Common Houseplants in aqarium, the list!

[Joseppe]

Here is my 260 and 320. Made canopies above them to trap heat and humidity.

In the 320 as of now i have monstera and epipremnum.
In the 260 I have just epipremnum.

I work at a garden center myself though so I'm going to have a look tomorrow at any cuttings i can take. I want to try document this well since these are pretty new tanks

 

[Joseppe]

I ended up only bringing Philodendron Scandens and Micans. Didnt have much other than regular Pothos.

I'll update in a few weeks how they do

 

[esoxlucius]

Nice thread. I don't know how I missed this. I'm a houseplant guy and I'm regularly trying out new plants in my little hex tank. At the moment I have three small terrestrial plants in there and two aquatic plants.

I bought the three terrestrials as small cuttings, washed all the soil off the root system and simply placed them in DIY plant holders around the edge of the tank.

Left to right, the terrestrials are Calathea "vittata", a Fittonia and a Calathea "concinna". The floating aquatic plants are frog bit, with a little bit of salvinia too. All are doing well.

 

[Joseppe]

Nice! Calathea and Ctenante were next on my list to try out in the tanks as I have a friend who has them in a paludarium. I completely forgot about fittonia as well. Very nice!

 

[Joseppe]

Added some orchids to see if those will work. So far not that good results already after a short period. Already have yellowing leaves on old growth but new growth seems to be doing ok. Too early to tell. Roots arent rotting but also arent submerged. Hoping the humidity will be enough.

Added aglaonema, so far so good. No change to the plant other than the newest leaf further developing and I've noticed no root rot, but new growth already.

Added a cutting of Anthurium. The newly developing leaf rotted at the tip but I didn't have much hope for that one anyway. To my surprise, it started developing healthy root. We'll see what it starts doing in terms of growth once it's established healthy roots.

The Philodendron Scandens Brasil and Micans are both adapting well. Multiple new points of roots emerging, a lot of air roots emerging.

Orchids and Anthurium will most likely fail due to the caponies being too humid for them I believe, but time will tell.

 

[OTp1144]

I'd like to also echo pothos as an amazing addition to a tank

With the potential to get pretty thick


Monstera is just as impressive


I'd also like to add hoyas to the list. I've had success with many species so far. Unfortunately lost most to pests

 

[duanes]

About 3 weeks ago one of the locals brought me some "bare root" lemon grass plants.
It was simply propped up on a log near the surface of the tank.
Here are those grasses today, with some of the roots working their wat into the water logged wood.

Haven't tried cooking with it yet, maybe when (if) it gets more established.

 

[JsTO97]

I'd like to also echo pothos as an amazing addition to a tankView attachment 1550308
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Monstera is just as impressive
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I'd also like to add hoyas to the list. I've had success with many species so far. Unfortunately lost most to pests
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What kind of pothos is that? I’ve never seen such large leaves! I’ve had Monstera and they seem to work/ adapt the fastest. I have pothos, Palm plants, and a ton of lucky bamboo but none of those seem to grow fast at all. It’s only been 2-3 weeks but time will see

 

[FrancisFloe]

This thread is really comprehensive, I will try to list some plants that might have not been mentioned in the thread, I grow them like an aquaponic system. Some directly on water.
Plants:
Alocasia cucullata
Pandanus amaryllifolius
Philodendron "Lemon Lime"
Draceana sp.
Ficus sp. ( beware they are trees and roots kinda go crazy)
Amydrium medium
Peperomia scandens green (grows crazy)
Caladium bicolor
Water sprite,( grows underwater and emersed or both)
water wysteria( grows underwater and emersed or both)

The rest of the plants are mentioned already.
Burle marx philodendron
golden photos
epipremnum pinnatum
umbrella palm

The Burle marx is probably the best growing plant in aquaponics, they grow fast and crazy big, they also grow many arial roots that can be submereged on water and they look like dangling vines underwater

 

[FrancisFloe]

This thread is really comprehensive, I will try to list some plants that might have not been mentioned in the thread, I grow them like an aquaponic system. Some directly on water.
Plants:
Alocasia cucullata
Pandanus amaryllifolius
Philodendron "Lemon Lime"
Draceana sp.
Ficus sp. ( beware they are trees and roots kinda go crazy)
Amydrium medium
Peperomia scandens green (grows crazy)
Caladium bicolor
Water sprite,( grows underwater and emersed or both)
water wysteria( grows underwater and emersed or both)

The rest of the plants are mentioned already.
Burle marx philodendron
golden photos
epipremnum pinnatum
umbrella palm

The Burle marx is probably the best growing plant in aquaponics, they grow fast and crazy big, they also grow many arial roots that can be submereged on water and they look like dangling vines underwater

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