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title: "Hi! New to Planta, but thought I would share my favorite new hobby—…"
description: "Hi! New to Planta, but thought I would share my favorite new hobby— propagating pothos in my 55 gallon aquarium! I was struggling to keep the nitrate levels…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/GpJkJG2qS7KZ7LpSwQwhSg/64c14badbf42b7485b845da7"
community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Amanda Smith"
published: "2023-07-26T16:37:01.08Z"
language: "en"
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# Hi! New to Planta, but thought I would share my favorite new hobby—…

_Posted by Amanda Smith on 2023-07-26_

Hi! New to Planta, but thought I would share my favorite new hobby— propagating pothos in my 55 gallon aquarium! I was struggling to keep the nitrate levels down in the tank, and read that growing plants like pothos in the water can help significantly— and it has!!! Took a little scrap wood, drilled some holes, stained/sealed/waterproofed, and now I have my favorite feature in my house! All of these were cuttings from my existing pothos plants that I rooted directly in the tank (the one in the copper glass had a super wonky stem, so I’m rooting her in there to help the stem straighten a bit before putting her in the tank!). The 10 gallon tank also got a little corner pothos. The plants help purify the water and cut down on water changes, plus they give the fish a more interesting environment! 🎉🎉🎉

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/iACkY5F0uCEZQOfLaPNUer0kGzJ8b62OAWBVEJtcqZ8/783432140c954ed6a079664640a18ea4.webp?size=large)

## 8 comments

### Danika commented on 2023-07-26

That is genius!

### Elle Woods commented on 2023-07-26

Oh my gosh I love this!

### Janice Janicerton commented on 2023-07-26

SO AWESOME!🤩

### Ada commented on 2023-07-28

Hey, totally unrelated but I named my philodendron Phillis too!

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/D4PKjiTAA3wfuB1AVZTZOGCZG04z2kXM0kK1T-NsSGg/1d8bd2aa1cd3444491267e09de140062.webp?size=large)

#### Amanda Smith replied on 2023-07-30

Love it! 😍😍😍

### Mullein commented on 2023-07-31

Nice!! Years ago I had a 60 gallon aquarium and thought it might be nice to add guppies and platys. That was a mistake! They overpopulated so quickly! Pothos saved my tank, it really did. The pothos growing out of it grew leave them size of plates too. It was fantastic

#### Mullein replied on 2023-07-31

I didn’t think I had any pictures left on my phone but I found one! Yours are going to look so cool with the marble pothos 🤩

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/-3QkobUWwUK-I90Vq_7yE60PJa8V0mOfE95WC1nEMEo/1416f9635d864f89b0c9b92ad41ff189.webp?size=large)

#### Amanda Smith replied on 2023-08-03

Oh my gosh, that is GOALS!!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

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