--- title: "Need Help! I got a Peace lily, it’s my first one ever! she’s not…" description: "Need Help! I got a Peace lily, it’s my first one ever! she’s not doing very well and im not sure why! She doesn’t get much sun, is at least 10 feet from a…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/3Z2lbDtxak0F7kxfF7mavS?language=it" community: "Pests, diseases and problems" author: "Sarah" published: "2025-07-11T02:24:01.324431Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/0MJQYBHBTxiLKfsM8AfQ8U5UR2ZGBWd5LBgVHLtbPys/nYVDu6g5QH6t85yDt_2kwA.webp?size=large" --- [Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=it) / [Pests, diseases and problems](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ.md?language=it) # Need Help! I got a Peace lily, it’s my first one ever! she’s not… _Pubblicato da Sarah il 2025-07-11_ Need Help! I got a Peace lily, it’s my first one ever! she’s not doing very well and im not sure why! She doesn’t get much sun, is at least 10 feet from a window, and always indirect sunlight. i haven’t moved her into the bigger pot that she’s in (her nursery pot is sitting in it for now) because I read they prefer small pots that their roots can take up! please help! watered yesterday! also i did have her too close to a window before which is why the leaves are browned but now that she’s moved, she’s just not thriving… any help is greatly appreciated 🩵 ![Allegato 1 di 4](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/0MJQYBHBTxiLKfsM8AfQ8U5UR2ZGBWd5LBgVHLtbPys/nYVDu6g5QH6t85yDt_2kwA.webp?size=large) ![Allegato 2 di 4](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/0MJQYBHBTxiLKfsM8AfQ8U5UR2ZGBWd5LBgVHLtbPys/IBHFFIwMSXW3V9cayIgPHQ.webp?size=large) ![Allegato 3 di 4](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/0MJQYBHBTxiLKfsM8AfQ8U5UR2ZGBWd5LBgVHLtbPys/D8o6-0GMS5e9IJqWyXiX7g.webp?size=large) ![Allegato 4 di 4](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/0MJQYBHBTxiLKfsM8AfQ8U5UR2ZGBWd5LBgVHLtbPys/l6KFlTChQUqbldTU99bAfA.webp?size=large) ## 11 commenti ### Dory ha commentato il 2025-07-11 My peace lilies all grow in my fish tanks🫣🥰 #### Sarah ha risposto il 2025-07-11 will be stealing this thank you!! ### Dory ha commentato il 2025-07-12 ![Allegato 1 di 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/S4z3aQ2khTE7J3aG2xz7upbRRl2F3-i_jVEmIudfpKg/xY4LdXv-SDuwepV4eHN5WQ.webp?size=large) #### Dory ha risposto il 2025-07-12 These are the babies from my mother plant. I’ve gifted about 5 or 6 from it as well. #### Dory ha risposto il 2025-07-15 Side note, these are actually getting more light than they need. As a bog plant, peace lilies thrive in “shady” areas. ### Dory ha commentato il 2025-07-12 This is my mother plant. Shes already showing new growth. She lives in leca atm and watered with “clean” dirty fish tank water. ![Allegato 1 di 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/S4z3aQ2khTE7J3aG2xz7upbRRl2F3-i_jVEmIudfpKg/Osbq7TP1RHGy0dI-VSWtqw.webp?size=large) ### Dory ha commentato il 2025-07-12 So my methods… (I do whatever my plants tell me they want😅)… I water any plant I’m intending to transfer to my fish tanks with the dirty tank water first. It’s cycled into a clean bucket from whatever tank I’m working on. Once those plants are watered… the rest of the dirty tank water goes into a bucket with the rest of my “special sauce”. Cinnamon sticks \& some cinnamon powder, a mosquito dunk, every other bucket fill I do a low dose of insecticide as preventative (I have plants that spider mites and such LOVE), I use aquarium grade potassium and iron, a flourish tab (aquarium grade), and once a month I add rice water. When I have them, I bake banana peel and grind them into a powder and I’ll add a couple tablespoons once a month. That’s what I use to water my soil potted plants. It’s already in a 5gal bucket so I can drop the pot in to bottom water and then drain it over my dry box. Pop them back in their cache pots and it takes a lot of the work out. For pots I can’t bottom water that way I just dip my water can into the “magic poop water” and give them a drink or I even fill my mist bottle with it #### Dory ha risposto il 2025-07-12 The proof is in the pudding 😅🤭 ![Allegato 1 di 4](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/S4z3aQ2khTE7J3aG2xz7upbRRl2F3-i_jVEmIudfpKg/gl6VJ7VXQQ2wL-iP87z0ZQ.webp?size=large) ![Allegato 2 di 4](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/S4z3aQ2khTE7J3aG2xz7upbRRl2F3-i_jVEmIudfpKg/mnHWMZjdSaqWvV4162Lsvg.webp?size=large) ![Allegato 3 di 4](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/S4z3aQ2khTE7J3aG2xz7upbRRl2F3-i_jVEmIudfpKg/-yxD0m_xRuWK_a02jx3NtA.webp?size=large) ![Allegato 4 di 4](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/S4z3aQ2khTE7J3aG2xz7upbRRl2F3-i_jVEmIudfpKg/Z78C4q1CQMeS4UTAt78PmQ.webp?size=large) #### Sarah ha risposto il 2025-07-14 oh my gosh, thank you so much! do you find that you have to refill the aquarium more often because of how much water her roots absorb? Because maybe i will set up an auto top off system on my tank so she doesn’t run low! ### Dory ha commentato il 2025-07-15 I haven’t had my tanks going long and I never had them set up without plants in them… I used my emerged root plants like pothos, philos, a monstera and my lilies to help cycle them faster. I don’t tend to top off rather I do a quick floor clean and then top. So basically a water change. Happens about once every two weeks. I probably only lose a half inch of water during that time #### Dory ha risposto il 2025-07-15 I also don’t use tap water at all as ours here in FL is super hard with really high ammonia and ph levels. I usually get a fresh bucket of “filter fresh” from my aquarium shop. You can use tap, I choose to take the lazy way out and not have to play with balancing with up and down etc… --- _Fonte: la community di Planta (https://getplanta.com). La lettura è aperta a tutti. 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