can u pls explain the setup? it looks very nice..Nice folks...I've been doing this for over 3 years. Peace lilly's and draceana as well. THESE are the biggest leaves I've seen...and the thickest vines as well. Pardon the haggard appearance of the tank, as it's mostly utilitarian now. Fat raphael, 2 foot mastacembelus s.p. turquoise severum, and a stinkpot.
Thanks very much! That was exactly the goal of this thread. After I found out how cheap and easy this was it was a no brainer to spread the word. Just didn't realize it was going to take off this much! But I'm glad because I'm sure its helped thousands of fish!
that's essentially what horiyoshi has although its not a dedicated aquarium purely for terrestrial based plants! I'm sure you can plan and make a great setup and easily get away with just doing weekly top offs!
Looks awesome! Great job not using the bathtub. Update us on the progress!
Every plant is different and their are many variations of regular pothos. You wouldn't recognize them in the wild unless youve seen a full plant!
Their good for starving algae of nutrients as well. Definitely suck up the needed nitrate for aquatic plants! You can still dose extra ferts such as nitrates to make up for it. Just test to make sure
In the wild or nature they have optimum conditions to grow thru most stages of life as opposed to mostly juvenile in aquariums. On the other page the guy that has the wild caught plant from Florida has a mature adult specimen that's huge. The capability of these plants isn't widely known but the leaves get 2'+Nice folks...I've been doing this for over 3 years. Peace lilly's and draceana as well. THESE are the biggest leaves I've seen...and the thickest vines as well. Pardon the haggard appearance of the tank, as it's mostly utilitarian now. Fat raphael, 2 foot mastacembelus s.p. turquoise severum, and a stinkpot.
He simply has what appears to be a sump filter that's under his tank with florescent lighting, all of those species of plants including pothos use aquarium water as a growing medium opposed to soil. Roots just need to be submerged into water. The 1st page of this thread explains the basics for pothos, he just took it to another level which looks amazing!
Thx F1VET..but still don't u think it would be nice to see how he has done it?If so,pls support me in requesting him to show us how its done?as u said...it looks amazing...very tempting ..Thanks very much! That was exactly the goal of this thread. After I found out how cheap and easy this was it was a no brainer to spread the word. Just didn't realize it was going to take off this much! But I'm glad because I'm sure its helped thousands of fish!
Looks fantastic! Very well done! Keep the updates coming as the nitrates are dropping
that's essentially what horiyoshi has although its not a dedicated aquarium purely for terrestrial based plants! I'm sure you can plan and make a great setup and easily get away with just doing weekly top offs!
Looks awesome! Great job not using the bathtub. Update us on the progress!
Every plant is different and their are many variations of regular pothos. You wouldn't recognize them in the wild unless youve seen a full plant! View attachment 1016104
Their good for starving algae of nutrients as well. Definitely suck up the needed nitrate for aquatic plants! You can still dose extra ferts such as nitrates to make up for it. Just test to make sure
In the wild or nature they have optimum conditions to grow thru most stages of life as opposed to mostly juvenile in aquariums. On the other page the guy that has the wild caught plant from Florida has a mature adult specimen that's huge. The capability of these plants isn't widely known but the leaves get 2'+ View attachment 1016104View attachment 1016105
You definitely have a great setup and good sized leaves for aquaria! Those draceanas can get as big as full grown corn stalks!
He simply has what appears to be a sump filter that's under his tank with florescent lighting, all of those species of plants including pothos use aquarium water as a growing medium opposed to soil. Roots just need to be submerged into water. The 1st page of this thread explains the basics for pothos, he just took it to another level which looks amazing!
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Well the tank below the larger tank is just used as a bio/mechanical filter (removing debris and converting toxic ammonia to nitrates) On his setup this is a very convenient place to put the plants, some find it difficult to mount on top of aquariums with fish especially ones that jump because they need a secure lid, so having a sump gives you a lot of water turnover and movement which makes a sump a great place to add terrestrial plants.Thx F1VET..but still don't u think it would be nice to see how he has done it?If so,pls support me in requesting him to show us how its done?as u said...it looks amazing...very tempting ..
Only for emergent plants. Pothos isn't an emergent, it's just being grown with submerged roots.
Its become more scientific, terrestrial seems to be a popular word but I dig emergents. Epipremnum aureum (pothos) is a flowering plant in the araceae family. Its been known to grow 60'+ high and 2" stems in their native sub tropical habitats!
Yes traditionally its not grown with roots submerged but that's the beauty of this plant.
