Invasive Plant

[Star_Rider]

I think the problem you may have with this is if you leave any of it behind when you try to remove it.


we have infestationsof 'noxious weeds' here in washington in many lakes streams etc.

they have tried physically removing these weed(milfoil is one of the invaders , we also have anacharis-egeria densa,fanwort-cabomba caroliniana, hydrilla, baldderwort..etc)

it's tough stuff..if salt works..I'd try that along with removal.

 

[IndianaSam]

I talked to some people in my planted aquarium club (Pittsburgh Area Planted Aquarium Society - PAPAS) and one person suggested that increasing the hardness by adding calcium carbonate and reducing the lighting would case it to die off.

I haven't tried it yet. I'm actually trying to cultivate it right now so that I can turn it in for AHAP points at my next meeting. Then I'm going to use the above approach to eradicate it.

Sam

 

[fresh_newby]

everytime i feed my fish i pull out a bunch of it. it propagtes too fast

It is a carnivorous little plant. If you are vigilant about picking it out, you will get ahead of it and eventually eradicate it....No need to use chemicals or salt. Just get a long forcep <long tweezer> from ebay or a surgical supply and pick it out in strands.