Red Emerald Philodenron rooting bare in tank

[KittenFishMom]

I wish the photos were better. I bought these 2 un rooted cutting on ebay, organic, from the sellers yard. I loved the underwater roots, so I wanted to share. The lower photo was the day I got them in the mail. The upper one is the roots that grew in the tank. It was resting on the driftwood snaking in the lower photo. ( I think the driftwood looks like a sea serpant.) 

 

 

Edited February 26, 2023 by KittenFishMom

[Dtolb15]

On 2/25/2023 at 9:20 PM, KittenFishMom said:

I wish the photos were better. I bought these 2 un rooted cutting on ebay, organic, from the sellers yard. I loved the underwater roots, so I wanted to share. The lower photo was the day I got them in the mail. The upper one is the roots that grew in the tank. It was resting on the driftwood snaking in the lower photo. ( I think the driftwood looks like a sea serpant.) 

 

 

WOW! That looks awesome! I also love the rooted look, I may have to try this out!!

[KittenFishMom]

@Dtolb15 The fish love swimming around the roots too. Snails haven't bothered them at all. I over feed the fish a bit, and use some Easy Green. There is organic potting soil under the sand cap. The Red Emerald stems go about a quarter of the way down to the bottom.

Note: rooting a whole turnup from the grocery store in the outflow of an HOB gives you beautiful flowing roots that gobble up nitrogen and put out nice deep green leaves. Only a gardener would notice the white bulb with the purple top 😉

[Dtolb15]

Thanks for the tips!! I’ll be sure to post pictures once I give it a shot!!

[KittenFishMom]

@Dtolb15 I sent a photo to the eBay seller today. They added my photo to their post and have added a "make an offer" option. Thought you might like to take a look.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/255992634675?hash=item3b9a599d33:g:noYAAOSw16JiwzGQ&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4Povw7mTldbsip2ERINcDRu3IYS56Knv%2BkOwd%2FucwDKZj0ghmDPWBckS7YBX%2ByZfCNkG5H8EGlVI7mRmzMSPsxk5KyyehKDeZ9Dx2SPXJiCUZqZaxfaIa%2FzDCJfwDBTmbnSo80QQeE%2BWUvmvzlXNIHhWHYg5c3AIclJdm2loeKVRYqcp07EvSOhzURmm1lMqCvGsDYR2UmgPh42fHr%2FpBnPwv2HN385HCcsVgtdCzztQiWinYAgdfYU%2BZBXnOCNaFAiJadhyOOAWXjT2EQlvG44robMKFv4LiKm5G8VCusKU|tkp%3ABFBM5qnDk9Jh

[Dtolb15]

Awesome thanks!

[Expectorating_Aubergine]

Try a dwarf banana. Those things eat nitrates (and just about everything that's not a fish) up like hot cakes! Nice roots too....

[KittenFishMom]

@Expectorating_Aubergine sounds interesting. Where do I find them?

[Expectorating_Aubergine]

Somwtimes the big box stores carry them but your best bet is a place that is more independent and leans more into the whole vegetables vibe. There are many varieties of dwarf banana. The ones I did indoors was called a dwarf blue java banana.

[KittenFishMom]

Do you have any photos on the forum?

Did you have them bare root in the aquarium? or in a pot in the aquarium tank. or did you hve them out of the aquarium, watering them with tank water.