frothhelmet
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Let's face it. As much as we love our pretty aquatic plants, nothing removes fish waste from water better than emersed plants - whether floating, breaking the surface from the substrate, or hung on the back with roots dangling into the water.
I am looking for some good - 'grow out the back of your tank with roots dangling down plants'. It's nice to get plants you can eat also. That said not all plants like being grown hydroponically, In the past I have successfully kept basil - but I am having trouble growing it for long now – seems to grow ok for a bit and then just stop, yellow, and wither. Regular mint also does the same.
Anyone have success stories with plants absolutely loving rooting into aquariums only? Any edible plants? What worked and didn’t work?
For me – I am growing a Brazilian plant called ‘big mint’. Interestingly, it performs like the basil and mint in a tank that has a fine sand substrate, but in my ADA Amazonia I Soil tank it’s very healthy – even though its roots don’t reach the soil.
What about you?
I am looking for some good - 'grow out the back of your tank with roots dangling down plants'. It's nice to get plants you can eat also. That said not all plants like being grown hydroponically, In the past I have successfully kept basil - but I am having trouble growing it for long now – seems to grow ok for a bit and then just stop, yellow, and wither. Regular mint also does the same.
Anyone have success stories with plants absolutely loving rooting into aquariums only? Any edible plants? What worked and didn’t work?
For me – I am growing a Brazilian plant called ‘big mint’. Interestingly, it performs like the basil and mint in a tank that has a fine sand substrate, but in my ADA Amazonia I Soil tank it’s very healthy – even though its roots don’t reach the soil.
What about you?