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FASTRAKR
02-09-2003, 12:00 PM
When we picked up our 3 otto's the other day from our LFS there was a bunch of small floating flowers in the bag. We thought they looked kind of cool so we added these to the tank. Can anybody tell us what the are and how they "reproduce".
Thanks FASTRAKR
125gJoe
02-09-2003, 12:00 PM
Any pics?
FASTRAKR
02-09-2003, 12:06 PM
No pics yet, I need to steal my sister's new digital camera. I'll hopefully have some pics in the next week or so.
The plants are very small, maybe 3/16" across. 5 petals. Seems to be something hanging down from the about a 1/16 of an inch. They look to be white or a very light green in colour.
djlen
02-09-2003, 12:09 PM
My guess is that it's Duckweed if it's green. Are they flowers or petals?
Len
FASTRAKR
02-09-2003, 12:13 PM
Just took them to normal lighting, they are green. Still can't tell if they are flowers or petals.
Skittyfish
02-09-2003, 1:21 PM
Could it be new watersprite? My look like that when leaves break off and grow roots. They float around the top, and look kind of white.
superstein61
02-09-2003, 1:38 PM
take a look at the pics here and see what it looks like:
http://www.bettastarz.com/plants.htm
I have some better plant pic links, but can't find them right now
FASTRAKR
02-09-2003, 5:19 PM
Thanks superstein61,
That site was great. Looks like we have duckweed.
Thanks everybody,