floating plants for livebearer aquarium
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I use dwarf water lettuce whichs grows long lovely roots for fish to hide in. Hornwort which when left floating become a big frilly mass which are also great for fry to hide.
Some folks use frogbit or red root floater as well as riccia. I've had frogbit before but the roots on my DWL grow much bigger so I prefer that. I've never used riccia because I've always heard it's a very high light plant and I'm a very low tech person.
www.plantgeek.net is a great resource for all different types of plants. You can search by placement for all different floating plants as well.
Some folks use frogbit or red root floater as well as riccia. I've had frogbit before but the roots on my DWL grow much bigger so I prefer that. I've never used riccia because I've always heard it's a very high light plant and I'm a very low tech person.
www.plantgeek.net is a great resource for all different types of plants. You can search by placement for all different floating plants as well.
Najas (guppy grass) is great for fry, it provides a good environment for micro-critters that the fry will feed on as well as cover.
almost any stem plant can be grown as a floater. Elodea, water sprite and wisteria are great floaters for fry.
I had so many endler fry with the help of my najas I had to remove it. Now they hide out in the baby tears.
Endler's aren't likely to eat fry, neither are sailfin mollies IME. Swordtails and platys are a different story, very few fry will survive w/out good cover available.