Peace Lily Paludarium

 

Peace Lily Paludarium

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I've been growing this Peace Lily plant with roots in water in my aquariums since 2001.

The last couple of years, it's been growing in this aquarium that I gave away to my youngest son.

The plant gets only indirect sunlight coming from the window.

Use scissors or a sharp blade to trim wilted leaves once in a season.

Make the cuts close to the main stem.

All the leaves of this plant have been growing from this now long stem.

Push the plant deep into the planter to fix it in a proper position.

Make sure the water level stays always below the bottom part of the planter.

I used to make cuttings from my oldest Peace lily plant to grow them with roots in water in my other aquariums.

Here you can see one of the younger plants in a similar aquarium.

You can see the stem is much shorter.

Trimming older leaves growing sideways keeps the main stem narrow to fit it in the planter.

I am going to keep this yellowish leaf for now to prevent the plant from falling through the planter.

So, now I can keep the plant growing above the planter with only roots in the water.

Or I can submerge the stem into water and let the new leaves grow underwater.

Well, that's what I actually did the last season.

Here you can see new sprouts growing.

Let's pull the plant out carefully.

Here we can get a closer look at the new sprouts grown underwater.

Fully submerged, peace lilies grow small and very slowly.

Check my previous videos for more details about it.

Let's cut the main stem right above the top of the new sprout.

Make sure both parts have roots and leaves.

Now I have two plants.

Also, we can separate new sprouts from each other in the same way.

I am going to keep new sprouts together and let them grow as one plant for now.

Fast-growing Peace lily with roots in an aquarium feeds on nutrition dissolved in water, keeping the aquarium clean.

I never change water in my aquariums.

Only add aged tap water to the level as necessary. 

Here is another two-year-old cutting from the old Peace lily.

This plant also has been growing with roots in water.

It's bushy and has noticeably darker green leaves.

It's been growing inside of this paludarium, getting much less indirect sunlight than my other plants.

I am about to disassemble this paludarium for making space for new projects.

Let's clean up the roots from moss.

And... I can pull up the plant into two parts.

Cleaning and trimming a peace lily takes a couple of minutes, and I do it only once a season. 

It's one of the best plants to grow in aquariums.

Previously, I've been growing Peace lilies in open-air tanks.

This time I want to check how Peace Lily would grow in a high humidity tank.

Also, the water condensed on the walls of this tank limits the amount of light available to the plants.

Let's put all roots of the plant in the water.

The smaller peace lily plant I already put by the back wall of the tank.

I've been testing other terrestrial plants and mosses for growing in high humidity.

The aquarium is populated with snails, scuds, fish and Eastern Newts.

It's a sustaining self-feeding ecosystem.

I trim the wilting leaves to get a more pleasant appearance.

Terrestrial plants growing with roots in water feed on waste dissolved in water.

The land platform of this tank is populated with terrestrial isopods, springtails, and snails.

All of those critters feed on organic waste produced by plants.

Here you can see springtails and baby isopods.

Fish feed on springtails, and newts feed on isopods and snails.

There are very small holes in the lid of the tank for air circulation.

The Peace lily plants grow nice, green, and bushy in this high-humidity tank.

It serves the purpose of keeping water clean while growing all around the year very well.

Have fun and happy aquariums :)