I use aquarium tubing suction cups to anchor my house plants at the top of my aquarium. What’s nice is you can adjust the height of the plant by sliding the suction cup up or down on the aquarium wall.
@@michellelacroix6491 not only money plant , you can use lucky bamboo too. I used lucky bamboo 1 year ago to make a root jungle and it turn out very beautiful .
I got my first aquarium a year ago because I wanted that dirty fish water for my 200+ house plants! I'm now purging my terrestrial plants to get more aquariums, hehe.
You should also thoroughly rinse all the soil off the roots and give the leaves a good rinse as well before putting plants in a fish tank. That’s to wash off any fertilizer which may be in the soil and/or insecticides on the plants which may be toxic to your aquarium inhabitants. Some people will actually put newly purchased plants in quarantine for several weeks. “Bargin bin” plants may be on sale because they’re stressed due to some insect infestation. The quarantine is to avoid introducing plant pests (thrips, mites) to an already established healthy, thriving system.
Plants grown in the top of an aquarium look great and are great for fish and water quality. Personally I like to design and 3D print holders for the plants and this also works well. The plants actually do so well that both leaves and roots need frequent pruning. Shrimp seem to love the security of the plant roots too
Tradescantia is awesome! I love the varigated varieties that grow in green, purples and pink. They root so easily from cuttings and grow so fast that you will fill your tanks in no time and be giving them away to friends and neighbors.
I am a horticulturist and registered natural scientist (Biology). I have done quite a bit of research over the years growing plants to filter water. If given the space and enough light my research has shown that Spathiphyllum are by a long shot the most suited for removing nutrients from fish tanks and fish ponds in warm climates. I am using them in a huge biofilter that I build to filter water in a a koi pond I built for a friend. All the other plants other than the Caladiums which require and winter rest period are good choices as well.
Great video Nick! If you want Vanilla Beans you will have to try and pollinate the flowers your self as in the wild they are pollinated by the Mexican melipona bee, there is a large variety of plants you can use such as sedges, aquatic stem plants and any other aquatic plant that grows emerged, if you have enough lighting you can even use some water loving trees if you have enough light and space, your tanks are coming along nicely and the plants add a great touch to your room and make it look so much more natural with all the roots in the tanks, the fish seem much more happier with that little bit of natural cover as well, nice job! 🙂
Thanks, you might have missed it last time you were over but I recently picked up some Mexican melipona bees and they've been flying around the room. Looks like we will have vanilla very soon.
@@KeepingFishSimple 🤣🤣 Let the Mexican Government know, I think they are now endangered, most of the Vanilla produced is now hand pollinated, I used to grow the Orchid as well but it never flowered, cool Orchid though it will just grow in leaf litter and climb just about anything, a cool novelty plant.
Started doing this around February - april 2024 I have a bunch of spider plants growing out of my tanks. One bunch has bloomed. Three small pothos, and one larger vine of pothos thats over 2m long now, started about 30cm in April 2024, now November 2024 and has just put another air root into a second tank. I also have a philodendron, that had three leafs when i got it. I got it the same day as the three small pothos, and is almost a metre long now, whereas the pothos propagations started with 1-2 leafs, and is now just getting their 5th leafs. For anyone planning on doing this, dont touch/move them once they're in your tank if you can help it. Unless it gets knocked into the water, because they wont grow fully submersed. Just set and forget, make sure pothos/philodendron types have at least the growing node out of the water, and the node with root in the water. Once theres some air roots, let it keep some air roots out of the water because it helps encourage faster growth. Make sure all leafs are above awaters surface, any leafs submerged will die off eventually. They might seem fine for days/weeks/months but will be dying off slowly over time.
Working in the pet store we also had a plant section with a plant manager. The plant manager there was astoundingly knowledgeable of houseplants. I knew more of aquarium plants as I was the aquatics manager. He would give us cuttings of anything that he thought would do well out of the aquarium. Honestly, any houseplant that likes super high humidity and can handle being wet does well out of the aquarium. If you're curious, take a cutting and just stick it in the water, I guarantee you you'd be surprised how well they do. I've even grown English ivy in the aquarium. We got a hold of a variegated form and it looked fantastic
good list of plants! You can also fill a hydroponics basket with clay balls and hang it on the rim of the tank. Adds even more beneficial bacteria! Thats what I do.
@@charlottesmom Yes indeed. (Whereas my son who has all the typical aquarium equipment, filter, bubbler, light, etc. only has his bettas for a couple years before he has to buy a new one.)
Had cloudy water in 50 gal tank. Offloaded 30 plecos to local pet shop. 80% water change helped but back to cloudy in 2 days. Added new hanging filter + C160 canister. Very slight improvement. Scratched head!! Added one pothos plant. A day later, reduced cloudiness. 2 days later, water was almost crystal clear. Amazing improvement.
@@lasmaa0220 After a week, the tank cloudiness returned. Did an 80% water change. Tank use to stay very clear for weeks after offloading 40 fish & a 75%+ water change. Running 2 hanging filters rated for a total of 150gal tank on my 53 gal tank. Will try water changes weekly & changing filter media biweekly.
What a great video - and also, a great fish store! Thank you for sharing this idea. I've had fishtanks and I've had lots of plants, but I'd never thought of combining them until now.
Couple years ago had problems with a gray hairy algae in my 55 gallon tank. Tried getting the specific algae eaters for that type of algae, but it didn’t do much good. Then we decided to try putting in philodendron. It took a while because the tank was, pretty much all gray, but it is now clear of that type of algae. And the philodendron has taking over the whole corner of the room. 😊😊
Once upon a time I had two beta fish in bowls (yes I know, horrible and I don’t do that now) but I put a pothos cutting in one and with no filters on them by the end of the week you could clearly see a difference in the water clarity. The one with the pothos was significantly clearer than the one with no plants. They really do make a significant difference in your tank.
I’ve done a ficus in a fishtank. I cleaned off the soil, and then rigged it up so the roots would be in the water but the trunk wouldn’t and it grew amazingly fast. At least three times as fast as the one I have potted. That fish poo water is some potent stuff!😂
Synoniums are my favorite to grow. They will get HUGE with enough light. So much that the roots take over the whole water column. Another of my favorites is Hostas. I’ve had excellent results with them.
I started keeping house plants in my aquariums when I saw your first video showing how to do it... Not only have my pathos and philodendrons done really well, but so has lucky bamboo! Thanks! Roger
In my beautiful aquarium I have just added live plants for the first time amongst other decorations. The getup that live plants bring is out of this world. My fish are more relaxed and seem to have enhanced their colours ever since live plants got added into the aquarium. The next step is to upgrade into house plants. Thanks for the information.
Thanks so much for this Nick, I have spent the evening pulling up peace Lillies and adding them to my tanks. I will have to come and visit the shop next time I’m in Brisbane. ❤
Ive been going for walks and taking a little bit of stem from suitable plants and starting to see what works. Looking forward to great growth like yours!
That room would be ideal for some hanging baskets of nepenthes. They'd help with any small insect issues also. The indirect light and humidity would cause them to grow like crazy and produce tons of traps. We have Spanish Moss that grows from the old trees in the Deep South of the U.S. and its also good about soaking up some moisture in the air. They're basically an airplant taht looks gray but when it's wet you can see that its green and alive. Very nice setup you have and your videos have been invaluable to me. Thanks! 😊
I was having algae issues in my 10 gallon guppy tank, until I took out the silk plants & replaced them with anubias and just for fun I added a sprig of pothos. Not only did everything grow really well, but the algae cleared up!. I've added another sprig to my betta tank that's also planted, and it's starting to clear up as well!
Theres a flowering plant we call Busy Lizzie in the UK (it grows fast), I think it is actually called Impatiens. Easy to grow from seed or cuttings and grows really well in tanks, needs a bit higher light than Pothos and Peace lilly though.
OMG I love this so much and cant wait to try it!! Not only fantastic for my aquariums, but may FINALLY have found a way to keep indoor plants! I live indoors plants but to date I've failed miserably at keeping them alive because I forget to water them 😢. I can see this really working for me! ❤
I use wooden pegs and lacky bands for my aquarium bound houseplants. They peg onto the glass perfectly and provide a tiny bit of inert media for the plant to root into. Alot of rainforest plants grow inbetween the branches of trees so are used to rooting into wood in the wild Also of u plant your plants inpots of leca then peg them to the rim of your tank they grow really well.
Great job. The scope for using plant growth to reduce nitrates is immense. I had a pond in North England, about 1000litre (250 gallons), it was truly green in early summer…bought some watercress from the supermarket and chucked a handful into the pond…it went bananas and the algae growth disappeared so the nitrate fell to zero. Benefit, it’s easy to pull out if it’s gets too out of hand and in the winter it dies back to root.
Just found your channel as after many years of no aquariums, I’ve started some back up and am using the natural substrate method from father fish. In my betta tanks I didn’t have any underwater plants so I put a bunch of my houseplant cuttings in. I’m so glad to hear they take care of the bad stuff in the water. Thanks allot for the info!!
I've had to get creative with my plant choices because, as you mentioned, many of the popular house plants are toxic to cats. I've had massive success with sweet potatoes! Just stick them in the tank so the tuber is half-in and half-out of the water and give it a bit. Within 5 days, you'll see roots and vine buds starting to sprout (which will also be your sign if you've got the potatoes in upside-down or not). I'm about 3 months in, and I've got multiple vines now that are longer than a meter. Apparently if I take a cutting from the vine and stick that in water, I'd be able to grow actual sweet potatoes. I know you gave a bunch of vegetables a try awhile ago with mixed success, but I think you'd have a lot of fun with sweet potatoes! Mine have grown a nice green biofilm and my caridina shrimp are always hanging out on the tubers and among the roots grazing on them.
From the internet: “Although the sweet potato itself is not toxic to felines, the vines of the sweet potato plant contain the toxic principle LSD. Consuming a small portion of the sweet potato vine can cause a dermatitis-type reaction, causing the cat's skin, mouth or throat to blister and swell upon contact.” It also says potato can be fatal if ingested lol. Protect those cat babies.
I have many of the toxic houseplants and 10 cats. They don't mess with the plants at all. If yours do, there is a spray called bitter apple spray that'll deter the cats and dogs from messing with the plants and anything else you spray it on.
I’ve been missing out bro damn you got yours going on 👌🏼 those plants are awesome and you’ve got my attention … Thank you for sharing such beauty bro !!! 🔥❤️🔥🔥😎👌🏼
I went to walmart an baught a $18 Pothos. Took it out of the basket an got all the dirt off. Then stuck the roots in the back of a 75 gallon. Awesome filtration.
I have used many House Plants, including Anthurium Flamingo, Orchids, Monestera and Ferns. I have also used Aloe Vera and Avocado Plants, Bamboo, and they all thrived. I have also used succulent Plants. Like 911 is now up to say thankyou very much for sharing. Take care, Sir. 👍🏼🙂👍🏼❤️
I am actually growing some avocados from the seed, I had that wild idea to keep it on my fish tank, and reading your comment, I will definitely give it a try.
@aigai83 That will be cool. I hope that it works out for you. 🙂 Did you start by having the bottom part of the seed in a glass of water for it to throw out roots? The reason I ask is because you want it to have only water roots so that it is a matter of just putting it straight in instead of having to transition the plant. 👍🏼🙂👍🏼❤️
I have one avocado, already planted in soil, it was growing a root for a month now and stem is growing slowly. I live in Atlantic Canada, so it isn't really ideally warm in the house. Still it is growing under a neon light, keeps it a bit warmer than rest of the house. I have a few seeds that are more recent, with tiny roots started to grow about a week ago, I guess I will wait for them to grow longer roots and will stem them into my 50 gallon community thank. I am planning to drill holes on a drift wood I found on a nearby beach (I boiled the wood branches) and attach the branch floating on top of the water. I will wait for my avocados to have longer roots first. I also recently planted green and purple basil seeds, dwarf tomato seeds, and parsley seeds, I might plant my basil seedlings the same way as well. I'm not sure about parsley or dwarf tomato, though. Thank you so much for asking.
@aigai83 You are welcome. That sounds interesting. I know that you can grow Mint in your Aquarium, which I have tried myself, and it does work. You can also grow an Avocado plant with developing water roots by growing it from seed, as you will see in this link. th-cam.com/video/FCIBbSJiDMI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=LnUqvgIXpWdoU63c
Succulents too? May I ask which type(s)? I have a ton of them in the garden of all sorts of varieties. I wouldn’t think they do well in an aquarium as they usually don’t like ‘wet feet’.
I found a sweet potato vine plant in the clearance section of Walmart garden, and decided to see if I could grow it out of a fish-tank. It worked amazingly well and the plant is HUGE now, it had a big beautiful bunch of roots that flow in the water. And it’s making its way across the top of the tank now it’s quadrupled in size since I got about 3-4 months ago. I use it in my African cichlid tank and they leave the roots alone.
Can you show us how to start planting house plants over aquariums? Do we need to start slow? or just toss it in? Do they need to be only root in? or can they be submerged?
I also really like the look of the plants coming out of the top of the tanks. I have pothos in a few tanks and one that I have had success with as well is the snake plant. thanks for the list and showing the ones you have. I am curious about trying a few of them. the walking iris looks cool
After your first video I put pathos in my tank and I have since found little clips that hold on the side of the tank that will hold several little stems at a time which has been wonderful. all my tanks are getting plants.
Great video, very informative. I have a branch coming out of my 5 gallon shrimp tank which is like a natural flower pot, so I planted a tiny Chinese money tree cutting in it. The plant grew incredibly in a year. Roots are coming down the tank and shripms seem to ove to be going into the roots. I had a venus fly trap planted there as well, but that plant died very fast. apparently, they don't like either a damp or nutritious environment.
Nice one Nick. Every plant I’ve tried goes gangbusters. Spider grass flowers 7 days after sticking in the tank. I even took a few Agave pups and stuck them in. They look awesome. Need small baskets for them though. Thanks for your efforts.
That is awesome. I have been wanting to start an eco friendly tank. Had an aquarium years ago and they are a lot of work with filtering the water. When you get it right they are beautiful to look at.
They are beautiful. I already have golden pothos growing in water. Excited to transfer some of them to my tank. Definitely trying monstera and peace Lilly
Fascinating! Since you've had some success with the vanilla bean orchid, have you considered trying any other orchids? They could be an amazing addition of color and beauty to a fish tank setup. I have a few orchids that have done well for me in my bay window but the thought of trying them in a fish tank is a little bit scary for me, I don't want to kill them after all. Please let us know if you can do it!
Great idea. I will try it thanks. But a lot of your tank herbs have yellow leaves which means they are lacking specific nutrients or possibly experiencing nutrient toxicity , lack or light or have disease. Still it looks great though. Keep it up.
Thanks so much for this, I've started doing it as I have 5 full size silver dollars in my tank, so aquarium plants don't last long! It's good to know which plants are ok to use. It's also great getting advice from another Qlder, so I know it's relevant for me😉
I had a neighbour give me 2 Chili seedlings and I have them in a Aquaponics pot and within a they collectively grow 18 buds and 3 days after 4 have opened up. In the same way I have a strawberry growing as well
You should try cuttings of KangKung or Water Morning Glory (Ipomoea aquatica) which is an edible water weed sold as a freshly cut bundle in Asian fresh markets. I’ve grown them well in my medaka and shrimp tanks.
Thanks for the video. You are in one step from building a bio-filter (fito-filter or phito-filter, not sure how to say it in English) with plants. Also I recommend you to try Cyperus. It's a perfect plant for this cultivation.
Omg....I have a Thai Constellation, and I would love to try giving it a chance in my my fish tank....but it was sooooo expensive. The anxiety!! Loved the video!
Pothos, Devil's ivy, philodendron, syngonium, peace lily, walking iris, monstera, Thai constellation, alocasia, caladium, lucky bamboo, vanilla bean orchid, Moses in the cradle, spider plant
I use aquarium tubing suction cups to anchor my house plants at the top of my aquarium. What’s nice is you can adjust the height of the plant by sliding the suction cup up or down on the aquarium wall.
I used this method with money plant and monstera in my angel fish tank.
How would you buy them?. Could you post a link?
@@4AM-214- I’ve been dying to get a money plant, didn’t know they would grow in tanks too!
Now I’m really going to have go get one.
@@michellelacroix6491 not only money plant , you can use lucky bamboo too. I used lucky bamboo 1 year ago to make a root jungle and it turn out very beautiful .
this works great !
Always glad to see other FishTubers catching on to growing houseplants in fish tanks! Great video, man!
I got my first aquarium a year ago because I wanted that dirty fish water for my 200+ house plants! I'm now purging my terrestrial plants to get more aquariums, hehe.
@@mmoolloomultiple tank syndrome 😂
@@jessicasinclair323i’m also a victim 😩
@@jessicasinclair323 Debbie Downer
What an amazing young man and he knows his plants, which are growing beautifully. Good luck for the future. Love from UK.
Im a gardener and if your cut those dead leaves off the plant will regenerate quicker because it doesn't have to put energy into the dead leaves.
I am a botanist plants do not put energy into dead leaves
Aussie Aussie Aussie.
Your accent just feels like home.
Thanks for this video.
Not the legendary Thai Constellation as a fish tank plant!! 🤯💚 I’m rethinking life right now wow
If you live in the states, I found them at BJ's wholesale club for $25
You should also thoroughly rinse all the soil off the roots and give the leaves a good rinse as well before putting plants in a fish tank. That’s to wash off any fertilizer which may be in the soil and/or insecticides on the plants which may be toxic to your aquarium inhabitants. Some people will actually put newly purchased plants in quarantine for several weeks. “Bargin bin” plants may be on sale because they’re stressed due to some insect infestation. The quarantine is to avoid introducing plant pests (thrips, mites) to an already established healthy, thriving system.
Thank you, I was searching for this comment!
There is no need to use soil, just take a cutting and grow it hydroponically...
My tanks all have pothos growing out of them, and it’s a jungle in my room. I love it.
Does it need bright light
@@lokeshgnanasekar just the aquarium light
Pothos are apparently very good at purifying the air?
Your passion is contagious! What a lovely shop. Thank you for sharing
8:22 🤩 My favorite of the day! The fish room is looking amazing!❤🇺🇸
Plants grown in the top of an aquarium look great and are great for fish and water quality. Personally I like to design and 3D print holders for the plants and this also works well.
The plants actually do so well that both leaves and roots need frequent pruning.
Shrimp seem to love the security of the plant roots too
Great video. I like the wandering Jew plant. It’s so nice and purple
Tradescantia is awesome! I love the varigated varieties that grow in green, purples and pink. They root so easily from cuttings and grow so fast that you will fill your tanks in no time and be giving them away to friends and neighbors.
I can feel the passion you have for the plants and fishes. Hope to see more videos like these!!!
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I am a horticulturist and registered natural scientist (Biology). I have done quite a bit of research over the years growing plants to filter water. If given the space and enough light my research has shown that Spathiphyllum are by a long shot the most suited for removing nutrients from fish tanks and fish ponds in warm climates. I am using them in a huge biofilter that I build to filter water in a a koi pond I built for a friend. All the other plants other than the Caladiums which require and winter rest period are good choices as well.
would it be technically possible to set up a low tech tank with just house plants as a filter?
Great video Nick! If you want Vanilla Beans you will have to try and pollinate the flowers your self as in the wild they are pollinated by the Mexican melipona bee, there is a large variety of plants you can use such as sedges, aquatic stem plants and any other aquatic plant that grows emerged, if you have enough lighting you can even use some water loving trees if you have enough light and space, your tanks are coming along nicely and the plants add a great touch to your room and make it look so much more natural with all the roots in the tanks, the fish seem much more happier with that little bit of natural cover as well, nice job! 🙂
Thanks, you might have missed it last time you were over but I recently picked up some Mexican melipona bees and they've been flying around the room. Looks like we will have vanilla very soon.
@@KeepingFishSimple 🤣🤣 Let the Mexican Government know, I think they are now endangered, most of the Vanilla produced is now hand pollinated, I used to grow the Orchid as well but it never flowered, cool Orchid though it will just grow in leaf litter and climb just about anything, a cool novelty plant.
Plant #1 is a Neon Pothos and it’s absolutely beautiful that leaf is so nice and big!
The darker green pothos you showed is called Golden Pothos because of the yellow variegation it gets
You should try Kang Kong. It loves water, grows super quick and it's an edible spinach!
Started doing this around February - april 2024
I have a bunch of spider plants growing out of my tanks. One bunch has bloomed.
Three small pothos, and one larger vine of pothos thats over 2m long now, started about 30cm in April 2024, now November 2024 and has just put another air root into a second tank. I also have a philodendron, that had three leafs when i got it. I got it the same day as the three small pothos, and is almost a metre long now, whereas the pothos propagations started with 1-2 leafs, and is now just getting their 5th leafs.
For anyone planning on doing this, dont touch/move them once they're in your tank if you can help it. Unless it gets knocked into the water, because they wont grow fully submersed. Just set and forget, make sure pothos/philodendron types have at least the growing node out of the water, and the node with root in the water. Once theres some air roots, let it keep some air roots out of the water because it helps encourage faster growth. Make sure all leafs are above awaters surface, any leafs submerged will die off eventually. They might seem fine for days/weeks/months but will be dying off slowly over time.
Working in the pet store we also had a plant section with a plant manager. The plant manager there was astoundingly knowledgeable of houseplants. I knew more of aquarium plants as I was the aquatics manager. He would give us cuttings of anything that he thought would do well out of the aquarium. Honestly, any houseplant that likes super high humidity and can handle being wet does well out of the aquarium. If you're curious, take a cutting and just stick it in the water, I guarantee you you'd be surprised how well they do.
I've even grown English ivy in the aquarium. We got a hold of a variegated form and it looked fantastic
good list of plants! You can also fill a hydroponics basket with clay balls and hang it on the rim of the tank. Adds even more beneficial bacteria! Thats what I do.
That’s a great idea thank you
I did that with my betta. Have had him 7 years with no other equipment, just the pothos for filtration. Clean it only twice a year.
@@dianed4190 You have a betta that is 7 years old??? 😮
@@charlottesmom Yes indeed. (Whereas my son who has all the typical aquarium equipment, filter, bubbler, light, etc. only has his bettas for a couple years before he has to buy a new one.)
You're right, another dimension to the hobby.
Had cloudy water in 50 gal tank. Offloaded 30 plecos to local pet shop. 80% water change helped but back to cloudy in 2 days. Added new hanging filter + C160 canister. Very slight improvement. Scratched head!! Added one pothos plant. A day later, reduced cloudiness. 2 days later, water was almost crystal clear. Amazing improvement.
Interesting. Do you need changed water after it? Or just time to time add water to keep level in aquarium!?
@@lasmaa0220 After a week, the tank cloudiness returned. Did an 80% water change. Tank use to stay very clear for weeks after offloading 40 fish & a 75%+ water change. Running 2 hanging filters rated for a total of 150gal tank on my 53 gal tank. Will try water changes weekly & changing filter media biweekly.
The cloudiness is a bacteria bloom check it out on yt and you will see how to fix it
You had a bacterial bloom due to bio load changes
Add something like quick start or seachem stability
I have all those plants in my house. Can’t wait to try some in my aquarium too. Thanks!
What a great video - and also, a great fish store! Thank you for sharing this idea. I've had fishtanks and I've had lots of plants, but I'd never thought of combining them until now.
Couple years ago had problems with a gray hairy algae in my 55 gallon tank. Tried getting the specific algae eaters for that type of algae, but it didn’t do much good. Then we decided to try putting in philodendron. It took a while because the tank was, pretty much all gray, but it is now clear of that type of algae. And the philodendron has taking over the whole corner of the room. 😊😊
Bro your channel is rolling. Leep it up dude. Plants are living rent free in my 2 aquariums and are literal butlers.
Once upon a time I had two beta fish in bowls (yes I know, horrible and I don’t do that now) but I put a pothos cutting in one and with no filters on them by the end of the week you could clearly see a difference in the water clarity. The one with the pothos was significantly clearer than the one with no plants. They really do make a significant difference in your tank.
I’ve done a ficus in a fishtank. I cleaned off the soil, and then rigged it up so the roots would be in the water but the trunk wouldn’t and it grew amazingly fast. At least three times as fast as the one I have potted. That fish poo water is some potent stuff!😂
My old cats used to do anything just to get a sip of the fish poo nectar.
Pothos is orginally from the polonesian islands. Its called the devil plant. In the tropics the leaves get big as dinner plates and most cases bigger.
Synoniums are my favorite to grow. They will get HUGE with enough light. So much that the roots take over the whole water column. Another of my favorites is Hostas. I’ve had excellent results with them.
Hosta is a shade loving perennial that's cold hardy to zone 2, you sure about that name?
Yes sir. I have been growing Pothos in my Aquarium filters for years and they produce massive plants.
I plant salad greens to basically make it almost a mini aquaponics tank.
Awesome !
I started keeping house plants in my aquariums when I saw your first video showing how to do it... Not only have my pathos and philodendrons done really well, but so has lucky bamboo! Thanks! Roger
In my beautiful aquarium I have just added live plants for the first time amongst other decorations. The getup that live plants bring is out of this world. My fish are more relaxed and seem to have enhanced their colours ever since live plants got added into the aquarium. The next step is to upgrade into house plants. Thanks for the information.
Thanks for the info. I've been trying a few different plants and Lemongrass works really well.
Thanks so much for this Nick, I have spent the evening pulling up peace Lillies and adding them to my tanks. I will have to come and visit the shop next time I’m in Brisbane. ❤
7:49 omg that’s a Scindapsus Exotica and it’s so huge and amazing!! Wow 💚
Ive been going for walks and taking a little bit of stem from suitable plants and starting to see what works. Looking forward to great growth like yours!
Your passion for everything you do is fabulous! You are an amazing human being. Thanks for all the videos. I never miss one!
Love it Nick. Nothing better than nature doing the work.
Try willow tree cuttings. It loves water and the nutrients
This is a great video Nick, the plants in tanks idea is something I have stumbled into recently, very good info here!
Amazing the technique you are doing with your cuttings of plants is called hydroponics. Absolutely wonderful idea 💡😁 🌿🌿🌿🌿
That room would be ideal for some hanging baskets of nepenthes. They'd help with any small insect issues also. The indirect light and humidity would cause them to grow like crazy and produce tons of traps. We have Spanish Moss that grows from the old trees in the Deep South of the U.S. and its also good about soaking up some moisture in the air. They're basically an airplant taht looks gray but when it's wet you can see that its green and alive. Very nice setup you have and your videos have been invaluable to me. Thanks! 😊
I was having algae issues in my 10 gallon guppy tank, until I took out the silk plants & replaced them with anubias and just for fun I added a sprig of pothos. Not only did everything grow really well, but the algae cleared up!. I've added another sprig to my betta tank that's also planted, and it's starting to clear up as well!
Theres a flowering plant we call Busy Lizzie in the UK (it grows fast), I think it is actually called Impatiens. Easy to grow from seed or cuttings and grows really well in tanks, needs a bit higher light than Pothos and Peace lilly though.
Useful comment. Thanks. I’m UK too.
OMG I love this so much and cant wait to try it!! Not only fantastic for my aquariums, but may FINALLY have found a way to keep indoor plants! I live indoors plants but to date I've failed miserably at keeping them alive because I forget to water them 😢. I can see this really working for me! ❤
I use wooden pegs and lacky bands for my aquarium bound houseplants. They peg onto the glass perfectly and provide a tiny bit of inert media for the plant to root into. Alot of rainforest plants grow inbetween the branches of trees so are used to rooting into wood in the wild
Also of u plant your plants inpots of leca then peg them to the rim of your tank they grow really well.
Awesome tip. Thank you!
Great job. The scope for using plant growth to reduce nitrates is immense. I had a pond in North England, about 1000litre (250 gallons), it was truly green in early summer…bought some watercress from the supermarket and chucked a handful into the pond…it went bananas and the algae growth disappeared so the nitrate fell to zero. Benefit, it’s easy to pull out if it’s gets too out of hand and in the winter it dies back to root.
I like the clean beaches, beautiful sky and nice citizens.unfortunately I am living far away now
Just found your channel as after many years of no aquariums, I’ve started some back up and am using the natural substrate method from father fish. In my betta tanks I didn’t have any underwater plants so I put a bunch of my houseplant cuttings in. I’m so glad to hear they take care of the bad stuff in the water. Thanks allot for the info!!
I've had to get creative with my plant choices because, as you mentioned, many of the popular house plants are toxic to cats. I've had massive success with sweet potatoes! Just stick them in the tank so the tuber is half-in and half-out of the water and give it a bit. Within 5 days, you'll see roots and vine buds starting to sprout (which will also be your sign if you've got the potatoes in upside-down or not). I'm about 3 months in, and I've got multiple vines now that are longer than a meter. Apparently if I take a cutting from the vine and stick that in water, I'd be able to grow actual sweet potatoes.
I know you gave a bunch of vegetables a try awhile ago with mixed success, but I think you'd have a lot of fun with sweet potatoes! Mine have grown a nice green biofilm and my caridina shrimp are always hanging out on the tubers and among the roots grazing on them.
From the internet:
“Although the sweet potato itself is not toxic to felines, the vines of the sweet potato plant contain the toxic principle LSD. Consuming a small portion of the sweet potato vine can cause a dermatitis-type reaction, causing the cat's skin, mouth or throat to blister and swell upon contact.”
It also says potato can be fatal if ingested lol.
Protect those cat babies.
I have many of the toxic houseplants and 10 cats. They don't mess with the plants at all. If yours do, there is a spray called bitter apple spray that'll deter the cats and dogs from messing with the plants and anything else you spray it on.
I always love the roots in the tanks. I feel it keeps the tank cleaner
It's also great cover for smaller fish/fry.
Your pothos has air roots! That's what is sticking through the peg board 😊
I’ve been missing out bro damn you got yours going on 👌🏼 those plants are awesome and you’ve got my attention … Thank you for sharing such beauty bro !!! 🔥❤️🔥🔥😎👌🏼
I went to walmart an baught a $18 Pothos. Took it out of the basket an got all the dirt off. Then stuck the roots in the back of a 75 gallon. Awesome filtration.
This video educated me on water-living plants!
I have used many House Plants, including Anthurium Flamingo, Orchids, Monestera and Ferns.
I have also used Aloe Vera and Avocado Plants, Bamboo, and they all thrived.
I have also used succulent Plants.
Like 911 is now up to say thankyou very much for sharing.
Take care, Sir. 👍🏼🙂👍🏼❤️
I am actually growing some avocados from the seed, I had that wild idea to keep it on my fish tank, and reading your comment, I will definitely give it a try.
@aigai83 That will be cool. I hope that it works out for you. 🙂
Did you start by having the bottom part of the seed in a glass of water for it to throw out roots?
The reason I ask is because you want it to have only water roots so that it is a matter of just putting it straight in instead of having to transition the plant. 👍🏼🙂👍🏼❤️
I have one avocado, already planted in soil, it was growing a root for a month now and stem is growing slowly. I live in Atlantic Canada, so it isn't really ideally warm in the house. Still it is growing under a neon light, keeps it a bit warmer than rest of the house. I have a few seeds that are more recent, with tiny roots started to grow about a week ago, I guess I will wait for them to grow longer roots and will stem them into my 50 gallon community thank. I am planning to drill holes on a drift wood I found on a nearby beach (I boiled the wood branches) and attach the branch floating on top of the water. I will wait for my avocados to have longer roots first. I also recently planted green and purple basil seeds, dwarf tomato seeds, and parsley seeds, I might plant my basil seedlings the same way as well. I'm not sure about parsley or dwarf tomato, though. Thank you so much for asking.
@aigai83 You are welcome.
That sounds interesting.
I know that you can grow Mint in your Aquarium, which I have tried myself, and it does work.
You can also grow an Avocado plant with developing water roots by growing it from seed, as you will see in this link. th-cam.com/video/FCIBbSJiDMI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=LnUqvgIXpWdoU63c
Succulents too? May I ask which type(s)? I have a ton of them in the garden of all sorts of varieties. I wouldn’t think they do well in an aquarium as they usually don’t like ‘wet feet’.
I work on a urban farm in Sydney and we grow all sorts of vegetables and herbs in our Aquaponics System.
I found a sweet potato vine plant in the clearance section of Walmart garden, and decided to see if I could grow it out of a fish-tank. It worked amazingly well and the plant is HUGE now, it had a big beautiful bunch of roots that flow in the water. And it’s making its way across the top of the tank now it’s quadrupled in size since I got about 3-4 months ago. I use it in my African cichlid tank and they leave the roots alone.
Can you show us how to start planting house plants over aquariums? Do we need to start slow? or just toss it in? Do they need to be only root in? or can they be submerged?
Hi Nick, nice to briefly meet you yesterday! (guy with blue dreams) Love the shop cant wait to see it develop overtime :)
I also really like the look of the plants coming out of the top of the tanks. I have pothos in a few tanks and one that I have had success with as well is the snake plant. thanks for the list and showing the ones you have. I am curious about trying a few of them. the walking iris looks cool
After your first video I put pathos in my tank and I have since found little clips that hold on the side of the tank that will hold several little stems at a time which has been wonderful. all my tanks are getting plants.
Great video, very informative. I have a branch coming out of my 5 gallon shrimp tank which is like a natural flower pot, so I planted a tiny Chinese money tree cutting in it. The plant grew incredibly in a year. Roots are coming down the tank and shripms seem to ove to be going into the roots. I had a venus fly trap planted there as well, but that plant died very fast. apparently, they don't like either a damp or nutritious environment.
Very helpful video, thanks for the advice.
Nice one Nick. Every plant I’ve tried goes gangbusters. Spider grass flowers 7 days after sticking in the tank. I even took a few Agave pups and stuck them in. They look awesome. Need small baskets for them though. Thanks for your efforts.
Another fun plant I propagate in my filters are iresine blazin rose. Stems get massive and roots really grow fast.
That is awesome. I have been wanting to start an eco friendly tank. Had an aquarium years ago and they are a lot of work with filtering the water. When you get it right they are beautiful to look at.
The leaves on my variegated pothos are now bigger than my hands, it’s huge!! I’ve taken heaps of cuttings from it too ❤️😀
I got in a filter. Like water gos in then out. That plant loves it
oh those royal whiptails at 3:30 are amazing are they for sale?!
I'm so happy i found this and your channel I'm definitely getting some plants for my tank❤❤
They are beautiful. I already have golden pothos growing in water. Excited to transfer some of them to my tank. Definitely trying monstera and peace Lilly
Yup I keep house plants in all my tanks.
Never had much luck with aquarium plants
Great video! No one has ever explained this to me before! Thank you so much. 😁
Fascinating!
Since you've had some success with the vanilla bean orchid, have you considered trying any other orchids? They could be an amazing addition of color and beauty to a fish tank setup. I have a few orchids that have done well for me in my bay window but the thought of trying them in a fish tank is a little bit scary for me, I don't want to kill them after all.
Please let us know if you can do it!
Look up water culture for orchids
The philodendron erubescens is a rocket fast grower in tank water I find. Alocasia stingray!!! One of my favorite
But you will have to watch spider mites with them
Thank you for adding this video ive been looking for a way to bring down nitrates
Great idea. I will try it thanks. But a lot of your tank herbs have yellow leaves which means they are lacking specific nutrients or possibly experiencing nutrient toxicity , lack or light or have disease. Still it looks great though. Keep it up.
That’s amazing, you’ve made me want to get a fish tank now 👍
Petco has all their tanks 50% off until February
4:42 looks like a Philodendron Bipennifolium aka Horse Head Philodendron…nice!!
Thank you! Such a great idea! I have 2 tanks and will be doing this right away!
Thanks so much for this, I've started doing it as I have 5 full size silver dollars in my tank, so aquarium plants don't last long! It's good to know which plants are ok to use. It's also great getting advice from another Qlder, so I know it's relevant for me😉
I had a neighbour give me 2 Chili seedlings and I have them in a Aquaponics pot and within a they collectively grow 18 buds and 3 days after 4 have opened up. In the same way I have a strawberry growing as well
could you make a video on how to prep store brought plant and get them ready to put in your aquarium
Very nice 👌 what kind of spotlights are those over the tanks? Standard 10w/30w household LED spots?
Nice I’m pretty sure the golden pothos at the beginning is neon pothos
I how how casually you just keep the plants in water and they love it
Syngonium is a new one for me. Cant wait to try, thanks!
You should try cuttings of KangKung or Water Morning Glory (Ipomoea aquatica) which is an edible water weed sold as a freshly cut bundle in Asian fresh markets. I’ve grown them well in my medaka and shrimp tanks.
Yessss Pothos really do easy care plant for aquarium..I love it
Can confirm it works well, I have a pothos that has grown over 10 ft this year out of a small 2 ft tank.
Thanks for the video. You are in one step from building a bio-filter (fito-filter or phito-filter, not sure how to say it in English) with plants. Also I recommend you to try Cyperus. It's a perfect plant for this cultivation.
Great stuff.. thanks very much.
Omg....I have a Thai Constellation, and I would love to try giving it a chance in my my fish tank....but it was sooooo expensive. The anxiety!! Loved the video!
Your videos are always interesting to watch, you are amazing
Ficus "ginseng" bonsai work pretty well also 😊 Some fern also. The brave ones can try calathea 😅
So happy found your channel❤
Thank you for this video, I'm gonna start putting some of my pothos in the fish tank! 😁