Pothos care
Epipremnum aureum
Pothos is a houseplant grown with its roots in the aquarium and its leaves in the room.
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Not needed
- Where it goes
- Roots in the water, leaves in the air
- Growth
- Fast
- Care level
- Easy
- Height
- 6 to 60 in
- Temperature
- 60 to 85 °F
- How to plant
- Put cuttings in a hang-on-back filter or planter so only the roots sit in water
- Propagation
- Stem cuttings
In a 20 gallon long
12¾ in tallHow to grow pothos
Pothos is a houseplant grown with its roots in the aquarium and its leaves in the room. The roots take up nitrate and give fry somewhere to hide. Keep the leaves above water; submerged leaves rot. The plant is toxic to cats and dogs if chewed.
Common problems
- Rotting leaves that dip into the water; trim them.
- Roots blocking a filter intake; trim them back.
Plants that grow in the same light
Sources
Plant identity from Wikipedia: Epipremnum aureum. Heights, temperatures and care are typical ranges in aquariums from common planted-tank practice, not figures from that article. Drawings are our own; photo credits follow.
Photo credits
Real photographs from Wikimedia Commons, resized and cropped to fit; each is used under the license named.
- Pothos Jubair1985, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Java fern Pinpin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Java moss Xedoo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Anubias nana Michael Linnenbach, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cryptocoryne wendtii John Robert McPherson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Vallisneria Damitr, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dwarf sagittaria Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
