Sorry, I should have said water, not air. There are plants that can live with roots dangling in the air - they are called epiphytes - but are somewhat irrelevant to this thread.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphyte
Stocking 29 gal African cichlids
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphyte
Those sound really cool! I see plants in my lfs but before today I never thought about putting them in my filter! I kinda thought the leaves would need to be underwater to release oxygen in the water
Sorry for being misleading. There are different types of plants, just like there are different types of animals, and just like animals, plants need appropriate care for te type of plant that they are. The plants I use are terrestrial plants that can handle having their roots constantly submerged. The plants in your lfs should be either aquatic, or semi-aquatic plants, that probably need to at least be partially submerged. The plants I am using do not add oxygen to the water, as their leaves are not in the water, however, for the same reason, they can get their co2 from the air and therefore grow much faster and use up much more nitrate than submerged plants would.
You did fine and weren't misleading. I am just still very much a "noob" to all of this so I don't know the difference of things that should be obvious. Do the roots in the sponge of your plant do the work of filtering out the CO2 then oxygen gets released into the air? If so that is pretty genius!
Plus one...I would rehome the fish you have bought so far. And while you have them, I would skip the bloodworms.
