Plant only filtration (why not popular in the hobby???)

[CheddaCheese]

Grew a root

 

[ITHURTZ]

interested to see how that pine goes, what lighting are you using?

Iv tried maples in the past, they "lived" but didnt really do anything, I blame my previous t8 lighting. I havent tried it with my metal halide setup now. I got so many plants I am not sure if I can handle a maple tree.

 

[CheddaCheese]

the tank is right next to a window, so pure ambient.

 

[ITHURTZ]

keep us updated, id love to see the outcome for the pine

 

[CheddaCheese]

keep us updated, id love to see the outcome for the pine

This pine, I believe, is too small to have much affect until a couple years from now, so we are going to put a bigger one in Aweshade9's 40 gallon. which also gets ambient light, but high bio-load. The pine in the pic was re planted.

 

[Aweshade9]

In my forty gallon I'm trying pothos, and gourds seeds, two have already germinated (these pics are a week old, so they dont show the new sprouts). I'll upload pics of the new pine tomorrow.

 

[albertjavieraguilar]

My top five plants

Watermint grows fast and easy
Pothos- once it gets established it can get 20 ft long
Spider plant- gives u something do do with the babies.
Moneywort- it is both underwater and out
Philodendron- similar to pothos
The

 

[Aweshade9]

the gourd is doing pretty good. The pine roots got so fungus, so I took it out.

 

[ITHURTZ]

Picked up 2 plants from wally world for the turtle, $2.87 couldnt pass it up, this is why I am not allowed at stores.

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Croton from the 240, this one made it and is shooting new leaves again, the other one didnt make it, went down hill from day one of the transfer.

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The spoiled brat. I forget how old he is, atleast 5 years.

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trying to figure out how to bite the camera

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updated 240 shot

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[cdrake261]

I'm trying to read through this thread, but had a question in the middle of it. If I setup a refugium/planted sump, what are the best plants to put in a sump that will remove the most nitrates but won't over grow the sump so fast I have to constantly garden?