BAH!!! Blasted Duckweed!

[The Zigman]

Well I left on Friday afternoon, had a patch of duckweed about the size of my hand floating on the surface of the 125..

Today, 1/2 the tank is covered with it..

and my 20 gal RCS tank is nearly completely covered with it..

 

[milesalive]

boy it does grow fast ill take some for the price of shipping

 

[msjinkzd]

man, you mean you don't love duckweed up to your armpits after maintenance? You know its edible right, its supposed to have a slight peppery taste

 

[Lupin]

LMAO! I wonder who would have dared eat duckweeds.:yuck: My goldfish and apple snails would love these plants.:hearts:

 

[THE V]

My goldfish love the taste of it. I grow it in my guppy tanks and feed it to the goldfish when it covers the top. They can down a great big handful of the stuff in 15 minutes.

 

[fabsroman]

The easy way to clean it up is to use a canister filter and a skimmer. I had this issue. I didn't even know what the plant was. I used a Fluval skimmer on one of my canister filters, broke off a couple of the slots so the duckweed could pass through, and in a couple of days it was gone. Granted, I took out the majority of it with my hands and threw it in the trash. The skimmer was used to get the remainder. Cleaned out the canister filter a couple of days later and that was the end of that.

I agree. That stuff grows really, really quick.

 

[kyryah]

I have a guppy tank that is slowly being overcome by the evil duckus weedius :evil_lol:

Kristina

 

[petluvr]

man, you mean you don't love duckweed up to your armpits after maintenance?

I know the feeling all to well:rant2::rant2:

 

[huffmagx]

My Briggs eat it like a side salad!!

 

[fabsroman]

Quite ironic. I had it in a 55 with about 25 brigs in the tank, and if they were eating it, they sure were not keeping it at bay. I have no idea where it came from, and would guess from a plant I got from somebody. It appeared during tax season when I pay less attention to my tanks, and when I looked at the tank after not dealing with it for a week, the stuff was really thick on the surface.