Keeping outdoor Ivy in our aquariums

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jacobfata said:
Their best left floating the leaves need to be out of the water. Or at least this is how I see them in my local pet store.
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Just did a water change in my 30. I had some growing in a pot, about 3 ft long. I took a hose and washed the dirt off the roots, wrapped with wire to a lead weight, some leaves are submerged but most are outside the tank, they only opening is the cutout for the HOB filter, that i ran them thru.
 
I have no experience with devil's ivy yet but I wish to share a suggestion. I find that most plants that you can readily obtain do just fine with their roots in the water so I don't believe that it will have any troubles adapting to the aquarium but your want to submerge it further has given me an idea. Instead of submerging it down to the bottom right now perhaps let it get adjusted with just the roots in the water and as it adjusts and grows slowly pick off leaves and sink it further into the aquarium.

I am sorry that I have no experience on this.
 
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Many people have used ivy, certain ferns, creepers and bog plants with submerged roots. Pothos is common but I mean you could even run aquaponics above your discus tank :)
 
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Severums will eat young pothos leaves, and pothos roots. Neither are poisonous to severums. After speaking with someone who has tried all types of potted plants in the aquarium, it seems Chinese evergreen consumes more nitrates than pothos and lucky bamboo with the roots submerged.
 
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Pothos is also called devils ivy. In the beginning of this thread someone labeled it toxic. I guess this is a proven point I was trying to make that it is not toxic to fish. But can I also add other forms of ivy and do the same? I like the ivy I pictured above, I believe it’s called English ivy.
 
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