Epipremnum Aureum, Pothos - With your Fishes (experiment)

Growing Pothos with your fishes

Plant have natural ability is to break down fish waste but Pothos is not an aquatic plant. I decide to experiment if Pothos survive under water.

Test Subject: 2 new Pothos cutting, each with 1 leaf insert into a plastic cup, tied with some pebbles to provide weight for it to sink.

Apparatus: 2 lighting blue/white and white were used to brighten up the tank. A water fall type filter and a external breeder tank customize to become a water filter for charcoal and ceramic ring, contain only 2 Yamato Shrimps, 2 Guppies, 1 SAE and 1 Corydoras and 1 Java Fern

Duration: Lasted for 3 week.

Observation: The cutting do not grow in size, some sign of roots growth, some sign of new bud/shoots, no change in vine or leaf color. I assume it can only survive, maybe very slow growth.

To further the experiment I remove the cutting and place it into the external breeder tank, for 1 week the condition of the cutting remain the same.

Next I tried placing the cutting into the external breed tank with only the roots submerge into the water. The area was further away from the light source so i cant really continue to find out more.

Months ago I spoke to a landscape specialist to understand more about plant. He mention during the removal of the plant there is a possibility it will cause the plant to go into shock mode. Shock mode refer to adaptability to a change of environment or damage to the roots system.

There are many factor affecting to this experiment. I decided to eliminate some of those before trying.

Pothos in the tank

Next experiment I will be trying out new cutting with roots and place it inside (see pic above).

Check out my other post for more Pothos information.