Houseplant next to display tank?

[bryan3536]

OK random question but I figured this was place to ask. I relocated my home office from a first floor windowed guest room to the finished basement, with my desk facing my in-wall 180g reef tank (and no windows on that side of my basement). I currently have a houseplant on my desk in front of the window - any reason it wouldn’t pull in light from my display tank? Feels like it should be fine, it’s an “indirect light” plant, and would be nice to green up the basement a bit . . .

 

[Garf]

OK random question but I figured this was place to ask. I relocated my home office from a first floor windowed guest room to the finished basement, with my desk facing my in-wall 180g reef tank (and no windows on that side of my basement). I currently have a houseplant on my desk in front of the window - any reason it wouldn’t pull in light from my display tank? Feels like it should be fine, it’s an “indirect light” plant, and would be nice to green up the basement a bit . . .

Sounds great. If I had room, that’s what I would do. If they get a bit sickly you could always give them a vacation to somewhere else for a while.

 

[Reefer Matt]

OK random question but I figured this was place to ask. I relocated my home office from a first floor windowed guest room to the finished basement, with my desk facing my in-wall 180g reef tank (and no windows on that side of my basement). I currently have a houseplant on my desk in front of the window - any reason it wouldn’t pull in light from my display tank? Feels like it should be fine, it’s an “indirect light” plant, and would be nice to green up the basement a bit . . .

I think it will get plenty of light, depending on the par of the tank lights, and light spill. I actually use my apogee mq510 meter with my garden plants indoors to compare readings vs the shade outside when I harden them off for planting.

 

[skydirt]

I have a palm tree and a Japanese maple in my fish room that seem to be doing ok since i moved them for the winter. I have been growing 3 mangroves in there for a few years but they are in the tank.

 

[Tired]

Depends on the plant, but something that wants indirect light will probably be fine, as long as the light includes the colors it wants.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

I think it would be a neat idea to have plants around the tank, give the outside of the tank a little bit more flair and make it like an oasis

 

[bryan3536]

I'm going to give it a shot, both are "palms" - my 9 year old son requested them last Christmas (we live in the northeast) but they've been doing OK. I think I can find a home for both and if they start to look a bit sad I'll move them back up.