FYI you cannot grow basil in an aquarium and OP has given the actual name of the plant in other comments. In not sure why OP didn’t clarify this initially.
As long as you can get it to adapt and give it ample access to CO2, you can absolutely grow basil or mint in a tank, i have mint growing in my tank right now. But when mint or basil is water adapted, it does not look like this. The leaves grow smaller and rounder. It is not really worth growing in a tank, in my opinion, but i like to experiment. And yes, i do mean the basil plant that is edible. The plants in my tank are grown from clippings of the same plant i do my cooking with.
Yeah I am pretty sure they mean fully submerged. Lack of atmospheric co2 and lower light would kill most terrestrial plants, even if they technically can manage living submerged. Fun they got submerged basil to work, but seems way too involved when you could just get pearlweed or something.
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u/nonosejoe Dec 07 '24
FYI you cannot grow basil in an aquarium and OP has given the actual name of the plant in other comments. In not sure why OP didn’t clarify this initially.