Budget Sump Media

[stempy]

I bought the pothos at walmart for like $5, it was a tiny little plant that has grown pretty darn big eating up all the bad stuff in the water I don't clean the lava rock, I just let it all go. It is a reeflo dart gold I'm using for the return has worked remarkably well.

 

[jandb]

I bought the pothos at walmart for like $5, it was a tiny little plant that has grown pretty darn big eating up all the bad stuff in the water I don't clean the lava rock, I just let it all go. It is a reeflo dart gold I'm using for the return has worked remarkably well.

Thanks Scott. What kind of lighting keeps them growing well? Not sure what I can get under the stand. Thanks

 

[mudbuttjones]

It doesn't take much light for pothos. Some Indirect filtered sunlight. A single cfl bulb.. ambient light from the room even. These little plants are hard to kill.

Here's mine growing under 2x 10watt cfls in my sump. 6500k if I remember. It's doubled in size in the last couple months.


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[mudbuttjones]

It can grow tall so I shielded the bulbs from any rogue leaves. Not sure if it would be a fire hazard or not.



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[stempy]

haha yea mines under a single cfl bulb and grow like a weed