Atitagain Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Is this pothos? I am a rookie to put it lightly when it comes to aquarium plants, and even less educated on house plants. I think it’s pothos every thing I’ve searched tells me it is.it’s in the tank now 3 maybe 4 days. Seems to be sprouting new roots, but the stems at the base are turning brownish all were light to a darker green when planted. I have removed the browning leaves after I took the pic. They were already browning before put in. is this normal melt back? I don’t know to really call it that, it looks healthy enough to me but the color change at the base stem is what I’m concerned with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowells Fish Lab Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 (edited) I only have golden pothos in the house but they don't have those lobes on the leaves where they meet the stem. Check out pictures of philodendron and see if that looks like what you have. That's my guess. About the melting roots, I have observed that on my pothos plants. I don't start them from cuttings I just buy potted pothos and clean the roots before submerging them. They seem to go through a bit of a conversion process. Some roots melt, some don't. Some roots just pick up right where they left off and almost immediately branch out with new growth. My experience has been that submerging terrestrial roots ends up producing a large and healthy root mass much more quickly than starting from a cutting. Edited September 19, 2021 by Lowells Fish Lab 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 It looks to be a variety of butterfly arrowhead vine pothos generally do not have the split 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARMYVET Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Not pothos….definitely in the arrowhead family 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 On 9/18/2021 at 8:24 PM, Atitagain said: is this normal melt back? Sorry I missed this. Yes it is normal to melt lower stems just like Aqua plants grown emerged. I wipe away the melt and usually do it in a container in the window until it’s gone. Pothos is toxic but it is a crystal form that the fish would actually have to chew off the roots to ingest any of it that’s why it’s safe to use. I’m not sure how that transfers when the melt occurs that’s why I let it melt and start a decent amount of white growth prior to putting in aquariums but Cory shows vids of just sticking it in so I’m sure it’s safe to do 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Now I’m not sure what mine is either. My wife says not Pothos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 On 9/18/2021 at 9:04 PM, Patrick_G said: Now I’m not sure what mine is either. My wife says not Pothos. Arrowhead not pothos wives are always right 🤣 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARMYVET Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 This is my pothos 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 On 9/18/2021 at 6:31 PM, ARMYVET said: This is my pothos Impressive! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARMYVET Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 On 9/18/2021 at 9:34 PM, Patrick_G said: Impressive! That’s only the front side…it wraps all the way around to the side of the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atitagain Posted September 19, 2021 Author Share Posted September 19, 2021 On 9/18/2021 at 8:31 PM, Lowells Fish Lab said: About the melting roots, I have observed that on my pothos plants. I don't start them from cuttings I just buy potted pothos and clean the roots before submerging them This is what I did , cleaned the roots as much as possible and dunked it in. Wait and see I guess. Thanks @Guppysnail @ARMYVET what I found it looks to be a white arrowhead. See me no educated. 🤔 On 9/18/2021 at 8:47 PM, Guppysnail said: that’s why I let it melt and start a decent amount of white growth prior to putting in aquariums I will certainly try this next time I’m getting ready to do this one tomorrow I hope.it looks the same but different. Is it also in the arrowhead family? Thanks for the help! On 9/18/2021 at 9:31 PM, ARMYVET said: This is my pothos Very nice next year I’m gonna try some outside plants I’ve been trying a couple inside not going so well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 On 9/18/2021 at 10:03 PM, Atitagain said: This is what I did , cleaned the roots as much as possible and dunked it in. Wait and see I guess. Thanks @Guppysnail @ARMYVET what I found it looks to be a white arrowhead. See me no educated. 🤔 I will certainly try this next time I’m getting ready to do this one tomorrow I hope.it looks the same but different. Is it also in the arrowhead family? Thanks for the help! Very nice next year I’m gonna try some outside plants I’ve been trying a couple inside not going so well. That one is definitely pothos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PedroPete Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 The plant you're talking about is an Arrowhead aka Syngonium podophyllum. Lovely indoor plant (outdoor if you are in the subtropics / tropics)! This one⬇️ is a variegated one - Syngonium variegata 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atitagain Posted September 26, 2021 Author Share Posted September 26, 2021 On 9/26/2021 at 2:49 PM, PedroPete said: The plant you're talking about is an Arrowhead aka Syngonium podophyllum. Lovely indoor plant (outdoor if you are in the subtropics / tropics)! This one⬇️ is a variegated one - Syngonium variegata Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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