A spider plant?
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kate_kuhli - Posts: 268
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A spider plant?
Can I have a spider plant in my aquarium or would it rot/ruin the water quality? My mom has lots of spider plants, they multiple so easily and she just keeps them in water so when she asked if I wanted some of her extras I thought it would be cool to have them in an aquarium if that was possible.
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justkeepswimming - Posts: 28
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Re: A spider plant?
I think it would be alright if it was only the roots in the water. I think the leaves would probably rot underwater at some point.
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kate_kuhli - Posts: 268
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Re: A spider plant?
Oh that's right, now I think about it all the leaves on my mom's plants are kept out of the water, with just the roots covered.
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tetrafan - Posts: 95
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Re: A spider plant?
Yeah, that's generally the case with non-aquatic plants found for sale in the aquatic section at pet stores. The roots can be submerged and they can live and thrive like that, but the leaves cannot be submerged, so they're not fully aquatic.
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friend_of_fish - Posts: 78
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Re: A spider plant?
tetrafan wrote:Yeah, that's generally the case with non-aquatic plants found for sale in the aquatic section at pet stores. The roots can be submerged and they can live and thrive like that, but the leaves cannot be submerged, so they're not fully aquatic.
Yep, this is often the case with lucky bamboo. A lot of people find it out the hard way, as rotting plant matter is not good for the water... I really think pet stores should at least put a warning!
Kate, have you thought of using the spider plant for a paludarium? It's a tank that's part terrestrial and part aquatic, so the spider could go in the terrestrial part.