Can Aluminium tank plant live underwater?

[Aidenfadil]

I recently bought this aluminium plant from my pet store and dont know if they can live underwater. does anyone know if they can or how long they can survive underwater for? Thanks.

 

[Flyfisha]

No aluminium plant is definitely not an underwater plant. Like many plants it can survive times of flooding. But it will eventually die under water.

You are not alone in making a simple mistake. I should have known better but recently purchased dragons tongue . Another plant that technically is food for goldfish so has a place in the hobby it’s just not an underwater plant long term .


You might consider growing it above the tank with only the roots in water as I did with my mistake.

There are on line lists of non aquarium sold in the hobby .

 

[Aidenfadil]

Than

No aluminium plant is definitely not an underwater plant. Like many plants it can survive times of flooding. But it will eventually die under water.

You are not alone in making a simple mistake. I should have known better but recently purchased dragons tongue . Another plant that technically is food for goldfish so has a place in the hobby it’s just not an underwater plant long term .
You might consider growing it above the tank with only the roots in water as I did with my mistake.

There are on line lists of non aquarium sold in the hobby .

Thanks so much for letting me know about this. I asked those pet shop people how to care for it and they just said that the plant like to grow out of water a bit and they mentioned nothing about them not being able to live underwater. Is there anything that I can do with the plant?

 

[my20Ltank]

Than


Thanks so much for letting me know about this. I asked those pet shop people how to care for it and they just said that the plant like to grow out of water a bit and they mentioned nothing about them not being able to live underwater. Is there anything that I can do with the plant?

Sorry don't know if this directly answers your question, but I used a slice of a pool noodle to float my plants. Just cut a small hole ( thickness of stem) on ring and carefully slide plant through. You could use multiple slices, since your plant is so big. Rise water level if you don't want to see it from front. It's not as aesthetically pleasing, but it works.
Yours might even fit in ring. I just looked closely at picture

 

[Flyfisha]

If you have a space/ hole in the lid or even a crack you can let the roots be in water with most if not all the leaves in the air.

The pool noodle technique does works great if you have fish that don’t need a lid , run the water level low or have an outdoor pond?