I like floating plants but hate duckweed. It is because of it's small size, I want something bigger. I use water lettuce and Salvinia molesta.
Duckweed: Love it or hate it??
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aknif, you realize that duckweed is a floating plant right? You asked if it leaves junk floating around at the top of the tank...well, IT floats at the top of the tank and its hair like roots hang down which looks kinda neat. Since it floats, it's very easy to remove some if it starts taking over the surface. As others said, it's small so tough, not tough, just not as easy as you might think, to get rid of totally.
I have some in all my tanks and I like it.
I have some in all my tanks and I like it.
No, I realize that it's a floating plant. I wasn't concerned that it would leave junk floating at the top, just junk floating in general. Both of my tanks are totally planted with fake plants and I have 6 silver dollars in my 125g, so I was looking for something that would float and that my silver dollars wouldn't entirely munch to death.
My concern was if the plant let off dead leaves that then float around the whole tank. For example, I have tried to grow anachris many times in many different tanks and all it ends up doing is letting off tons of brownish leaves and i'm forever vacuuming them out of my gravel.
I'm not a fan of live plants, but this duckweed was just suggested as something that is kinda pretty, would suck up some nitrates and that my silver dollars would nibble, but not feast on...
Would you agree?
My concern was if the plant let off dead leaves that then float around the whole tank. For example, I have tried to grow anachris many times in many different tanks and all it ends up doing is letting off tons of brownish leaves and i'm forever vacuuming them out of my gravel.
I'm not a fan of live plants, but this duckweed was just suggested as something that is kinda pretty, would suck up some nitrates and that my silver dollars would nibble, but not feast on...
Would you agree?
I tried duckweed because I wanted a dark tank since thats what my fish like. However the problem was my "hang on the back" filter. Everytime I mess with my tank (weekly) it forced the duckweed all around the tank which annoyed me to no end. I finally just cleaned it all out and got some new floating plants.
Hmm, I don't know how well Silver Dollars like duckweed. It will suck up nitrates and it is pretty the way the roots hang down. I agree with oztun. The outflow from a HOB filter pushes it all over the tank.
IMO, you have two choices. Keep Silver Dollars or keep plants.
IME, the two will not co-exist in the same tank. They will decimate practically any vegetation you add to the tank, floating or not.
Len
IME, the two will not co-exist in the same tank. They will decimate practically any vegetation you add to the tank, floating or not.
Len
So duckweed may work in that case. It could potentially grow fast enough to keep feeding the silver dollars. Well it could if you put a little into the resevoir of a HOB filter.
