They owner of my LFS told me that there are some houseplants that you can keep in your aquarium, but she didn't know which ones they were.
Anyone know anything about this?
Anyone know anything about this?
Anyone Ever Heard Of This?
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I dont know all of them, but the ones we sell at the store I work at are the green and white acorus and the mondo grass.
Just make sure that it can be put in a aquarium. Or else it will rot and give you ammoina problems.
I remember reading something about this awhile ago. Don't remember all the details except that most won't last a month or two. Then you have to come back for more. Sweet deal for them!
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Ive heard that christmas/thanksgiving cactus will grow. Its a jungle succulent. and ive been told will grow floating on the surface. Don't know if it blooms like that though. Might want to double check though if you have plant nibbling fish.. Some succulents are poisonous.
definately look at the site that SA14mars posted. I just got back from returning NON aquatic plants to the LFS that sold them to me. They confessed that they had no clue about the plants. Thanks to the site I probably saved myself some trouble with them.
There are very few house plants that will survive long term emmersion. Terrestrial plants are often sold as aquatic, simply because they 'last' longer in tanks not approriate for plants than true aquatics. Terrestrial plants go into a stasis when submersed, and live off their stored nutrients. Many can maintain this for several months, while true aquatics in a nutrient-poor, low light tank typically die within a few weeks.
However--there are many plants than can be grown successfully with just the roots hanging into the water. It can be tricky to accomodate them, but I've kept spider plants, peace lilies, wandering jew, and yes, snippets of christmas cactus this way unti lthey developed enough roots to be planted. I wouldn't do it full time, because it's kind of a pain in my setups. I'm going to work on getting some little plastic rings to support plants and try putting them in my frog tank--open topped, so no canopy to limit upward growth.
However--there are many plants than can be grown successfully with just the roots hanging into the water. It can be tricky to accomodate them, but I've kept spider plants, peace lilies, wandering jew, and yes, snippets of christmas cactus this way unti lthey developed enough roots to be planted. I wouldn't do it full time, because it's kind of a pain in my setups. I'm going to work on getting some little plastic rings to support plants and try putting them in my frog tank--open topped, so no canopy to limit upward growth.
I have used Spatiphyllum (Peace Lily), Rheo discolor (Canoe plant), and Pothos as emerse bog plants (only the roots in water, stems and foliage in air) for veggie filters. The first of those is one of the best FW nutrient sponges if you can deal with the height. A bonus is that you do get the rather elegant "flowers" all but constantly, downside is that the pollen from them does get dusted around.