I only have 3 types of house plants in my tanks at the moment…PeaceLilly, Pothos and creeping Jenny. The creeping Jenny has taken over my outdoor tub which looks great. I absolutely adore those inch plant you have. I’m going to have to buy one. The breeding rack is looking great. Btw Did you try putting a microfibre cloth underneath the air-pump yet to help reduce the vibration noise?
Bonjour! For all the beautiful plants you showed us, do you just put them in the aquarium? No pot, soil, moss or anything? So I could clamp some on the side of my thank and they will grow simply with the water from the aquarium? Thank you for your videos!
Wonderful content, thank you for the information, I grow many plants as well as house fish and i wondered what i could grow symbiotically with the tanks.
I think the plant in the shrimp meadow tank, the one next to the pothos, is called a nerve plant or a toothache plant. Famously fast to wilt, but quick to recover. If they really can tolerate life with roots in water I'll have to give it a try!
I use the nicrew lights for most. On the tank in the thumb nail I am using a ring selfie light that broke off its tripod and I just secured it to wood. The silver heat lamp looking light is just a standard house light. And the light on the small shrimp jar is a top fin led light
Ive got a bunch of rex begonia that do well in just water. Im looking to add them to a live tank with one betta in it. Just wanted to make sure its safe for my fish.
I had to Google it, those are beautiful! I am not sure to be honest. Most tropical plants with high humidity requirements often do well growing out of a tank but I've never heard of someone trying it with this plant. If you do it, let us know how it turns out!
@@thedirtytank try go to your backyard and do any cutting. Ud be shocked that even the plants they say won't grow in aquaponics can grow in aquaponics. Nothing fazes me anymore.
It's always so demoralizing to see people who can freaking grow anything... Stuff only seems to be indestructible for you; I on the other hand, can kill anything. Not exactly a brag, but I can't keep a colony of cherry shrimp alive for more than a year. Now in my most recent try, I think I just didn't feed them enough, so after initially breeding, they just collapsed. Water parameters were fine, though they had no heater (wanted to try cooler temps because I heard they're more likely to survive that way even if they breed more slowly), and the main issue with not having a heater is temp fluctuation, so stability could have been the issue, even though I hear about people breeding these damn things in ponds that are subject to temp fluctuation, so whatever. And several of these plant species as well just haven't grown for me; Possibly just some cultivars are more doable than others of the same species, or it might just be that I try not to fertilize my water, since I keep natural dirted tanks, though you do too it seems, so IDFK. I have had to start fertilizing my riparium though because my emersed Arrowheads are showing nutrient deficiency. My tanks are low stocked (partly because I can't keep anything alive, though partly because I shop cheap at PetKill, err... I mean 'PetSmart') but even then, I'll get algae, mulm build up, and pest snail explosions if I feed regularly. Maybe I should just stop using sand as a top cover... I just recently set up a 5 gal Walstad with a small black lava rock cap, so we'll see how that works. Oh, and I'll tell you something that is indestructible even for me: Creeping Fig (Ficus Pumula). That stuff roots well in water and can survive in low humidity, low light, and low fert. I've got it growing out of the tank, up the wall, and across the ceiling. Ficus in general is great stuff. I have Oak Leaf Creeping Fig (Ficus Quercifolia) which is a bit more fragile than Pumula, but still hard to kill. And I have one of those little Ficus trees that are often sold as bonsai, though I'm not quite sure what species specifically, but it has aerial roots if the humidity is high enough, and roots in water. Keep it pruned short, and it'd be great for a paludarium. Of course knowing my luck it's probably toxic.
If anyone’s curious, the scientific names of these plants are
_Tradescantia zebrina_ 'Inch-Plant' or 'Wandering Jew' (
Great info! Thanks for taking the time to write this, very helpful!
Thank you bro!!! Great video + expert!!
I only have 3 types of house plants in my tanks at the moment…PeaceLilly, Pothos and creeping Jenny. The creeping Jenny has taken over my outdoor tub which looks great. I absolutely adore those inch plant you have. I’m going to have to buy one. The breeding rack is looking great. Btw Did you try putting a microfibre cloth underneath the air-pump yet to help reduce the vibration noise?
Yes, I did add the cloth and I tightened the screws on the pump itself and now it's a LOT quieter! Thanks for the suggestion!
@@thedirtytank Oh good stuff. 👍🏼🙂
They aren't just "in the fish tank". They are also under strong lighting.
Bonjour! For all the beautiful plants you showed us, do you just put them in the aquarium? No pot, soil, moss or anything? So I could clamp some on the side of my thank and they will grow simply with the water from the aquarium? Thank you for your videos!
I have a few in a mound of dirt but most can just have their roots in the water and do just fine!
Wonderful content, thank you for the information, I grow many plants as well as house fish and i wondered what i could grow symbiotically with the tanks.
have you tried bamboo plant? Grows well in my 125 gallon
I think the plant in the shrimp meadow tank, the one next to the pothos, is called a nerve plant or a toothache plant. Famously fast to wilt, but quick to recover. If they really can tolerate life with roots in water I'll have to give it a try!
What’s important to me is your lighting. What kind of grow lights and or bulbs are you using.
I use the nicrew lights for most. On the tank in the thumb nail I am using a ring selfie light that broke off its tripod and I just secured it to wood. The silver heat lamp looking light is just a standard house light. And the light on the small shrimp jar is a top fin led light
@@thedirtytank thank you. 💖💕
What are the floating plants in the breeding tank?
I love your tanks.
Thank you.
Thanks! Dwarf Water Lettuce mainly
Hi from Singapore! Love this!
Welcome! Glad you enjoyed
Hello -- I am interested to try growing basil with the roots in my hang filter, or roots in the tank. Any experience with basil?
What plant is good for Agrican cichlids? Higher PH freshwater
I've seen pothos growing out of a hard water cichlid tank. I personally have monstera growing out of my jewel cichlid tank
wow amazing.
dwarf hair grass... is there any c02 sir?
Ive got a bunch of rex begonia that do well in just water. Im looking to add them to a live tank with one betta in it. Just wanted to make sure its safe for my fish.
1:56 isn't this wandering dew?
I love the purple tradescantia
can you put strelitzia?
I had to Google it, those are beautiful! I am not sure to be honest. Most tropical plants with high humidity requirements often do well growing out of a tank but I've never heard of someone trying it with this plant. If you do it, let us know how it turns out!
Great tanks buddy....!
The first plant..the purple one is tradencia zebrina
How many gallons is the tank in the thumbnail?
It's a 20 gallon long
I have monstera,..andpeacelilly❤
I have 3 different types of caladiums growing on my tank
Just Googled those. Some of them have really nice colors!
@@thedirtytank try go to your backyard and do any cutting. Ud be shocked that even the plants they say won't grow in aquaponics can grow in aquaponics. Nothing fazes me anymore.
They are Syngoniums! :)
Pothos can also grow under water
The "mini Monstera" isn't a Monstera ay all. It's an epipremnum..
No it isn't. It's a rhaphidophora tetrasperma.
This guy works for amazon.
It's always so demoralizing to see people who can freaking grow anything... Stuff only seems to be indestructible for you; I on the other hand, can kill anything. Not exactly a brag, but I can't keep a colony of cherry shrimp alive for more than a year. Now in my most recent try, I think I just didn't feed them enough, so after initially breeding, they just collapsed. Water parameters were fine, though they had no heater (wanted to try cooler temps because I heard they're more likely to survive that way even if they breed more slowly), and the main issue with not having a heater is temp fluctuation, so stability could have been the issue, even though I hear about people breeding these damn things in ponds that are subject to temp fluctuation, so whatever.
And several of these plant species as well just haven't grown for me; Possibly just some cultivars are more doable than others of the same species, or it might just be that I try not to fertilize my water, since I keep natural dirted tanks, though you do too it seems, so IDFK. I have had to start fertilizing my riparium though because my emersed Arrowheads are showing nutrient deficiency. My tanks are low stocked (partly because I can't keep anything alive, though partly because I shop cheap at PetKill, err... I mean 'PetSmart') but even then, I'll get algae, mulm build up, and pest snail explosions if I feed regularly. Maybe I should just stop using sand as a top cover... I just recently set up a 5 gal Walstad with a small black lava rock cap, so we'll see how that works.
Oh, and I'll tell you something that is indestructible even for me: Creeping Fig (Ficus Pumula). That stuff roots well in water and can survive in low humidity, low light, and low fert. I've got it growing out of the tank, up the wall, and across the ceiling. Ficus in general is great stuff. I have Oak Leaf Creeping Fig (Ficus Quercifolia) which is a bit more fragile than Pumula, but still hard to kill. And I have one of those little Ficus trees that are often sold as bonsai, though I'm not quite sure what species specifically, but it has aerial roots if the humidity is high enough, and roots in water. Keep it pruned short, and it'd be great for a paludarium. Of course knowing my luck it's probably toxic.