I finally did an update video on this! One and a half years of growth on the pothos in my aquarium kzread.info/dash/bejne/qqZhz7Vsadm_aNo.html

I am an Aquamigo. I enjoy fish Friday and I also like how you put your observations out there wether they are positive or negative. Keep up the good work.

@TobiasHolenstein

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Hope! I'm glad you are enjoying the videos 🙂 and thank you for your continued support!

Excellent video! You speak so clearly. I really enjoy your videos. Thank you so much!! USA

@TobiasHolenstein

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! I am glad you are enjoying my videos 😄

@sharonjack7239

2 жыл бұрын

@@TobiasHolenstein You are so welcome!!😄

Been away for a bit, but I'm home from the hospital & back to following. Great video! My Golden Pothos is going into my community tank... Not right away but it's on my list. Not only are Pothos good for your aquarium water but they are a great houseplant too. They are on the top ten list of houseplants best at removing toxins from the air. Our carpets, cleaners and a load of other stuff are polluting our indoor air quality with formaldehydes and a bunch of other nasties. It's a win win addition to your tank. Pick one up the next time you see them on sale. Awesome video Tobias! I am an AQUAMIGO.

@TobiasHolenstein

2 жыл бұрын

So sorry to hear you were in the hospital! I hope you are feeling better 🙏 I didn't know that pothos also improves air quality, that's awesome! and thank you for being an Aquamigo! I will shout you out next week since I already filmed this coming Friday's video

@KewlQT

2 жыл бұрын

@@TobiasHolenstein thank you for your interest of my well being hun. Yes I'm happy to be back taking care of all my pets n plants.

@TobiasHolenstein

2 жыл бұрын

Of course! Take care and I'm glad you are back with your pets and plants!

Wow I didn't expect the shoutout, thanks bro! And you know what to do to your tank to get less nitrates, just copy what you did whith your pond, more bio filtration 😉

@TobiasHolenstein

2 жыл бұрын

No problem bro! I was thinking in the pond that my floating plants were reducing my nitrates, but I'm not sure 🤔

@vertigoone-one-722

2 жыл бұрын

@@TobiasHolenstein gues you will know in the beginning next season, althow the bacteria take a while to come back to... would be a great experiment! I read somewhere that there are anaerobe bacteria they eat nitrate to, unfortunetly there is not a lot of research on it so its hard to say if is a real thing

@TobiasHolenstein

2 жыл бұрын

@@vertigoone-one-722 Yes! I've been watching this guy on youtube named Kevin Novak and he makes videos on these anoxic filters and basically he says that anaerobe bacteria will live in low oxygen environments and it will get rid of nitrates. I've been thinking of giving it a try one of these days and see if it works

I grew what ended up being a 30 foot Pothos vine, what started out as a two leaf cutting and placed it in my Aquarium filter. I just heard what you said about the filter. I put ALL of mine in the filter and they grow tremendously.

@stoneysscapes7544

2 жыл бұрын

Cold rain and Snow = you should play it and listen to what youv'e been missing etc ☮️

Thank for sharing this video

@TobiasHolenstein

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure 🙌

Thanks :)

I grow pothos plant rooting it in water in my small tank that has 1 gallon water, 4 small fish & a java moss.The water quality remains good even after a month & fishes are healthy.

@erinjoy5625

Жыл бұрын

So it will work for the small tanks aswell, I have 1.5 gal tank with my Betta and I just put in a piece of pothos enjoy (white and green) which I already had propogated so had 2 small roots. How long before u have to change water when doing this ?

@chainsawmay

Жыл бұрын

@@erinjoy5625u need atleast five gallon for betta

Very beautiful aquariums and good information, really enjoyable. I have a question though, i recently divided 2 pothos pots from lothes and added them to 3 aquariums. Some of the individual peices were long enough to drape out of the tank the way most people do, but some of peices were smaller and not only the roots but all the leaves are submerged as well, some are inbetween. Is it okay to FLOAT some of the smaller ones, or will they rot?

@TobiasHolenstein

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! As for your plants, I'm not really sure. I have heard of some people growing pothos completely submerged in their aquariums, which I have personally never tried. But it makes me think that your plants shouldn't rot

You should look into Anoxic Filtration to get control of your nitrates.

@TobiasHolenstein

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's a good idea! I've been watching those videos by Kevin Novak, it would be a cool project to attempt

Hard to believe it's been 7 months. Nice growth. Maybe try some other houseplants. Roots can rot too, not just leaves. The roots actually are good for the fish as they provide hiding places for them.

@TobiasHolenstein

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah the time really flew by! Someone was just recommending to me to try spider plants so I may give those a shot too

@KewlQT

2 жыл бұрын

@@TobiasHolenstein Spider plants would take root quite well and all but you would just have to prevent their blade-like leaves from flopping into the water where they'd begin to rot. If you can find them, a Sweet Potatoe Vine does really well in aquariums. There's a Russian fellow that uses them in his fish tanks. He does a fascinating video on his 5 year study on guppy societies. Totally enthralling stuff. Here's the link - kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZGGlmqlpicmzlag.html

Yup that's why one must grow Pot Hose.

Will be good if you can get that pothos going all round your room! I tried some in one of my tanks around the same time you started yours, but it never really grew, the roots grew a fair bit, but only 1 or 2 leaves… don’t think it was getting enough light!

@TobiasHolenstein

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah! that would look cool! and yeah that is probably why yours didn't grow too much. Is yours hanging inside the tank?

@GingerFishyOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, hanging in the tank, plenty of root growth, just nothing above the surface. The plant I bought to take the cutting from is looking good though. I’ve got that in the conservatory, getting plenty of sun!

@TobiasHolenstein

2 жыл бұрын

@@GingerFishyOfficial I see! Yeah probably the lack of sun. That's a good sign that you have some good root growth though!

Small tank = higher nitrates?

The suction cups were a good idea

@TobiasHolenstein

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! They are really useful

Do you need some kind of lighting for the these plants

@TobiasHolenstein

Жыл бұрын

Sorry for my late reply! You don't need any special lighting for these plants. They seem to do fine in indirect sunlight

Does pruning make the main root system grow faster? coz i want to reach the bottom of my tank

@TobiasHolenstein

Жыл бұрын

I'm actually not sure, but I feel like the roots on mine grew much faster than the rest of the plant, so you probably won't need to wait too long to reach the bottom of your tank

40PPM isn't that bad for nitrates. I think your problem is just more load than the filter will process well. Your algae tells me it's bio load. I would add another filter like a sponge. or a larger hob with more bio type media or both.

Hi! what about the lighting for the pothos?

@TobiasHolenstein

Жыл бұрын

The pothos seems to do really well in indirect sunlight 🙂 I've been meaning to do an update on this since the pothos has grown quite a bit more

@bageljade2165

Жыл бұрын

@@TobiasHolenstein I’ll be waiting for an update. Thanks!

Make deep substrate with plenum to have denitrification by bacteria, not by plants. 💚

@TobiasHolenstein

2 жыл бұрын

I would love to do that at some point. If I am correct, that should create anoxic filtration, right?

My aquarium pothos is dying and i have no idea how to fix it.

@TobiasHolenstein

Жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that! Is the whole plant dying or just some leaves here and there?

Won't the roots get rotten?

@TobiasHolenstein

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think so, maybe that would happen with other plants, but with pothos the roots don't seem to rot

The hard part is doing this with a tank that has a lid.

Sorry, can't hear "PAW -Thohs" that much.