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I am putting together a tank for someone, I am used to my riparium full of plants at the water's surface (non-aquatic plants).
I will be adding a small planter with enough room for 1 plant to grow out of the lid, but I need help choosing. The most common nitrate eater people grow out of their HOB filters is Pothos. My problem with this plant is it is a VINE, and vines are a headache when it comes time to remove the planter to clean behind it, etc. My other requirement besides it not being a vine, is that is requires low light. I will not be hanging a light above the hood so it will have to reply on sun and room light.
My thought was a Peace Lily or Dieffenbachia if I wanted variegation, although those are both medium light plants not exactly low-light plants like Pothos...I COULD prune the Pothos into a bushy stalky plant I suppose if I have to.
I will be adding a small planter with enough room for 1 plant to grow out of the lid, but I need help choosing. The most common nitrate eater people grow out of their HOB filters is Pothos. My problem with this plant is it is a VINE, and vines are a headache when it comes time to remove the planter to clean behind it, etc. My other requirement besides it not being a vine, is that is requires low light. I will not be hanging a light above the hood so it will have to reply on sun and room light.
My thought was a Peace Lily or Dieffenbachia if I wanted variegation, although those are both medium light plants not exactly low-light plants like Pothos...I COULD prune the Pothos into a bushy stalky plant I suppose if I have to.