Could two or three pothos plants really make a dent in the nitrate level on a 125g? I am not looking at a way to skip water changes. I one to two every week, which does control my nitrates but it would be cool if i could get them even lower.
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It depends on how big the plants are and what the stock is in your tank. It'll definitely do something.
The honest answer is not likely, it depends on your stock levels and the size of plants etc... The amount of plants it takes to skip water changes onb large tanks such as yours is quite a bit. As in a planted filter of sorts that has a pretty decent amount of plants. Pothos grows well, looks nice and will help help but IME it may not make much of a dent in a 125g.
The plants would need sufficient lighting for them to grow and if they grow they absorb Nitrates, with enough of them it would make a slight impact on the water quality.
I am not looking to skip water changes.
Thanks for the replies I might try it out with wood lattice above the tank to attach the plants to.
I placed pothos in my 110, heavily stocked Mbuna tank a little over a month ago. My initial response was an INCREASE in both NO2 and NO3 for the first week. The bio caught up and my NO2 is back to 0, but my NO3 is still about the same level as it was before. I'm thinking I need to add more plants and also give them more time to establish themselves.
i have pothos in most my basement tanks.... they make a noticable difference for me... mainly i keep them to keep my nitrates under 30ppm if i have to be late on a water change ect. the only tanks i dont have pothos in atm have aquatic plants in.