what happens to? pothos is great to prevent algae in fish bowls as well. so I'm confused.....did the pothos completely such up nitrate content and starve the alge? Back to the Roots Water Garden Review (and a question for you) - aquaponics. Bummer. Attach both planter boxes. In my tank, the algae was something that I really detested since it ran amuck on the aquarium glass and resulted in hairline scratches after scrubbing it away. This was one of my favorite tanks out there! overhead sump filter. the black beard..... this is truly sad. - Local Hardware Store ad. are trimmed before putting them in pots. This plant can help reduce Find out how you can kill algae with just $8!" Best thing to do is use a trim of an existing plant - that way you can be sure it has never even touched soil. Depending on how long the new plant was in the tank it most certainly could've sucked a lot of the nutrients the algae was using for such solid growth ( normally algae doesn't get as big as hers without such large numbers of nutrients for the algae to absorb), Hey! NOOOO! I'm pissed too my goby in marine tank has died after 7 years, At least the water is still clean and the fish are still healthy. I have this green hair algae in the scrubber chamber that is always growing crazy. needs is nitrates & ammonia. Just the new pothos. We are introducing Pothos plant I don't know why the spell check put tunes was suppose to be light, Wow never herd of that happening. timber to make a DIY planter for fish tank depending on the directions of my =). To be honest, I don't think that such a small plant can exterminate that amount of algae you had, at least not overnight. Pothos DESTROYED my aquarium! pretty sudden effect it had?? Aquarium plants absorb toxic +Eric K Sounds like Spiro Gyra in your sump. might lose its color if you are keeping it in low light conditions. On the bright side, your crown looks like it healed nicely. Seeing the 220 deconstructed without the algae makes me feel like a magician has revealed how they do their trick:( I look forward to seeing what you will do next but that's a super sucky thing to have happen. No need for the roots to be in substrate. many nursery & garden centers in Australia & rest of the world. 100. comment for Pothos DESTROYED my aquarium! 9 Betta Fish and 30 SHRIMP IN ONE AQUARIUM. And I have had pothos in the filter for 6 years. I ADDED THE FISH TO THE 2,000G AQUARIUM!! It looks so barren! that was my first thought too, not the pothos, they dont uptake nutrients that fast, id be wary it was a commercial weed deterent, big box pothos (and succulents for that matter) is notortiously harder to take cuttings of because they use such retardants. woah didnt know pothos was that effective of getting nutrients from the tank.. im getting one! Title had me freaked out, was about to run downstairs and rip some plants out of my tanks lol. Oh an some gold fish that they know you have stashed away. Sorry. You can not have the leaves under water for long or they will rot. lava rock with clay pebbles in future. Do you have any kind of a substrate in your filter for the pothos to take root in? 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