Pothos

[soupa2]

I know everyone uses them in their setups. I would like to know have anyone full submerge them in their tank setup? If so what you do?

 

[duanes]

When I have submerged the leaves and too much of the plant (other than the roots), the plant and leaves tended to fall apart, and rot (melt).

 

[Coryloach]

Not sure but I think @ FINWIN has the pothos submerged and its been doing ok.

Personally I think it defeats the purpose of the plant as any plant that has access to aerial CO2 and sufficient light is more efficient than under water plants, in terms of nitrogen consumption. If it is for making the fish feeling more secure, then its fine.

 

[soupa2]

Thank you. I’m just asking if it’s possible. I know lucky bamboo you can submerge. I want to have low maintenance plant for this 75 gallon tank with very low stock 3 parrot cichlids and 4 clown loach. All about 2-3” tops.

 

[fishhead0103666]

Anubias species are low maintenance, do they suit your fancy?

 

[Coryloach]

The clowns will chop it up in a salad....if not, they'll try hard
Underwater plants are never low maintenance. They're CO2 limited so they struggle for the most part but anubias, java fern, crypts, some aponogeton species, some water lilies, vallis, etc... can do well, depending on how destructive the fish are.

One plant that no fish will touch is crinum calamistratum if you can get it. It is a slow grower.

 

[Coryloach]

Sorry, forgot to mention that plants like pothos are non-aquatic, meaning they're used to atmospheric CO2 levels of 400ppm. In a fish tank, without injected CO2, the most concentrations are probably 5-6ppm. So even if a terrestrial plant adapts to underwater conditions, it will eventually rot as such plants can never adapt to such low CO2 levels. That'll be affecting your water quality too. You need truly aquatic plants in a low tech tank.

 

[duanes]

Thank you. I’m just asking if it’s possible. I know lucky bamboo you can submerge. I want to have low maintenance plant for this 75 gallon tank with very low stock 3 parrot cichlids and 4 clown loach. All about 2-3” tops.

I would not consider that a low stock tank, maybe at the moment while they are 2-3" fish, but that population of all those soon to grow to double that size fish, will easily outgrow a 75.
Not to mention the aggression that comes with inevitable territoriality as the cichlids mature.

 

[soupa2]

My Q is what heigh you need to achieve?
My way is just building a pedestal and use the stand the way it was designed. My 180 stand are exactly like fish tank travis’s Which I have a molding that covers the tanks bottom brace

With Fish Tank Travis ( post #10 pics) way you have to support the outside of the stand’s molding since the top he added another 4x4 to achieve the 7” height. The tank now resting on that 4x4 to the molding and not the framing of the stand. Hope I explain it correctly.

I would not consider that a low stock tank, maybe at the moment while they are 2-3" fish, but that population of all those soon to grow to double that size fish, will easily outgrow a 75.
Not to mention the aggression that comes with inevitable territoriality as the cichlids mature.

Yes I know it’s a setup for the company I work for. Once some of the fish grows out I have few larger setup for them to inhabit.