Tank Planters

[hydrophyte]

These planters work pretty nice in combination with the riparium planters because both kinds of systems are well-suited to low tech & low maintenance methods.

My favorite kinds of plants to use with Tank Planters are various crypts, especially Cryptocoryne wendtii varieties, and certain sword plants, especially Echinodorus cordifolius and Amazon sword. Hardy cryps generally start to grow right away in the planters, but swords take somewhat longer to recover and begin growth after having their roots trimmed back.

 

[Egon]

good info thanks, I'll send ya a PM for order info

 

[hydrophyte]

Just let me know if you need anything else at all.

 

[hydrophyte]

I suppose that I had not posted this picture up here yet. This is a new little setup that I put together in an antique 2-gallon glass battery case. The plant on the right is an Amazon sword. The other one is Crypt. wendtii 'Green Gecko'.

 

[Egon]

Outstanding!

 

[hydrophyte]

I tried the 1-gallon Luminous with another new plant in a Tank Planter. Here is Echinodorus parviflorus 'Tropica'.

That bright green really lit up when I brought the bowl outside into the sunshine.

 

[hydrophyte]

Here's the same deal with a different angle.

I could take pictures of aquatic plants all day. I never get tired of looking at them.

 

[Will Hayward]

What a great idea.

Someplants will have a lot of trouble becoming rootbound eventually though.

Can you try growing some plants suctioned to the wall? Crypts maybe.

 

[hydrophyte]

Yes plants can become rootbound with time, but for some plants that grow very large, such as swords, that can actually be advantageous because it will keep them from getting to be so big.

 

[Will Hayward]

Yes but it could also cause roots to choke and die producing undesirable & leathal toxins.

When the plants reach the point where you may start to see root binding, opening the planter and cutting off half the root mass, and then trimming off half the leaves will buy you more time.