unusual plants you have or are growing in your aquarium...

I suppose these can be aquatic or Terrestrial plants in pots in the tanks...
I'm currently growing many Terrestrial plants... Floaters have been more of a challenge for me, as my tanks usually involve a lot of circulation ( though my water lettuce is growing like crazy, & I still have some Giant Duckweed, & a few sprigs of Frogbit )... and as far as aquatic plants, I have had the best luck with Java Ferns, I used to have several Water Lily's but they were suffering, because of too much circulation, the pads dominated & then got in big tangles...

so hydroponically potted Terrestrial plants has been where I've landed... unusual ones for me, so far, are Nile Lily's Tea Plants, & Calatheas... been considering trying a couple coffee plants, & have even looked at trying a couple Bonsai Olive trees...I had some Bonsai Willows going, but I don't think they got enough light intensity, as I sill have a few in a cup growing in the window, but the tank I had them in, is not getting any natural light... I've started buying more powerful 24 /7 LED aquarium lights, so I may be able to start some plants that need more light...

what are you growing... I'm mostly interested, in the non Pothos / Philodendron plants ( I have those as well... just trying to diversify more )... when I raised Tilapia outside last summer, I grew hydroponic veggies in the tanks, & the Tomatoes & Cucumbers went wild... I've seen Strawberrys that were grown in little Beta tanks... so the possibilities are endless...

Hello Magnum. I have a house plant called Chinese Evergreen. It's the only terrestrial plant that I've found that will thrive submerged in water and no soil.

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@10 Tanks ...I have 2 Chinese evergreen's that are potted in hang on the side pots, that seem to be growing well, above the water, with their roots in the tank... you have some growing, that are actually submerged???
I have found that most of my terrestrial plants will grow well, with their roots in the tank, as long as the crown is above the water line... & I've had many Lucky Bamboo, that are submerged, for well over a year, but honestly they don't seem to grow, they are alive, still green, but haven't seemed to grow much fully submerged... if you can get a leaf or two above the water line they grow well as an emergent plant...

Hello again. There are several species of Aglaonema "Chinese Evergreen". Mine is the Cutlass variety. I have one in a 50 gallon tank. It's the variegated plant in the middle of the photo. The leaves on this plant are green with lighter green stripes or blotches. If you immerse the plant, most leaves that grew above the water will yellow and have to be removed. However, the new leaves that develop totally under water are acclimated to the water and grow very well in even lower light. This plant has been totally immersed for several months and is now sending out new roots. You can use this plant in a Terraphyte tank system that requires no water changes, ever.

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I have an Igawazo 2009 in my 20 long. She was rare when I got her years ago and then we moved and I neglected her. Thankfully she survived (just barely) and I coaxed her back to life. She only replicates by either cutting at the root/rhizome or if she is happy she will bud off at the base. I have 3 of her right now, 1 I cut and the other was because she was happy. Don't have any pics, but a Google search should bring up the plant.

I used to have some crypt nurii, but I think they were outcompeted

does it look like this??? potted & growing out of the tank emergent???

I've grown basil, and Monstera, as well as Boston ferns (they go crazy) on top of tanks. Pothos, snake plants, Chinese evergreen, Calla lilies, red ludwigia repens (it decided to go above the water), Bacopa caroliniana (flowering now), peace lilies galore and arrowhead Sagittaria. If I had more windows...

Below the waves, I have been rekindling my love of Cryptocorynes, slowly adding species I can affordably get in tissue culture pots, as I find them in stores.

Magnum Man said:

does it look like this??? potted & growing out of the tank emergent???
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Yeah it looks like that but mine is totally submersed

I have hemigraphis repanda (dragon tongue) on order to be put as a marginal in my paludarium. Has anyone ever kept that before?

Are those dragon tongue beans? I don’t know anything about growing them in a fish tank but they sure are tasty

Probably my most unusual terrestrial plant is the Himalayan maidenhair fern in my Paludarium. I also have LOTS of different mosses growing above water, natives of Wyoming and Michigan. And a few mystery plants that found their way in with the mosses and started growing like crazy. I also have some java ferns and anubias growing above water. Those things get HUGE! A rhododendron for my frogs to hide under, that surprisingly is neither dying nor growing at all.

Under water? Nothing toooooo strange. Lots and lots of different crypts. Some red lilies that are getting rather large. (hey @Magnum Man , if you keep the emergent leaves clipped off before they hit the surface, the plants will stay submerged and more bushy) Willow moss is thriving in my river tank--it really likes the water movement.

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Yeah it looks like that but mine is totally submersed

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So am in the basement cleaning up for some tank rearranging possibly Sunday and finally remembered to get some pics

The threesome, oldest on the right, the cutting I took on the left and the budding in the center. Oddly enough the bud came off the cutting.

The original, was the size of my thumbnail when I bought it for a ridiculous amount of $$.

The trimming, is a bit over a year old now.

The wee little one, broke off when I moved the cutting from the 10 gallon to the 20 long about 7 months ago.