HI, Thanks so much for this video,..... I'm a 73, yr old retired zoo keeper.... In the past, I have had all he PLANTS that you mentioned, p,us a few more..... over time i got rid of them..... your video has again reminded me how GREAT, the house plant Aquarium IS.....Plus, Friends, etc. Always asking me for plants.....I am now, cutting all my house PLANTS to stick in my Aquariums.... ALL THE BEST.

Please do a guide of how to prop up these plants on top of the aquarium

Good to see more fish keepers using HOUSEPLANTS in Fish tanks! Love your channel

I have pothos and peace Lilly in my aquariums and since they established the water quality is much better! One of the peace lillies is growing on a piece of wood, which looks really good as a centerpiece. Also the roots kinda create a jungle vibe and give all the baby fish a great place to hide.

Philodendrons are great and come in so many colors now. A word of caution, for those that don't know the leaves (only the leaves) are poisonous, their toxicity will not affect your fish as long as the leaves are kept out of the aquarium.

Some bonsai wire is great way to place your plants in the water. 4mm is stiff enough to make a holder and pliable enough to do it by hand.

I do this with mint and basil cuttings. One of these days I’ll make some kind of floating tray and try to grow aquaponic lettuce

I love the peace Lilly in my tank... the root system get HUGE and the fish love it swinging through it and using the roots as cover

I love using houseplants as additional filters! Syngoniums and Pothos are the best for smaller tanks, but Monstera Deliciousa is a beast at removing nitrates in big tanks!

I am currently growing nasturtiums in my cold water aquarium. I prefer this plant because it is non toxic to cats. The nasturtiums was a self set in a pot next to the aquarium. Its grown over and into the aquarium with roots growing down to the bottom third of the tank. Fingers crossed it will flower 🌼

Thank you so much!! I house a house full of most of these plants, I never knew I could incorporate them with my tanks!! Beautiful ❤❤

You are a true inspiration to both professional, and amateur aquarists. Keep up the good work!

Houseplants literally saved our lives! All of our plants except the submerged plants started dying this winter. Some were 30 years old and some were brand new. One day I noticed that the plants in the guest bedroom were fine. The only difference was that we had closed off the heating vent. I called a local company, three weeks later they showed up and I heard the guy scream " Open all the God damn windows!" 😂 so a new furnace later he told me that it had been leaking a poisonous gas for at least a year and we should be dead. They refused to leave until it was done.

So good, really changes the feel of the whole room.

Oh wow you just made this one. My neighbor grows both kinds of spider plants so I guess I better go get some. Oh and I'm blaming you for the 6 aquariums in my living room LOL. Keep up the good work and videos

Please continue to spread the word and educating people on benefits of aquaponics in fish and houseplant hobby ❤️ great video!

This is awesome, exactly what I was looking for waking up this morning. Thanks!

Dwarf water lettuce does this for me .. one or 2 in there and within 2 weeks surface is full of them .. I just pass them on to the shop and he gives them to customers with newer tanks to help

I’m already an avid houseplant enthusiast, with probably 50 houseplants in my 400 square foot house. I’m now in the process of setting up my first ever aquarium and I want to do a low-tech, heavily planted tank with cuttings from my houseplants helping to filter. I already have most of the plants you have so it’ll be easy. :) I’m so happy I found your channel!

I love how you have done up your fish shop. It looks really magical. Can you please please make a video on how you prepare all your plants ( both the emerged & the submerged ones) before introducing them into your tanks. My main concern are bugs / any pathogens that might accidentally get introduced into the tank

Always a good idea, I like to put a small pot / basket of scoria gravel as a base. This helps with providing mineral nutrient to the plant that they may not always get from the water.

It seems to be becoming very popular, growing houseplants in aquariums. 👍 I suppose when you think about it, people who keep plants in their pots do use aquarium water when watering their plants, so a win win situation. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I use house plants in all my tanks. Definitely makes a big difference. Great video bro!

Great content. Greetings from Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹

Great video!! Let’s add some kitchen ingredients to the list too. Sweet potato grows wonderfully in a tank. It creates very dense floating roots and beautiful heart-shaped leaves.

Lucky bamboo is a good one

Peace Lilies are by far the easiest on this list, as well as best nutrient uptake and imo the best looking! I also have a giant mother podophylum syngonium that I've been taking cuttings of to grow in my tanks. And Pothos interestingly enough will grow completely submerged, wrap a cutting around a log and although it grows slower it will root and leaf and vine completely underwater.

Thanks for the idea! Growing some of my spider plants out will be great. Be well! Take care of yourself and don't forget to rest up!

Yes sir. In 2018 I put a literally cutting of Golden Pothos in my Aquarium filter. It literally had two leaves. By 2020, that cutting had grown over 20 feet long and stretched from my living room and into my my dining room, after curling around and into two other potted plants first. At the end, I actually connected them to my tank in the dining room.

10/10 video my guy. Im in the exact headspace as you regarding under water plants! My peace lily, philodendron, and pothos collection do a solid job with bio filtration and they're absolutely stunning to look at. Bro did you also know that pothos can be trained to grow UNDER WATER?I had saw on some other dudes channel that they cant breath oxygen underwater and die but that is 100% not the case. I successfully keep pothos completely submerged in all 8 of my tanks and have done so for 1.5 years now. So vibrant and green and my fish and frogs love it!!! You should test it out and do a video on it. I feel like most people arent aware! If you do, just know that the Pothos will shed a few leaves during the acclimation period but once those root balls start to sprout in a few weeks, it will stabilize and eventually even grow new leaves underwater! ( :

it's like having hydroponics culture you can also grow strawberries

Took this list to depot and got my first batch of aquarium house plants! thanks for the guide!

Thank you so much for this fun easy tip on helping cut down the upkeep on fish tanks and beautifying at the same time.😅

Also, the umbrella plant, schefflera. It grows like crazy in my tanks, it takes some time before it roots, but when it does it loves to grow in water. And the roots are really beautiful. I have it in all my betta tanks….

My wife almost killed a potted Monstera, but was able to bring it back and now it’s booming! I’m trying to steal a cutting for it, but I value my life. 😂

Alocasia does great in low light, water set ups, and they are shaped pretty good for sticking out of something (plus it's an Aroid which is the same family as Monstera, Philodendron, Syngonium and Epipremnum etc).

Broooo hands down my favorite channel!!! Also to watch your progression has been so cool. Keep the great content coming. I always mention you when talking to new fish keepers on where to get educated about fish.

I love them too, they just add that extra piece of nature!❤️🇦🇺

When I kept a betta in a 2 gallon bowl, I had a pothos vine in the water and it was wonderful. The fish LOVED swimming around the roots and the plant grew really well. It didn't mind his bubble nest, either. Pothos handles excess moisture really well.

Absolutely love this, I put bunches of pothos on my large tank and it grows so nicely and lush and the tank looking clean❤️

Im definitely gonna try this out after seeing how well they have grown in your shop and that you recommend them highly. Thanks nick 😊

I've used Golden Pothos in guppy/betta low tech tanks ❤️Keeps the water absolutely pristine (aside from the weekly water changes)Currently have tonnes of Pothos with my Goldfish (till they get a bigger tank).

Before I started aquarium I had many plants. I did notice that if I kept them in water to develop roots, especially pothos and monstera monkey mask, I didn't have to change the water at all. And I thought there might be something interesting going on and this is nice confirmation :D very interesting approach

Hey Nick, a good video to help with nitrates. The shop is looking awesome and I hooe its going well 👍

I got a little curious to what philodendron "New Yorker" was and it seems it's p. imbe and often goes by "Burle Marx" outside of Australia and New Zealand (not 100% sure but I think so. Plants can be sort of "copyrighted" and will be called different things in different countries). Thought I'd share incase someone wanted to get some for their tank and couldn't find it. PS. Might be worth getting some variegated plants and keep taking cuttings to sell, might give a little extra money for the hobby

Can you please do a video on trimming/care for aquarium plants

This is really helpful.. I am using Pothos for my Aquarium.. but thank you for sharing this other Houseplants..

Hey greetings from Spain, your content is awesome. You´re inspiring me to make future by breeding fish too. I had always been watching aquariums you tube videos and in my opion yours is the best.

I grow peace lilies out of the weir/overflows in my reef ready tank. They grow like crazy, constantly new leaves and flowers growing. My wife is tired of getting bouquets of white lily flowers at this point. Otherwise, I grow a ton of pothos out of all my tanks, but haven't ventured much into other plants. I'll give some of these a try to change the look up a little.

Thank you. I wish you could have shared how you place the plans on the tank.

I do this also but I cut about a 1.5”-2” slice of grey pool noodles and then just stick the trimmed end of your cutting through it and place it at an open edge of your aquarium. It stabilizes it nicely. And like you said I have roots start in a little over a week. I’m gonna try floating an avocado seed next.

EXCELLENT! BEAUTIFUL FISH ROOM TOO! ♥

So I love the bonus plant. Hahaaa someone gave me a clipping and now all my tanks have it, I even have it in pot. The roots of the arrow head and pothos that grows underwater and out is part of plant scape in one tank.

THANK you, for correctly calling Adansonii the "Swiss cheese plant"! I recently learned that the Monstera Delisiosa that my mum has always called a "Split-leaf Philodendron" isn't a philodendron at all, but so many people call it the "Swiss cheese plant"! All you have to do is look at the Adansonii to know that THAT'S the Swiss cheese plant!

I use Chinese water bamboo planted in my substrate in my shrimp tanks or like a bog filter in my ponds works well too

This is a great video, and hadn't heard of doing this before! I have most of these plants in my home now, and am going to try this right away-Thanks for the information!!! 🙂

I did not realize that I used all of these plants before. They are all extremely useful for my fish tank, especially Peace Lily

Great share. Thanks! You can also use Lucky Bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana) in your aquarium

I have most those plants I can take cuttings from and place in my tanks . Nick have you tried the glasses for colour blindness? My friend tried them at 60 and he was in tears apparently its like a whole new world

I'm a big fan of using filter foam in back chambers if you've got them. Roots don't necessarily "like" light and will grow fuzzy and fluffy in an oxygen rich environment. Those fuzzy root tips will soak up exponential nutrients.

I have a beefy boy monstera, biggest leaf is as big as my torso. I desperately want to put it in a large tank on top of the huge dried rose roots that I have. Wild roses took over most of my grandparents yard and I got tons of cool cuts from my pappa for aquascaping. I want to set a few together and nest the monstera right in, let it’s roots take over EVERYTHING with tons of mosses just for some lil shrimpies. I don’t have much experience with many types of fish other than bettas and platies but a big dense shrimp tank with my gigantic monstera is my absolute dream. I’d probably cave and add my spider plants as well, let them walk across the top and root the pups on their own. I have a silver pothos that’s been exploding in growth, I imagine that would look awesome in there too… gah, look what you’ve done now, showing me these awesome ideas in my recommended feed😂 I’m gonna have to rob a bank to keep this up

thanks for making it easy and not complicated🐟

Great Video, just got some new guppy fry today, taking advice from you to raise them. Also looking to breed my CPD's just got them the other day going to try soon.

Awesome video nick! I like your corydoras video's

Thanks For Sharing your Experience and Opinions my Dear Friend Bless You And Your Dear Ones! 🫂

I never even thought of doing this, it's soooooo clever! Thank you.

You are brilliant... so educational..well done

I have a Monstera Deliciosa growing in my guppy bin, it's roots are growing like crazy. Need to divide it into 2 again soon. I definitely will be adding my Philidendron micans and pothos(es) to more of my setups.

Pothos is great for me in all my tanks

Spider plant and peace lily also help clean the air by absorbing certain things through the foliage too

Great video Nick, you can also use some aquatic plants in this way as well, some stem plants do well especially if they have been grown emerged by the whole sellers or other plants like Amazon Swords, they will readily flower and produce suckers for you, even sedges, some of them have really attractive root systems as well, give them a try if you get a chance.

And, in addition to filtering the water, plants are improving your indoor air quality--spider plants, in particular, are good at this (NASA has even done research on them in space).

Wandering Jew plants grow profusely out of my tanks and get little purple flowers on them continuously. They grow into a jungle.

I also have Pothos in my aquarium!

I'm gonna have to try out that philodendron, I love how it's splitting off everywhere, makes it easy to keep them small for aesthetics. I'm looking to move my tank under a big window so non-aquatic plants are gonna love it

Amazing setup! Pothos is my jam. I'd love for you to try out the emergent plant holders I created, I call them Poth-O-Carry's. :D great for holding plant stems securely on the tank during water changes / maintenance. :D

I have all the plants and you've given me some great ideas for my fish tank. Thank you

Amazing videos. I been following for a few weeks and binge watch most of your videos... sooo good.

Great video, educational and I enjoyed this. Thank you

Great plants indeed! I have Syngonium and Peace Lily in one of my tank and Lucky Bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana) in another tank. They are easy do grow and give a great look to the tank too

Amazing been looking for this

Good video..... I use plants too. Always looking for more ideas. I saw one woman growing her kitchen herbs in her tank. Great idea I thought.

Lovely vid! 🌱🌱🌱🌱

This is great! I love your enthusiasm. I'm so excited to combine my love of plants with keeping fish.

I grow a non-variegated spider plant underwater. Initially grew it semi-submerged as I didn't think it would grow, then put it fully under. Seems quite happy.

I have a couple pothos I was considering putting in the tank but I thought the fish would eat the roots this is amazing I've actually been wanting to do this for a long time and have several plants so today's the day

Thank you. About a year ago I took some marbled queen pothos cuttings and put them in fish tank to root...they helped filter water so I left them there...and now are growing up wall and across window top..the original cutting leaves were 3" now growing out of aquariums, they have 8" leaves now. I do thin the roots in the tank but it's not hard to do. Creating a jungle.

Thanks for the video. I just divided my Peace Lilly and put some in three of my tanks, wait now to see how well they grow.

Thanks so much! I have a project in mind involving an Ikea vase and a little ecosystem. I really wanted some real plants involved but wasn't sure what types to add!

Thanks. You helped me understand enough to be confident diving into this!

they are very cheap in Pakistan now i am gonna use all these plants thank you😍😍

You can allow the pathos to grow under water float on water surface. I don’t have mine growing out of tank. Yours look beautiful!!

I recommend lettuce, cilantro, bok Choy, dill, spearmint and basil. All of these are heavy nitrogen feeders and "cut and come again" plants. For instance, you can harvest the outside leaves of lettuce and leave the middle and it will continue to grow back several times without planting. If you have lights on a 16-8 timer you will get the most growth and thus most nitrogen utilization.

I love how you're saying them all wrong 😂 as a crazy plant crazy turned fish lady, I can definitely vouch for houseplants working well in tanks

Wow beautiful Plants ^^ Like it My friend, thank you for good sharing

I love your videos. Thanks for this video, I’m working on my aquatic plants. I also just ordered your fish food!!

I put house plants in my backyard pond and most have done really well

Your discus look awesome

Don’t forget alocasia!!! The leaves get EVEN BIGGER than monstera!! They grow into an awesome bouquet shape!

I have so many of these plants that you mention I’m gonna put all that I can find in there thank you very much