Growing houseplants out the top

[Expectorating_Aubergine]

Anybody growing houseplants out the top of their aquariums? I had some bananas but they got too big and I had to take them out. I currently have lots of Epipremnum pinnatum albo, monstera peru, and Epipremnum pinnatum cebu blue. I have to add dry ferts to the tank since they pull so much out of the water..

[Just Renee]

I added a small pothos and a small spider plant cutting to my little 6 gallon because I'm struggling getting the nitrates under control.  It never gets to be a high number, it just never fully goes away and I have a ton of... staghorn algae? I think?  Anywho, I'm playing around with trying these two plants to see if they will pull more nutrients out of the water and surprisingly I still have nitrates.  I thought these things were nitrate vacuums, dang it!  Maybe they need more light or something.  I love your plants!

[Expectorating_Aubergine]

Yeah, mine get tons of light that might be part of it. I've never tried spider plants. Interesting....

Edited July 8, 2021 by Expectorating_Aubergine

[Patrick_G]

I have some Pothos in my 11 gallon and grand plans to add a Peace Lily when I rescape it. 

Edited July 8, 2021 by Patrick_G

[Expectorating_Aubergine]

Last peace lily I did turned into a BEAST!

[Isaac M]

@Expectorating_Aubergine I have pothos, peace lilly, lucky bamboo, areca palm and others. I love it as they help keep my maintenance low! Haha 

[Streetwise]

I grew out a bunch of rubber plants, and gave all of them away a few days ago. I hope to do this every year!

[Guppysnail]

I started using these to grow pothos. 

[Expectorating_Aubergine]

Noyice. Yeah I have a ficus growing in my 125 along with lots of monstera, syngonium and of course lots of pothos. My bichirs and rope fish love to forage and sleep in the roots....