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Cheap plants, less nitrate! POTHOS

Loving this. My fav plant is the extremely fast growing coleus qith hundreds of varieties. They root very well in water also and need minimal light to grow huge fast. I will now be adding them to my setups tnx to this thread and will report on how well they work. Keeping monster catfish nitrates are always an issue. This might just be a solution. I will posts pics in a few weeks when i get this going on my 100 for starters. :) haha now i can combine my fav fish and fav plants. Sweet
 
My willow cutting has taken off! I might add a larger one this weekend. And in autumn I will try a banana plant in my 60g indoors :)
 
Not sure if anyone posted this already, but this link shows how the plant takes in nutrients in the water and keeps the fish healthy. Seemingly these plants would do better with no biological filtration at all and could eliminate water changes all together.

http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Plants_and_Biological_Filtration
 
Chub_by said:
My willow cutting has taken off! I might add a larger one this weekend. And in autumn I will try a banana plant in my 60g indoors :)
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post some pics. I'm on hunt for some willow branches too.

necrocanis said:
Not sure if anyone posted this already, but this link shows how the plant takes in nutrients in the water and keeps the fish healthy. Seemingly these plants would do better with no biological filtration at all and could eliminate water changes all together.

http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Plants_and_Biological_Filtration
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Very good read. How would you setup a tank without biological filtration and still keep the water clear? I'm guessing you'd run an undersized filter so there wouldnt be enough beneficial bacteria and youd have a lot of ammonia left over? I have a ton of water lettuce in my pond so I'm excited about this idea.
 
I just re-read the article and water lettuce can uptake 0.25 PPM to 26 PPM of ammonium in just 4 hours. Even in the dark too! Is ammonium the same ammonia?
 
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Wow amazing how fast they grow!


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Cheap way to decrease nitrates and keep your fish healthy: http://monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=504763
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I found the perfect spot for them. Right outside that window in the last pic. After 11:30-12:00 the sun is on that side of the house the rest of the day.


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necrocanis said:
Not sure if anyone posted this already, but this link shows how the plant takes in nutrients in the water .......................

http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Plants_and_Biological_Filtration
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gutted said:
I just re-read the article and water lettuce can uptake 0.25 PPM to 26 PPM of ammonium in just 4 hours. Even in the dark too! Is ammonium the same ammonia?
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the article info about which plants preferentially use ammonium (& some, also nitrite) are worth exploring. Interestingly enough, the lowly Anacharis & Duckweed use ammonium first.
Water lettuce isn't feasible in the limited top space of my acrylic tanks.
 
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