My Pothos Jungle

[Bderick67]

Very nice pothos Brian!
They grow like mad under good lighting.
I have roots from my pothos plants hitting the tank bottom.
Not to hijack your thread....but take a look.

Nice!!! That is what led me to putting them into the overflow.

How long did it take for it to reach that length?

A couple years, though I don't have exact dates. May have been a bit longer.

Hey Brian, do you have any pictures of how you have them sitting in the overflows? Or tell me what you're using to keep them in place?

Sorry I don't have pics and couldn't really get a pic. I just have the roots below my stand pipe within the overflow. When I diid this the vines were already fairly long so I didnt have to do anything special to secure them.

 

[gangster]

My overflow box couldnt accomadate the amount of roots I have now.
They would probably clog the drain down to the sump as well.
Now im brainstorming up some stands to have them in an overhead sump...that way the roots arent taking up any tanks space.

 

[packer43064]

This would be called aquaponics assuming you were using just plants and no other filter/ chemicals.

The fish provide the nitrates for healthy growth for the plants while the plants take up the said nitrates which the fish don't need. Typically the plants aren't in the fish tank, but in their own grow bed with hydroton. They also don't change their fish tank water at all. It is nearly a perfect system.

Imagine what 5 tomato plants and some cucumber plants would provide for a 180 gallon? Besides the whole theory on "fish produce hormones" they don't even change their water.

Google it....its awesome.

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[F1 VET]

Just though I'd post some pics of what is turning out to be the best filter I have. My Nitrates run less then 20 ppm before a 40% -50% WC every two weeks, though this was tests from 6 months ago. Will post results from new test her in a couple weeks. One runner is nearing 20 feet long Have had incredible growth on these since I moved the roots into the overflow.

Some pics of the runners uncoiled for tank maintenance
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The plant that all originated from
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and the runners replaced after maintenance
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Compare the growth from last January

Looks great man! Yea mine have taken off too and my n03 levels are similar but obviously stock and tank size are different.

If you wouldn't mine posting a pic of that 20 footer in the pothos sticky I'd really appreciate it man, most epic vine yet!




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Cheap way to decrease nitrates and keep your fish healthy: http://monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=504763

 

[mcsnapper1]

Hey Brian, do you have any pictures of how you have them sitting in the overflows? Or tell me what you're using to keep them in place?

Another alternative is planting them in HOB filters. I picked up some big, used ones and removed all of the filtration. Then I put some gravel inside and planted in the gravel. The Aqueon filters work best because the pump is in the tank, not in the housing so you don't have to worry about gravel or roots getting in your pump impeller. With a HOB, there is constantly water flowing through the roots.

 

[Jc1119]

I've got mine growing out of my overflow boxes. Running across the top, down the side, some even growing straight in the air up lol.

My tank normally sits around 5-10 ppm after a week. They definitely consume alot of nitrate...



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