Is This Pothos? And How To Add To Aquarium?

[JoeCamaro]

Hello guys.
Just wondering if this is Pothos?
If it is, how to add to a tub pond? Do I just clip a piece and place it half in the water and half out of the water?



Thanks!

 

[mattgirl]

Yes it is. And you have it right. Just clip a piece, remove the bottom leaves and put the part you clipped the leaves off of in the water. It should start growing roots in a few days. Just be sure you start with a piece long enough to have several leaf nodes on it. The roots will grow out of those leaf nodes.

 

[goldface]

Just to add to what’s already been said, don’t have any of the leaves that haven’t been clipped submerged.

 

[JoeCamaro]

Thank you for the replies. I appreciate the help.

 

[Cbriana]

Has anyone put pothos in their tank? If so, how would I go about it? I have a plant and I’m unsure of where to cut it

 

[minervalong]

You don't cut it. The goal is to let the roots dangle in the water while the leaves and stems are above it. Nitrates, the end product of the cycle, are taken up as food by the roots.

 

[mattgirl]

Has anyone put pothos in their tank? If so, how would I go about it? I have a plant and I’m unsure of where to cut it

Snip it off right below a leaf. Try to get a cutting long enough to be able to remove at least 2 leaves and leave 3 or 4 leaves on it. The roots will grow out of the node where the leaves were.

 

[jake37]

I have lots - here is one on my 29 - been there for over a year:

These two pictures show the nice side and ugly side

The water being lower where the roots is due to unrelated issue - the sponge for filtration needs a bit of a cleaning and so water behind it has dropped off a little.

 

[Coradee]

Mine’s grown tremendously, best success I’ve ever had with any houseplant lol
One tip, get one of those cheap clear plastic bathroom tubs like this toothbrush holder to contain the roots or they can get a bit unruly.

 

[DuaneV]

You need to cut the vine itself and put that in the water. On the opposite side of each leaf on the vine is a "stump". That is a root that wants to start. I usually lop off the tip of a mature plant with a few leaves, so like a foot or more long, and just stick the cut end in the water. It will start growing roots and spreading quick. For a while, until it gets used to the water, the leaves in the water will melt, but eventually theyll start growing underwater. They wont live forever like leaves in the air, but theyll last for months anyway.

 

[hckychik248]

This is a really cool idea, and i have honestly never thought of doing this...one can never have too much pothos in the house!

 

[Cbriana]

Snip it off right below a leaf. Try to get a cutting long enough to be able to remove at least 2 leaves and leave 3 or 4 leaves on it. The roots will grow out of the node where the leaves were.

here's the plants I could possibly use, can you tell me where I should cut exactly?

This is a really cool idea, and i have honestly never thought of doing this...one can never have too much pothos in the house!

when I heard about it, I thought it was amazing. I wonder what other plants could be used?

 

[mattgirl]

I see that this is a young one and hasn't grown any long runners. What I would do in this case is pull the plant from the pot. There are several plants in there. Just pull them apart and use one or two of them in your tank. There should already be roots on each cutting in the pot so you will have a head start. Put all the rest of them back in the pot. Be sure to rinse all the potting soil off the ones you are going to be using in your tank.

 

[Mhamilton0911]

I agree with mattgirl. Yours looks like a young one so pick carefully. Aim for one that has several good leaves and long enough stem to place in water. I usually have fresh cuttings in my window, and when they start rooting, I transfer to a tank. Also, if you have trouble with placement or keeping it upright, I find that an airline suction cup works perfect.

 

[Cbriana]

I agree with mattgirl. Yours looks like a young one so pick carefully. Aim for one that has several good leaves and long enough stem to place in water. I usually have fresh cuttings in my window, and when they start rooting, I transfer to a tank. Also, if you have trouble with placement or keeping it upright, I find that an airline suction cup works perfect.

So would I place then in the window after I cut or just place them right in the tank

 

[Flyfisha]

To add a potted pothos to your tank simply remove all dirt and place all the roots in water job done.
There will be multiply plants in most pots when you buy them. Add as many/ all of them. I have 20 gallon tanks with 20 plants .

To make more plants at some time in the future.
That is the only time you need to cut anything.


To answer your last question.
The plant must go into water as soon as you remove the dirt.
A link to the correct way to propagate pothos.
mattgirl , check this out to grow your cutting faster and have stronger plants.

 

[Kribensis27]

To add a potted pothos to your tank simply remove all dirt and place all the roots in water job done.
There will be multiply plants in most pots when you buy them. Add as many/ all of them. I have 20 gallon tanks with 20 plants .

To make more plants at some time in the future.
That is the only time you need to cut anything.


To answer your last question.
The plant must go into water as soon as you remove the dirt.View attachment 753607

Is that also a monstera adansonii in that pic?

 

[Mhamilton0911]

So would I place then in the window after I cut or just place them right in the tank

In water right away. In your tank or jar in a window is just a preference, but I like to let my cuttings get a good head start in my sunny window first. I find it helps for me, but I'm sure many will report success with straight into the tank.

 

[Flyfisha]

Monstera adansonii works exactly the same as pothos. It grow longer and stronger roots but is just as fast to grow new stems.

well spotted Kribensis27

 

[Kribensis27]

Yeah, many aroids work just as well as pothos. Adansonii is one of the plants I want to try most, but unfortunately it's very hard to get in my area and I can't find a good deal anywhere online. I have pothos, philodendron scandens, philodendron burle marxii, philodendron 'Brazil', spathiphyllum sp, syngonium sp, monstera deliciosa, and a tiny philodendron 'prince of orange' all with their roots in my tanks. If anyone has any of these, try a cutting in your tank! They all grow really well. Tradescantia zebrina and Tradescantia pallida are also both good ones, they're just not aroids. Many calatheas/stromanthes/ctenanthes/marantas even do better with their roots submerged than in soil.

 

[mattgirl]

A link to the correct way to propagate pothos.
mattgirl , check this out to grow your cutting faster and have stronger plants.

I actually watched this video the last time you posted it. Once I watched it I did as he suggested and have some rooting in water right now. I have not noticed them rooting any faster than the way I normally do it. I can see where it works well for him since he is planting lots of small pots. I have a feeling the pot Cbriana has was done with the one leaf cutting. In our case, if we have them, a long stem with several leaves will work just as well.

 

[Flyfisha]

Kribensis27
Chlorophytum comosum / spider plant works but does not grow as fast as pothos.

mattgirl
My apologies for repeating myself.

 

[mattgirl]

Kribensis27
Chlorophytum comosum / spider plant works but does not grow as fast as pothos.

mattgirl
My apologies for repeating myself.

Repeating is good. Hopefully by doing so others will see it it they didn't the first time around It is an interesting video. So much so that I watched the whole thing and then tested it out.

 

[Kribensis27]

Kribensis27
Chlorophytum comosum / spider plant works but does not grow as fast as pothos.

mattgirl
My apologies for repeating myself.

Really? I didn’t think that one would work as well. I have a few of those, I’ll try it out! Thanks for the tip!

 

[Cbriana]

In water right away. In your tank or jar in a window is just a preference, but I like to let my cuttings get a good head start in my sunny window first. I find it helps for me, but I'm sure many will report success with straight into the tank.

Is this acceptable? or was I supposed to trim those roots

 

[Flyfisha]

No need to trim any roots for months.
A couple of options down the track .
#1
Tie a knot in the roots around a little java moss.In time the java moss kind of grows around the root ball.
#2
Cut or break half the roots off in a years time.
#3
Poke java fern and any other stem plants that don’t need roots in substrate into a rolled up ball of roots.
#4
Don’t worry about the look of a few natural roots with fish swimming around in them?

 

[DuaneV]

Is this acceptable? or was I supposed to trim those roots

Thats perfect

 

[Cbriana]

Thank you all!

 

[Mindelo]

just another addition to all this great inputs, in my case i put pothos on my cichlid tank, but to avoid them from shredding the roots, i placed the plant inside a plastic container (i cuted a bottle of water in half, and perforated it).
the bottle need to be perforated in order to allow water to circulate trough the roots.



note: that's pothos and another one i don't remember the name, they are doing fine so far

 

[Cbriana]

just another addition to all this great inputs, in my case i put pothos on my cichlid tank, but to avoid them from shredding the roots, i placed the plant inside a plastic container (i cuted a bottle of water in half, and perforated it).
the bottle need to be perforated in order to allow water to circulate trough the roots.

View attachment 753918

note: that's pothos and another one i don't remember the name, they are doing fine so far

Innovation at it's finest. Nice! How has your tank been doing since you've added the Pothos?

 

[Kribensis27]

just another addition to all this great inputs, in my case i put pothos on my cichlid tank, but to avoid them from shredding the roots, i placed the plant inside a plastic container (i cuted a bottle of water in half, and perforated it).
the bottle need to be perforated in order to allow water to circulate trough the roots.

View attachment 753918

note: that's pothos and another one i don't remember the name, they are doing fine so far

Is the other one a syngonium? I have a few different varieties, and the ‘white butterfly’ variety looks a lot like this. Syngonium do great in tanks.

 

[Mindelo]

Innovation at it's finest. Nice! How has your tank been doing since you've added the Pothos?

thank you. before the pothos i could see the algae floating on the glass, and now i can only see that slime coat.
so i guess the pothos is helping my tank a lot. on the other container i have java moss.
this is an experiment, and if it works out, i will build a more permament setup and add other plants like the monstera deliciosa.

syngonium

yes it is one of the variants, thanks, now that i now the name i can learn more about this plant

 

[jmaldo]

Pothos!

Not much to add, but I got hooked when I saw some pics of coralbandit fishroom, he has vines growing from tank to tank. I now have them on all my tanks, "Great" nitrate absorbers and look "Beautiful".


Good Luck!

 

[JamieBAnd]

I see someone already said spider plant. I put mine with their roots in the HOB filter, but could be free floaters, or rigged to rest along the side. In my mini indoor pond I have pothos and spider plants in the bog filter. From what I’ve gathered, any water happy house plant can be tried,

 

[Cara]

After reading this thread last month, I watched a few vids and stuck my pothos in all 3 tanks. I am SUPER amazed at the root growth after only 1 week. Thanks for the GREAT idea!

 

[Cbriana]

After reading this thread last month, I watched a few vids and stuck my pothos in all 3 tanks. I am SUPER amazed at the root growth after only 1 week. Thanks for the GREAT idea!View attachment 772799

THAT IS SO AMAZING! warms my heart to know you've had success..thank you for sharing the update <3