants like pothos that grow wherever they damn like.

I would recommend you clip a couple of grow lights on the back of the tank that are taller than your plants. You might think that that’s ok, because there’s ample natural light in the room BUT sometimes plants get a bit ‘but I want to grow towards THAT light’ and end up curling under a grow light and inevitably both burning and falling into the water and rotting. Light can be an issue with aquariums because if you have big plants, the lights will be below the plant. The water is well aerated, warm, clean, and it’s humid. Plants root really quickly in aquariums – especially tropical ones – because they naturally combine all the elements required for rooting cuttings in water quickly. I know it can be annoying to not get *exactly* what you wanted, but you don’t want to risk your fish. If you have a specific plant that you want to grow in your aquarium but you can get the roots clean enough, take a cutting and root it in the tank.

Soil can contain microbes and nasties that could potentially harm your plant. Clean the roots off wellĬleaning off the roots well is important when putting plants in water, and even more so when they’re going into an aquarium. If you want house plants in the aquarium and have jumpy fish, you’ll have to lower the water level (providing the fish would have enough space) or get a bigger tank. Some fish need a lid on the aquarium because they jump out, but none of ours did (excluding the embarrassing incident when a powerhead was round the wrong way and was yeeting mountain minnows onto the floor – luckily we were there to intervene). It goes without saying that our aquarium didn’t have a lid. A lot of people also advise against keeping house plants in with angelfish because they eat the roots, but we had 8 big angels in our last tank, and my Thai Constellation roots went unmunched. You can put plants in goldfish tanks, but they will eat them. Don’t put plants in a marine set up – they will simply pass away. I’m just gonna go ahead and make sure that everyone knows we’re talking about freshwater fish. Christmas cacti can do pretty well though, and they bloom more reliably than ‘dry’ cacti. Most plants will grow in water, but stay away from any plants that don’t like humidity, such as cacti. If you have any specific questions, leave me a comment.

#Pothos plant in goldfish aquarium how to#

The only difficult thing is working out how to keep the leaves out of the water. It’s pretty easy to grow house plants in aquariums – they tend to come pre-lit, they’re naturally humid, you don’t need to water, and the fish provide the fertiliser.

Growing plants in aquariums is so so good – the second best place to grow plants (the best being in a big terrarium).