Nitrates beware!
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Submereged aquatic plants consume co2 and this will always be the limiting factor without co2 injection, pothos are so effective as the consume nitrate but take the co2 from the air as they are above water (mine also do pretty well below water too). If you have pothos growing at a massive rate then the nitrates were high to begin with but will fall quickly. My pothos now grows at a steady rate of about 1 leaf every few weeks due to my 30 gal per day drip and the fact that the nitrate is at a constant 10ppm therefore less nitrate to promote growth. Pothos reduce nitrAte and not nitrIte but I think that was a typo from Peter.
It would not be much at all, it is only a 13 watt bulb that is ran for around 8 hours a day. I would have to find a bill to calculate it but it is probably a few bucks a month
Again I would go either fully aquatic or pothos over the bamboo for multiple reasons. If my stock ever stays the same long enough to get an accurate experiment going I will update with how my aquatic plants are doing for me
I am finding that java moss is almost impossible to kill and grows very well the only thing I don't know is how much Nitrate it is using. I even dosed my tank with salt the other day and it didn't even flinch
Again I would go either fully aquatic or pothos over the bamboo for multiple reasons. If my stock ever stays the same long enough to get an accurate experiment going I will update with how my aquatic plants are doing for me
I am finding that java moss is almost impossible to kill and grows very well the only thing I don't know is how much Nitrate it is using. I even dosed my tank with salt the other day and it didn't even flinch
Great thread. Allow me to ask a few ?s plz. As I just got done dealing with nitates 200+ thanks to a ton of wc's and pulling gravel I've got it down to 60ppm. I just added some Pothos.
1st Will pothos survive totally submerged or do I have to keep it above the waterline?
2nd Can or will it hurt any of my livestock listed below?
Tank Setup 135gal, fx5, mag350, korilla 4, 3 silver dollars, 3 Red blood parrots, 12" Green severum, 10 coreys (3 emerald & 7 swarts), 2 black spotted eels, 22" fire eel, 24" clown knife, sun catfish, and leopard plaeco
1st Will pothos survive totally submerged or do I have to keep it above the waterline?
2nd Can or will it hurt any of my livestock listed below?
Tank Setup 135gal, fx5, mag350, korilla 4, 3 silver dollars, 3 Red blood parrots, 12" Green severum, 10 coreys (3 emerald & 7 swarts), 2 black spotted eels, 22" fire eel, 24" clown knife, sun catfish, and leopard plaeco
Pothos has lived for 6 months in my tank fully submerged, I do keep a lot above the water too though as it grows better there plus uses co2 from atmosphere instead of tank.
Pothos has been shown to be poisonous to cats and dogs if ingested but fish do not seem to eat it...keep an eye on your fish and remove if eh eat it would be my caution but no knowledge of any harm.
You do not need to pull out gravel to remove nitrate. Just do regular water changes. What is the nitrate of your tap water going in? Many people forget to check this and wonder why their tank doesn't drop then find 50-100 ppm out of the tap?
Pothos has been shown to be poisonous to cats and dogs if ingested but fish do not seem to eat it...keep an eye on your fish and remove if eh eat it would be my caution but no knowledge of any harm.
You do not need to pull out gravel to remove nitrate. Just do regular water changes. What is the nitrate of your tap water going in? Many people forget to check this and wonder why their tank doesn't drop then find 50-100 ppm out of the tap?
