These 5 Easy House Plants Filter Your Aquarium!
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- Опубліковано 29 лип 2024
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:05 Philodendron
3:25 Pothos
4:43 Spider Plant
5:49 Walking Iris
6:04 Peace Lily
6:48 Monstera
7:55 Syngonium
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HI, Thanks so much for this video,..... I'm a 73, yr old retired zoo keeper.... In the past, I have had all he PLANTS that you mentioned, p,us a few more..... over time i got rid of them..... your video has again reminded me how GREAT, the house plant Aquarium IS.....Plus, Friends, etc. Always asking me for plants.....I am now, cutting all my house PLANTS to stick in my Aquariums.... ALL THE BEST.
Best to you!
Reading your comment truly made me feel happy simply because you've discovered how emotionally rewarding it is to keep & care for some of Nature's simple beauty 😊
It's so heartwarming to discover that another person truly feels content with their hobby! Best wishes to you & may your future be bring you more happiness!!!
Really interesting!
Good to see more fish keepers using HOUSEPLANTS in Fish tanks! Love your channel
Thanks 👍
Please do a guide of how to prop up these plants on top of the aquarium
Yeh that's what I want to know as out of 6 of our tanks only two have lids
I like to use chopsticks held together by elastic bands. Make a little square and just pop it on the corner of the tank.
@@snide. thankd for the idea i might try it myself. But here in my country, the rubber band sucks, low quality and usually breaks down after a few weeks, i might use zipties tho.
@@RecycleChic i live Indonesia and most suction cups sold are low chinese quality hahaha the good ones are quite expensive, but ill try to find a suitable one, thanks for the idea!!
@RecycleChic funnily enough I clocked this idea a couple days ago when was going through fosh box and spotted them. Kept them in place really well.
Philodendrons are great and come in so many colors now. A word of caution, for those that don't know the leaves (only the leaves) are poisonous, their toxicity will not affect your fish as long as the leaves are kept out of the aquarium.
I was wondering about this! Since philodendron are toxic to cats/dogs.
How about syngonium
What about spider plants can you put them in a tank that silver dollars are in?
@@JPsfish well they haven't affected my fish any way
Omg what the fuq does the content creator Mentone this?
I have pothos and peace Lilly in my aquariums and since they established the water quality is much better! One of the peace lillies is growing on a piece of wood, which looks really good as a centerpiece. Also the roots kinda create a jungle vibe and give all the baby fish a great place to hide.
So the peace lily grows inside the aquarium?
May I ask how you got the peace lily to stick on the wood? Must look great.
Ive heard of people useing acetate(super glue) but if you grow it over the rock/log eventually the roots will reach and try to hold on as long as it stays healthy @lilmissjoodypoody
@@Jon-mu7tn thanks! I’ve tried superglue, even ones marketed for aquariums, and found it to be a messy process that doesn’t seem to dry reliably for me. Might try using something mechanical to hold the plant in place until the roots have established instead. Thanks for the idea!
My wife almost killed a potted Monstera, but was able to bring it back and now it’s booming! I’m trying to steal a cutting for it, but I value my life. 😂
Wow. I find it almost impossible to kill a Monstera! 😂
😂😂😂
Some bonsai wire is great way to place your plants in the water. 4mm is stiff enough to make a holder and pliable enough to do it by hand.
I do this with mint and basil cuttings. One of these days I’ll make some kind of floating tray and try to grow aquaponic lettuce
Any idea if Rosemary will work, or would that be bad for the tank? Since the herb actually has antimicrobial properties? Trying to grow more herbs in general for health reasons, but if they benefit the tank as well, it would be a win - win situation.
@@hamaarahof5712 I haven't personally tried it in a fish tank but I know rosemary cuttings will root in water fairly easily. I think they'd be fine for fish but don't quote me. I also think rosemary likes full sun and I don't quite give enough light to my tanks for it to do well... but again I've never tried it so who knows.
@@tannersimonson3781 Ah yah, good points. I did root some in a jar of water, that worked. But the Rosemary is also getting a fair amount of light. The Lucky Bamboo in the tank doesn`t, prefers low to medium lighting anyway. One day when I get brave, I might try it
You could use styrofoam boards….or do those leech stuff in the water? Other than that I’ve seen people use pvc pipes
@@tailfeather5213 The problem with styrofoam is that the little pellets easily break off, and look like food so some fish. They will probably just pass in a large fish but can kill small fish.
Houseplants literally saved our lives! All of our plants except the submerged plants started dying this winter. Some were 30 years old and some were brand new. One day I noticed that the plants in the guest bedroom were fine. The only difference was that we had closed off the heating vent. I called a local company, three weeks later they showed up and I heard the guy scream " Open all the God damn windows!" 😂 so a new furnace later he told me that it had been leaking a poisonous gas for at least a year and we should be dead. They refused to leave until it was done.
Thanks so much for the great ideas. I'm enjoying new leaves on my plant bunch from the yard in my aquarium.
You are a true inspiration to both professional, and amateur aquarists. Keep up the good work!
I am currently growing nasturtiums in my cold water aquarium. I prefer this plant because it is non toxic to cats.
The nasturtiums was a self set in a pot next to the aquarium. Its grown over and into the aquarium with roots growing down to the bottom third of the tank. Fingers crossed it will flower 🌼
Thanks for the recommendation. I didn't know that this was possible.
Incidentally, the flowers taste of pepper and are delicious!
I didn't know nasturtiums are cat safe, ty for that info.
I never thought to try nasturtiums! Thanks for sharing that. I'll have to give it a try. 🙂
The main plant my cats go for is the spider plant! They also like small palm tree plants, down to the nibs.
Other cat-safe house plants that can be grown with their roots in the water include prayer plants (which are very cool cause they close up at night like hands in a prayer motion), parlor palms, pilea, bird's nest ferns, fittonia albivenis, polka dot plants, and African violets.
I love the peace Lilly in my tank... the root system get HUGE and the fish love it swinging through it and using the roots as cover
So good, really changes the feel of the whole room.
Please continue to spread the word and educating people on benefits of aquaponics in fish and houseplant hobby ❤️ great video!
I love using houseplants as additional filters! Syngoniums and Pothos are the best for smaller tanks, but Monstera Deliciousa is a beast at removing nitrates in big tanks!
Good to hear, just put one Deliciousa and a bunch of monkey mask around the rim of a above ground pond.
Thanks for the info.
Additional? So plants aren't REPLACEMENTS for regular filters? Asking for a friend! 😆
@@pedalz1234 It depends on a lot of factors. How is your tanked stocked? What is the size of the tank? How many plants are in the tank? It really only works in tanks that are lightly stocked with a lot of plants.
@@pedalz1234 it depends om the bioload being taken on by your plants
I use house plants in all my tanks. Definitely makes a big difference. Great video bro!
This is awesome, exactly what I was looking for waking up this morning. Thanks!
Oh wow you just made this one. My neighbor grows both kinds of spider plants so I guess I better go get some. Oh and I'm blaming you for the 6 aquariums in my living room LOL. Keep up the good work and videos
You're too funny, but I get it. I've just gotten Teo more tanks as well. Each one bigger than the last, hahaaa.
P.s. I have three different spider plants. All green, green with white on the outer edges, and green with a white stipe in the middle. Guess who's putting a different spider in each tank? Yep, me 🤣
I did not realize that I used all of these plants before. They are all extremely useful for my fish tank, especially Peace Lily
If u have a cat beware of the peacelilly. Its pollen and leaves apparently are extremely toxic to cats. The simple act of licking the pollen off their coat can cause kidney failure.. according to the ASPCA (American RSPCA)
@@katesmiles4208 wow. I didn't know that. If it is dangerous for cats, so it could be dangerous for human too. I should reduce the use of this plant. Thanks for the information.
Peace lily is not a true lily and is safe for cats. Any other lily is not.
@@lauradon8603 I will do a research before using any of these. Thank you very much.
Always a good idea, I like to put a small pot / basket of scoria gravel as a base. This helps with providing mineral nutrient to the plant that they may not always get from the water.
Thanks for the idea! Growing some of my spider plants out will be great. Be well! Take care of yourself and don't forget to rest up!
Thank you so much!! I house a house full of most of these plants, I never knew I could incorporate them with my tanks!! Beautiful ❤❤
Yes sir. In 2018 I put a literally cutting of Golden Pothos in my Aquarium filter. It literally had two leaves. By 2020, that cutting had grown over 20 feet long and stretched from my living room and into my my dining room, after curling around and into two other potted plants first. At the end, I actually connected them to my tank in the dining room.
That is awesome! I definitely want to try that.
Wow that's really cool!
I love how you have done up your fish shop. It looks really magical.
Can you please please make a video on how you prepare all your plants ( both the emerged & the submerged ones) before introducing them into your tanks.
My main concern are bugs / any pathogens that might accidentally get introduced into the tank
Broooo hands down my favorite channel!!! Also to watch your progression has been so cool. Keep the great content coming. I always mention you when talking to new fish keepers on where to get educated about fish.
Lucky bamboo is a good one
It seems to be becoming very popular, growing houseplants in aquariums. 👍
I suppose when you think about it, people who keep plants in their pots do use aquarium water when watering their plants, so a win win situation. 👍🏴
Im definitely gonna try this out after seeing how well they have grown in your shop and that you recommend them highly. Thanks nick 😊
This is great! I love your enthusiasm. I'm so excited to combine my love of plants with keeping fish.
I love them too, they just add that extra piece of nature!❤️🇦🇺
Dwarf water lettuce does this for me .. one or 2 in there and within 2 weeks surface is full of them .. I just pass them on to the shop and he gives them to customers with newer tanks to help
This is a great video, and hadn't heard of doing this before! I have most of these plants in my home now, and am going to try this right away-Thanks for the information!!! 🙂
it's like having hydroponics culture you can also grow strawberries
Strawberries, really? I never would have guessed that.
Took this list to depot and got my first batch of aquarium house plants! thanks for the guide!
Great content. Greetings from Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹
I never even thought of doing this, it's soooooo clever! Thank you.
Thank you so much for this fun easy tip on helping cut down the upkeep on fish tanks and beautifying at the same time.😅
Great video Nick, you can also use some aquatic plants in this way as well, some stem plants do well especially if they have been grown emerged by the whole sellers or other plants like Amazon Swords, they will readily flower and produce suckers for you, even sedges, some of them have really attractive root systems as well, give them a try if you get a chance.
Hey Nick, a good video to help with nitrates. The shop is looking awesome and I hooe its going well 👍
Great video!! Let’s add some kitchen ingredients to the list too. Sweet potato grows wonderfully in a tank. It creates very dense floating roots and beautiful heart-shaped leaves.
Does the sweet potato produce tubers when in the tank? is that something some fish would like to nibble on?
@@sarahbreisch4750 Not really.
When I kept a betta in a 2 gallon bowl, I had a pothos vine in the water and it was wonderful. The fish LOVED swimming around the roots and the plant grew really well. It didn't mind his bubble nest, either. Pothos handles excess moisture really well.
I keep reading how toxic these are for bettas. Idk what to do anymore!
Wow beautiful Plants ^^
Like it
My friend, thank you for good sharing
Amazing videos. I been following for a few weeks and binge watch most of your videos... sooo good.
EXCELLENT! BEAUTIFUL FISH ROOM TOO! ♥
thanks for making it easy and not complicated🐟
Peace Lilies are by far the easiest on this list, as well as best nutrient uptake and imo the best looking!
I also have a giant mother podophylum syngonium that I've been taking cuttings of to grow in my tanks.
And Pothos interestingly enough will grow completely submerged, wrap a cutting around a log and although
it grows slower it will root and leaf and vine completely underwater.
Peace lillies can grow underwater too, kinda.
Thank you for all your help with the plants.
I have a Monstera Deliciosa growing in my guppy bin, it's roots are growing like crazy. Need to divide it into 2 again soon.
I definitely will be adding my Philidendron micans and pothos(es) to more of my setups.
I'm gonna have to try out that philodendron, I love how it's splitting off everywhere, makes it easy to keep them small for aesthetics. I'm looking to move my tank under a big window so non-aquatic plants are gonna love it
I’m already an avid houseplant enthusiast, with probably 50 houseplants in my 400 square foot house. I’m now in the process of setting up my first ever aquarium and I want to do a low-tech, heavily planted tank with cuttings from my houseplants helping to filter. I already have most of the plants you have so it’ll be easy. :) I’m so happy I found your channel!
Great plants indeed! I have Syngonium and Peace Lily in one of my tank and Lucky Bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana) in another tank. They are easy do grow and give a great look to the tank too
Lovely vid! 🌱🌱🌱🌱
10/10 video my guy. Im in the exact headspace as you regarding under water plants! My peace lily, philodendron, and pothos collection do a solid job with bio filtration and they're absolutely stunning to look at. Bro did you also know that pothos can be trained to grow UNDER WATER?I had saw on some other dudes channel that they cant breath oxygen underwater and die but that is 100% not the case. I successfully keep pothos completely submerged in all 8 of my tanks and have done so for 1.5 years now. So vibrant and green and my fish and frogs love it!!! You should test it out and do a video on it. I feel like most people arent aware! If you do, just know that the Pothos will shed a few leaves during the acclimation period but once those root balls start to sprout in a few weeks, it will stabilize and eventually even grow new leaves underwater! ( :
Super helpful video. Cant wait to try some of these in my tank
Awesome video nick! I like your corydoras video's
Absolutely love this, I put bunches of pothos on my large tank and it grows so nicely and lush and the tank looking clean❤️
I have all the plants and you've given me some great ideas for my fish tank. Thank you
I love your videos. Thanks for this video, I’m working on my aquatic plants. I also just ordered your fish food!!
Another informative video. Thank you!
Thanks. You helped me understand enough to be confident diving into this!
Alocasia does great in low light, water set ups, and they are shaped pretty good for sticking out of something (plus it's an Aroid which is the same family as Monstera, Philodendron, Syngonium and Epipremnum etc).
wow didn't know that you could have alocasi also in aquariums too🙂 Dosen't the bulb on it rot? How do you fasten the plants in tha aquarium? My photos always falls down in the water,
I have a couple pothos I was considering putting in the tank but I thought the fish would eat the roots this is amazing I've actually been wanting to do this for a long time and have several plants so today's the day
Before I started aquarium I had many plants. I did notice that if I kept them in water to develop roots, especially pothos and monstera monkey mask, I didn't have to change the water at all. And I thought there might be something interesting going on and this is nice confirmation :D very interesting approach
Absolutly awesome !
Thank you!🙂❤️
That's a good idea! Thanks for sharing!
THANK you, for correctly calling Adansonii the "Swiss cheese plant"! I recently learned that the Monstera Delisiosa that my mum has always called a "Split-leaf Philodendron" isn't a philodendron at all, but so many people call it the "Swiss cheese plant"! All you have to do is look at the Adansonii to know that THAT'S the Swiss cheese plant!
In the UK we just call it a cheese plant
This is amazing just what I needed thanks!
I've used Golden Pothos in guppy/betta low tech tanks ❤️Keeps the water absolutely pristine (aside from the weekly water changes)Currently have tonnes of Pothos with my Goldfish (till they get a bigger tank).
Great Video, just got some new guppy fry today, taking advice from you to raise them. Also looking to breed my CPD's just got them the other day going to try soon.
I never thought of spider plant! And I’ve never even heard of the iris. I’m using sweet potato and pothos currently. I’ll have to give them a try!
Also, the umbrella plant, schefflera. It grows like crazy in my tanks, it takes some time before it roots, but when it does it loves to grow in water. And the roots are really beautiful. I have it in all my betta tanks….
Ty for the tip. I love umbrella plants.
I'm a big fan of using filter foam in back chambers if you've got them. Roots don't necessarily "like" light and will grow fuzzy and fluffy in an oxygen rich environment. Those fuzzy root tips will soak up exponential nutrients.
That’s amazing will definitely try this myself
Thank you so much for posting this video. So useful 🎉
Thank You for this video! this is really helpful! simply awesome!
Loved this idea! Gonna try this.
Hey greetings from Spain, your content is awesome. You´re inspiring me to make future by breeding fish too. I had always been watching aquariums you tube videos and in my opion yours is the best.
It’s like you read my mind! I was just thinking about this before you posted
Thnks bud u saved me some money for now🎉 and hopefully there’s more tips coming❤❤
Matey great information on your videos. Thank you
I have so many of these plants that you mention I’m gonna put all that I can find in there thank you very much
Great video, educational and I enjoyed this. Thank you
I got all the plants that you mentioned. Thank you very much for the tips. I will try them on my aquarium too. 🇵🇭
This is really helpful.. I am using Pothos for my Aquarium.. but thank you for sharing this other Houseplants..
Ive been experimenting with random plants (that were being thrown out at work) seeing what would grow out the tops of tanks. I have 4 out of 5 of your top 5 already aha. Didnt have the Spider plant, curious about the mondo!
Ive also have success with some types Peperomia sp. , which is ironic since the bunnings label says it does not like wet feet. Keep up the amazing work! Ive also tried some different types of Alocasia's, Hoya's, Ficus pumila minima - creeping fig, and they've all done fantastic. Yet to experiment with different types of mangroves sources from local areas!
I do this also but I cut about a 1.5”-2” slice of grey pool noodles and then just stick the trimmed end of your cutting through it and place it at an open edge of your aquarium. It stabilizes it nicely. And like you said I have roots start in a little over a week. I’m gonna try floating an avocado seed next.
You are brilliant... so educational..well done
Man, this is a great idea! I’ll try it, I already have a few on the list growing in my house.
very cool,will try some.
I grow peace lilies out of the weir/overflows in my reef ready tank. They grow like crazy, constantly new leaves and flowers growing. My wife is tired of getting bouquets of white lily flowers at this point. Otherwise, I grow a ton of pothos out of all my tanks, but haven't ventured much into other plants. I'll give some of these a try to change the look up a little.
a very nice video😀 ! enjoyed it☺️☺️ thankyou i made a list and im happy😇💖💖
Great share. Thanks!
You can also use Lucky Bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana) in your aquarium
Loôks really good
Thank you and love your accent!👍🏼🫣☺️
Great Video! ♥️
Thanks for the video. I just divided my Peace Lilly and put some in three of my tanks, wait now to see how well they grow.
I use Chinese water bamboo planted in my substrate in my shrimp tanks or like a bog filter in my ponds works well too
Thanks so much! I have a project in mind involving an Ikea vase and a little ecosystem. I really wanted some real plants involved but wasn't sure what types to add!
Thanks for this usefull video! Cheers! 🍻
Fab info. Went shopping yesterday for plants I could grow in my aquarium along side my spider plant. Picked up a peace lily but wasn’t sure what else was ok so thanks for the shopping list 😂😊
Love this had Pathos in my tank for a while some of these others ill have to try