I use aquarium tubing suction cups to anchor my house plants at the top of my aquarium. What’s nice is you can adjust the height of the plant by sliding the suction cup up or down on the aquarium wall.

@4AM-214

Ай бұрын

I used this method with money plant and monstera in my angel fish tank.

Always glad to see other FishTubers catching on to growing houseplants in fish tanks! Great video, man!

@mmoolloo

6 ай бұрын

I got my first aquarium a year ago because I wanted that dirty fish water for my 200+ house plants! I'm now purging my terrestrial plants to get more aquariums, hehe.

@XiahouJoe

2 ай бұрын

Just found this video today. Good to know you saw it. @plantlifeproject changed the way I keep aquariums.

What an amazing young man and he knows his plants, which are growing beautifully. Good luck for the future. Love from UK.

I plant salad greens to basically make it almost a mini aquaponics tank.

@A1-Aquatics

Ай бұрын

Awesome !

Not the legendary Thai Constellation as a fish tank plant!! 🤯💚 I’m rethinking life right now wow

You should also thoroughly rinse all the soil off the roots and give the leaves a good rinse as well before putting plants in a fish tank. That’s to wash off any fertilizer which may be in the soil and/or insecticides on the plants which may be toxic to your aquarium inhabitants. Some people will actually put newly purchased plants in quarantine for several weeks. “Bargin bin” plants may be on sale because they’re stressed due to some insect infestation. The quarantine is to avoid introducing plant pests (thrips, mites) to an already established healthy, thriving system.

@rachellamb2564

3 ай бұрын

Thank you, I was searching for this comment!

@sprolky

2 ай бұрын

There is no need to use soil, just take a cutting and grow it hydroponically...

I use shower baskets with holes and suction cups. They blend in nicely, hold the plants in place and let the roots through. Also, slices cut off a pool noodle make excellent floating plant holders

Yes sir. I have been growing Pothos in my Aquarium filters for years and they produce massive plants.

Aussie Aussie Aussie. Your accent just feels like home. Thanks for this video.

8:22 🤩 My favorite of the day! The fish room is looking amazing!❤🇺🇸

Great video Nick! If you want Vanilla Beans you will have to try and pollinate the flowers your self as in the wild they are pollinated by the Mexican melipona bee, there is a large variety of plants you can use such as sedges, aquatic stem plants and any other aquatic plant that grows emerged, if you have enough lighting you can even use some water loving trees if you have enough light and space, your tanks are coming along nicely and the plants add a great touch to your room and make it look so much more natural with all the roots in the tanks, the fish seem much more happier with that little bit of natural cover as well, nice job! 🙂

@KeepingFishSimple

6 ай бұрын

Thanks, you might have missed it last time you were over but I recently picked up some Mexican melipona bees and they've been flying around the room. Looks like we will have vanilla very soon.

@australianbiotopes4563

6 ай бұрын

@@KeepingFishSimple 🤣🤣 Let the Mexican Government know, I think they are now endangered, most of the Vanilla produced is now hand pollinated, I used to grow the Orchid as well but it never flowered, cool Orchid though it will just grow in leaf litter and climb just about anything, a cool novelty plant.

good list of plants! You can also fill a hydroponics basket with clay balls and hang it on the rim of the tank. Adds even more beneficial bacteria! Thats what I do.

@isabelasoto6365

4 ай бұрын

That’s a great idea thank you

@dianed4190

4 ай бұрын

I did that with my betta. Have had him 7 years with no other equipment, just the pothos for filtration. Clean it only twice a year.

I started keeping house plants in my aquariums when I saw your first video showing how to do it... Not only have my pathos and philodendrons done really well, but so has lucky bamboo! Thanks! Roger

My tanks all have pothos growing out of them, and it’s a jungle in my room. I love it.

@lokeshgnanasekar

Ай бұрын

Does it need bright light

@maxquimby4695

Ай бұрын

@@lokeshgnanasekar just the aquarium light

@S.Trades

Ай бұрын

Pothos are apparently very good at purifying the air?

Your passion for everything you do is fabulous! You are an amazing human being. Thanks for all the videos. I never miss one!

This just a thing I did may help some of you out. You may have some plastic hanging pots around. You can use the clip part that connects the arms to the plastic pot. I place the plants in the clip. You use it as an arm that you can cut to length you then can use a lighter to bend the plastic to make a hook that will go over the side of your tank or pond

I have used many House Plants, including Anthurium Flamingo, Orchids, Monestera and Ferns. I have also used Aloe Vera and Avocado Plants, Bamboo, and they all thrived. I have also used succulent Plants. Like 911 is now up to say thankyou very much for sharing. Take care, Sir. 👍🏼🙂👍🏼❤️

@aigai83

6 ай бұрын

I am actually growing some avocados from the seed, I had that wild idea to keep it on my fish tank, and reading your comment, I will definitely give it a try.

@ultimatefishkeeping

6 ай бұрын

@aigai83 That will be cool. I hope that it works out for you. 🙂 Did you start by having the bottom part of the seed in a glass of water for it to throw out roots? The reason I ask is because you want it to have only water roots so that it is a matter of just putting it straight in instead of having to transition the plant. 👍🏼🙂👍🏼❤️

@aigai83

6 ай бұрын

I have one avocado, already planted in soil, it was growing a root for a month now and stem is growing slowly. I live in Atlantic Canada, so it isn't really ideally warm in the house. Still it is growing under a neon light, keeps it a bit warmer than rest of the house. I have a few seeds that are more recent, with tiny roots started to grow about a week ago, I guess I will wait for them to grow longer roots and will stem them into my 50 gallon community thank. I am planning to drill holes on a drift wood I found on a nearby beach (I boiled the wood branches) and attach the branch floating on top of the water. I will wait for my avocados to have longer roots first. I also recently planted green and purple basil seeds, dwarf tomato seeds, and parsley seeds, I might plant my basil seedlings the same way as well. I'm not sure about parsley or dwarf tomato, though. Thank you so much for asking.

@ultimatefishkeeping

6 ай бұрын

@aigai83 You are welcome. That sounds interesting. I know that you can grow Mint in your Aquarium, which I have tried myself, and it does work. You can also grow an Avocado plant with developing water roots by growing it from seed, as you will see in this link. kzread.info/dash/bejne/eHd9pMSMesyqfaw.htmlsi=LnUqvgIXpWdoU63c

@Liliarthan

5 ай бұрын

Succulents too? May I ask which type(s)? I have a ton of them in the garden of all sorts of varieties. I wouldn’t think they do well in an aquarium as they usually don’t like ‘wet feet’.

Just found your channel as after many years of no aquariums, I’ve started some back up and am using the natural substrate method from father fish. In my betta tanks I didn’t have any underwater plants so I put a bunch of my houseplant cuttings in. I’m so glad to hear they take care of the bad stuff in the water. Thanks allot for the info!!

Synoniums are my favorite to grow. They will get HUGE with enough light. So much that the roots take over the whole water column. Another of my favorites is Hostas. I’ve had excellent results with them.

I can feel the passion you have for the plants and fishes. Hope to see more videos like these!!! Brazilian fan

Bro your channel is rolling. Leep it up dude. Plants are living rent free in my 2 aquariums and are literal butlers.

You're right, another dimension to the hobby.

I have all those plants in my house. Can’t wait to try some in my aquarium too. Thanks!

Plant #1 is a Neon Pothos and it’s absolutely beautiful that leaf is so nice and big!

@tiffanyi5645

6 ай бұрын

The darker green pothos you showed is called Golden Pothos because of the yellow variegation it gets

Thanks so much for this, I've started doing it as I have 5 full size silver dollars in my tank, so aquarium plants don't last long! It's good to know which plants are ok to use. It's also great getting advice from another Qlder, so I know it's relevant for me😉

They work so good I've been doing this for over 20 years. Thanks for sharing

Great video. I like the wandering Jew plant. It’s so nice and purple

Can confirm it works well, I have a pothos that has grown over 10 ft this year out of a small 2 ft tank.

You should try Kang Kong. It loves water, grows super quick and it's an edible spinach!

Your pothos has air roots! That's what is sticking through the peg board 😊

Nice one Nick. Every plant I’ve tried goes gangbusters. Spider grass flowers 7 days after sticking in the tank. I even took a few Agave pups and stuck them in. They look awesome. Need small baskets for them though. Thanks for your efforts.

Theres a flowering plant we call Busy Lizzie in the UK (it grows fast), I think it is actually called Impatiens. Easy to grow from seed or cuttings and grows really well in tanks, needs a bit higher light than Pothos and Peace lilly though.

@AccessiblePhotography

5 ай бұрын

Useful comment. Thanks. I’m UK too.

Great job. The scope for using plant growth to reduce nitrates is immense. I had a pond in North England, about 1000litre (250 gallons), it was truly green in early summer…bought some watercress from the supermarket and chucked a handful into the pond…it went bananas and the algae growth disappeared so the nitrate fell to zero. Benefit, it’s easy to pull out if it’s gets too out of hand and in the winter it dies back to root.

I found a sweet potato vine plant in the clearance section of Walmart garden, and decided to see if I could grow it out of a fish-tank. It worked amazingly well and the plant is HUGE now, it had a big beautiful bunch of roots that flow in the water. And it’s making its way across the top of the tank now it’s quadrupled in size since I got about 3-4 months ago. I use it in my African cichlid tank and they leave the roots alone.

I was having algae issues in my 10 gallon guppy tank, until I took out the silk plants & replaced them with anubias and just for fun I added a sprig of pothos. Not only did everything grow really well, but the algae cleared up!. I've added another sprig to my betta tank that's also planted, and it's starting to clear up as well!

Love it Nick. Nothing better than nature doing the work. Try willow tree cuttings. It loves water and the nutrients

I've had to get creative with my plant choices because, as you mentioned, many of the popular house plants are toxic to cats. I've had massive success with sweet potatoes! Just stick them in the tank so the tuber is half-in and half-out of the water and give it a bit. Within 5 days, you'll see roots and vine buds starting to sprout (which will also be your sign if you've got the potatoes in upside-down or not). I'm about 3 months in, and I've got multiple vines now that are longer than a meter. Apparently if I take a cutting from the vine and stick that in water, I'd be able to grow actual sweet potatoes. I know you gave a bunch of vegetables a try awhile ago with mixed success, but I think you'd have a lot of fun with sweet potatoes! Mine have grown a nice green biofilm and my caridina shrimp are always hanging out on the tubers and among the roots grazing on them.

@kevinshady4627

6 ай бұрын

From the internet: “Although the sweet potato itself is not toxic to felines, the vines of the sweet potato plant contain the toxic principle LSD. Consuming a small portion of the sweet potato vine can cause a dermatitis-type reaction, causing the cat's skin, mouth or throat to blister and swell upon contact.” It also says potato can be fatal if ingested lol. Protect those cat babies.

@Minhuit

6 ай бұрын

I have many of the toxic houseplants and 10 cats. They don't mess with the plants at all. If yours do, there is a spray called bitter apple spray that'll deter the cats and dogs from messing with the plants and anything else you spray it on.

@path4061

5 ай бұрын

@@Minhuit *results may vary...one of my dogs LIKES that bitter spray stuff and goes after it more if you spray it on anything.

If I didn't have cats who insist on messing with the tanks I would be doing this all the time.

The added benefit of the tropical plants growing out of the tank is that they get to engage in that necessary oxygen & gas exchange in the fresh air. That’s something that submersed plants simply don’t experience, though they obviously have their own benefits underwater, as well. Underwater, I like using Anubias, Bucephalandra, Java ferns and _Bolbitis_ (things that don’t require a substrate and can even grow half submerged). Then at the, for houseplants pothos and any Aroid plant is ideal. Also nearly any type of _Tradescantia_ (wandering Jew) does phenomenally.. I try to stick to epiphytic aquatic plants, before adding anything that needs a rich substrate, like Cryptocoryne, Echinodorus, Eleocharis, Lilaeopsis, Alternanthera, Crinum, etc. All of which I have, too 😊 Plus I usually use dirt as the results simply speak for themselves! But with dirt comes the added ammonia and soil breaking down, requiring the weekly water changes, but the added houseplants just serve to filter out all that excess nutrient load. And when the houseplant roots grow long enough-if I let them-they will reach the substrate and go even crazier. Have to watch out they don’t get too destructive though, and disrupt any underwater plants I have.

I use wooden pegs and lacky bands for my aquarium bound houseplants. They peg onto the glass perfectly and provide a tiny bit of inert media for the plant to root into. Alot of rainforest plants grow inbetween the branches of trees so are used to rooting into wood in the wild Also of u plant your plants inpots of leca then peg them to the rim of your tank they grow really well.

@Liliarthan

5 ай бұрын

Awesome tip. Thank you!

After your first video I put pathos in my tank and I have since found little clips that hold on the side of the tank that will hold several little stems at a time which has been wonderful. all my tanks are getting plants.

Once upon a time I had two beta fish in bowls (yes I know, horrible and I don’t do that now) but I put a pothos cutting in one and with no filters on them by the end of the week you could clearly see a difference in the water clarity. The one with the pothos was significantly clearer than the one with no plants. They really do make a significant difference in your tank.

The leaves on my variegated pothos are now bigger than my hands, it’s huge!! I’ve taken heaps of cuttings from it too ❤️😀

Amazing the technique you are doing with your cuttings of plants is called hydroponics. Absolutely wonderful idea 💡😁 🌿🌿🌿🌿

Yessss Pothos really do easy care plant for aquarium..I love it

fantastic video Nick, thank you for sharing your experience with houseplants and fish tanks

I also really like the look of the plants coming out of the top of the tanks. I have pothos in a few tanks and one that I have had success with as well is the snake plant. thanks for the list and showing the ones you have. I am curious about trying a few of them. the walking iris looks cool

Yup I keep house plants in all my tanks. Never had much luck with aquarium plants

Hi Nick, nice to briefly meet you yesterday! (guy with blue dreams) Love the shop cant wait to see it develop overtime :)

Thanks for the info. I've been trying a few different plants and Lemongrass works really well.

7:49 omg that’s a Scindapsus Exotica and it’s so huge and amazing!! Wow 💚

Great video, very informative. I have a branch coming out of my 5 gallon shrimp tank which is like a natural flower pot, so I planted a tiny Chinese money tree cutting in it. The plant grew incredibly in a year. Roots are coming down the tank and shripms seem to ove to be going into the roots. I had a venus fly trap planted there as well, but that plant died very fast. apparently, they don't like either a damp or nutritious environment.

I always love the roots in the tanks. I feel it keeps the tank cleaner

@S.Trades

Ай бұрын

It's also great cover for smaller fish/fry.

Nick is growing plants like a pro without even trying

Your passion is contagious! What a lovely shop. Thank you for sharing

This is a great video Nick, the plants in tanks idea is something I have stumbled into recently, very good info here!

Thank you! Such a great idea! I have 2 tanks and will be doing this right away!

I bought a bunch of Lukey Bamboo a while back and put it in my larger tanks.. It grows extremely slow but I love the way it looks. You should cut off the dead parts to let it grow better.

Thanks for this video... I used these plants for my tanks too...😘

Omg look at that freaking Moses in the Cradle!!! It’s gorgeous what!!?? LOL

I had a neighbour give me 2 Chili seedlings and I have them in a Aquaponics pot and within a they collectively grow 18 buds and 3 days after 4 have opened up. In the same way I have a strawberry growing as well

Great video! No one has ever explained this to me before! Thank you so much. 😁

Syngonium is a new one for me. Cant wait to try, thanks!

stop, I'm sprinting to your store ASAP. Been looking for a good pro-planted tank aquarium shop for agessss

I’ve been missing out bro damn you got yours going on 👌🏼 those plants are awesome and you’ve got my attention … Thank you for sharing such beauty bro !!! 🔥❤️‍🔥🔥😎👌🏼

Omg....I have a Thai Constellation, and I would love to try giving it a chance in my my fish tank....but it was sooooo expensive. The anxiety!! Loved the video!

i love it! I have been trying to do this, but i was worried it wasn't going to work. Thanks for the affirmation! I always have way too many house plants!

I threw in my devil ivy because I saw the first video it only been 4 days, but I'm excited for the results and see how it goes. I didn't know my house plant could also work for my fish tank and help filter nitrates. Like I knew some house plants worked, but I didn't know the only plant I own is perfect for tanks😅

Another fun plant I propagate in my filters are iresine blazin rose. Stems get massive and roots really grow fast.

Nick , some of the plants you are growing are 100% epiphytes, this means they grow on other plants likes trees and pick moisture and nutrients from the atmosphere. If you find that a plant is not doing well directly growing in the water, then take it out and pot it up into a pot with a mix of compost and shredded bark. With the high humidity in your fish rooms I think you will find more success with some of the plants that aren’t doing so well😊.

@lindisfarnedruidakaganjawa5081

5 ай бұрын

Just another example of this moron making stuff up to seem like he has a clue.

I how how casually you just keep the plants in water and they love it

I'm so happy i found this and your channel I'm definitely getting some plants for my tank❤❤

So happy found your channel❤

Looks great mate, very nice!! ❤❤👍👍

That’s amazing, you’ve made me want to get a fish tank now 👍

@tino5621

4 ай бұрын

Petco has all their tanks 50% off until February

Thank you for adding this video ive been looking for a way to bring down nitrates

Love the video and I totally agree with you - I subscribed my friend. I used lots of plants in my aquariums but theses days I have a lot of stock ponds which have powerbeads in them to take the water to my bog filters and the bits of root debris can block the pump. However I do put plants in the top of my bog filters.

Your videos are always interesting to watch, you are amazing

It’s a great idea. I shall try this definitely.

I love this! Thank you for the tips!

Thanks for all the suggestions! This is what I was looking for!

Thank you for this video, I'm gonna start putting some of my pothos in the fish tank! 😁

Very helpful video, thanks for the advice.

You taught me some new ones! I've just used pothos and aglaonema

Fascinating! Since you've had some success with the vanilla bean orchid, have you considered trying any other orchids? They could be an amazing addition of color and beauty to a fish tank setup. I have a few orchids that have done well for me in my bay window but the thought of trying them in a fish tank is a little bit scary for me, I don't want to kill them after all. Please let us know if you can do it!

this is awesome!!!!

Great video mate !

Love it. Just discovered your channel. Am inspired to do the same with my tanks!

Love all plants I have a lot too ❤

Omg my two favorite things plants and fish

Enjoying your channel muchly 😊

2:40 that's awesome

Thank you sooo much for doing this

Gotta try now❤❤

I really enjoyed this video, I’m inspired to get a fish tank but a little intimidated by the mechanics of it-filters and sponges and tubes oh my! lol but the way I could incorporate my plants is convincing me to try

@AntAciieed

5 ай бұрын

You don't need to worry about all of that, just watch father fish on KZread and create a natural environment

Ficus "ginseng" bonsai work pretty well also 😊 Some fern also. The brave ones can try calathea 😅

Wow. Thanks. I needed to see this.

Realy nice man 💪👍

This is awesome!

thanks -- really nice presentation -- looks like you have a great shop.