Sweet Potatoes

[Mrsmoore30]

I’ve recently added a Sweet potato to my freshwater aquarium. I started it in a vase, in the window & the roots took off. It sat there for about 3 weeks before it went into the tank. I just wondered who else has tried this. How you set yours up? & if anyone knows how long before it sprouts leaves on top? Sorry if this is an odd one. Just looking for some more insight, this is a first for me. TIA!

 

[Byron]

You must ensure the entire potato is not under water; I've heard that 1/3 in water with 2/3 in air works--in a jar of water. The potato itself may well rot under water, so be careful. Some herbivorous plecos will eat blanched veggies, but most aquarists remove these promptly due to the risk to fish.

 

[Mrsmoore30]

You must ensure the entire potato is not under water; I've heard that 1/3 in water with 2/3 in air works--in a jar of water. The potato itself may well rot under water, so be careful. Some herbivorous plecos will eat blanched veggies, but most aquarists remove these promptly due to the risk to fish.

Thank you for the tips! Is this something you’ve tried before? Right now, with how I’ve “rigged it up” it’s sitting half in, half out of water. I’ll working on adjusting it some.

 

[Sgooosh]

cool! are you going to eat the leaves

 

[Mrsmoore30]

cool! are you going to eat the leaves

Haha! No, but I know some who do. If I can get mine the way I’d like, it’ll just be extra, out of tank “scenery, greenery.”

 

[Sgooosh]

Haha! No, but I know some who do. If I can get mine the way I’d like, it’ll just be extra, out of tank “scenery, greenery.”

coool!
we actually propogated sweet potato by leaves before to eat the leaves and it actually grew a pretty nice tuber

 

[connorlindeman]

I never knew sweet potato plant could go in a tank

 

[Byron]

I never knew sweet potato plant could go in a tank

It cannot. The leaves must be above water, and only the lower portion of the potato can be submerged. Personally, I would never consider doing this, there is always a risk to fish of organic matter like this.

 

[connorlindeman]

It cannot. The leaves must be above water, and only the lower portion of the potato can be submerged. Personally, I would never consider doing this, there is always a risk to fish of organic matter like this.

ahhh. Yeah i agree with you