Ivy as Aquatic plant?

[TetraFreak]

Hello everyone.

My wife has an awesome "Green thumb" and has a plant...I believe it's a variation of Ivy(or some climbing type plant), and I was wondering what the possibilities of turning clippings into an aquatic plant.

Would it be harmfull to the fish or other plant life?

Anyone ever try houseplants for aquariums?

 

[EcoPit]

No, ivy is a terrestrial plant and would not survive long-term in an aquarium. Eventually it would die and would foul the water.

 

[TetraFreak]

It may not be an ivy per se, but it's growing like mad! I'll have to see if I can get the specific species and go from there.

 

[josephish]

house plants in aquarium

i worked in a science department down in Tennessee where they had a very large aquarium set up. The aquarium was a series of three large cylindrical tanks. Each tank help approx 500 gal each. Anyways the middle tank had a very large new guinea impatient growing on top of the tank. The plant had soil around the roots and was on a thick piece of styrofoam and the roots went down into the water. I asked one of the professors about the plant and she showed me a picture of three years earlier when the plant was first placed in the tank. The plant was obviously thriving. I personally have hyponically kept the houseplant (gold pathos) in the aquarium and it has done well.

 

[phanmc]

Terrrestrial plants need to be exposed to air in order to survive. If you place the plants on the water surface with its roots submerged they will do fine. If you submerge the entire plants below water, it will slowly die.

 

[EcoPit]

i worked in a science department down in Tennessee where they had a very large aquarium set up. The aquarium was a series of three large cylindrical tanks. Each tank help approx 500 gal each. Anyways the middle tank had a very large new guinea impatient growing on top of the tank. The plant had soil around the roots and was on a thick piece of styrofoam and the roots went down into the water. I asked one of the professors about the plant and she showed me a picture of three years earlier when the plant was first placed in the tank. The plant was obviously thriving. I personally have hyponically kept the houseplant (gold pathos) in the aquarium and it has done well.

I am also thinking about doing some hydroponics with one of my tanks, but TetraFreak specifically asked "turning clippings into an aquatic plant." That is a different thing, and will not work with a terrestrial plant.