What is the most annoying plant that you still somehow keep in your tank(s)?
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:iagree:Having my share of issues with it currently.
I had some duckweed shipped as an extra when I ordered plants not too long ago. Before it could grab hold in my tank and spread everywhere I tried to scoop as much as I could out, but still i find some every now and then.
my most annoying plants are the ones I want but can't afford. HC, which I had once but all died on me; and riccia, which I lust for but when I had funds nobody had it for sale. I want to go full-bore Amano in my "big" (10g) tank but...oh well. It no doubt looks better in my imagined design than it would in real life anyway. 
And duckweed elimination is just a matter of persistence. Every time you open the lid--feeding, WC, moving a rock, whatever-- scoop out what you see. Eventually it gets down to one or two floaters a day. Not sure it ever gets <i>below</i> that mind you, but keep at it.
And duckweed elimination is just a matter of persistence. Every time you open the lid--feeding, WC, moving a rock, whatever-- scoop out what you see. Eventually it gets down to one or two floaters a day. Not sure it ever gets <i>below</i> that mind you, but keep at it.
secuono--what is "making a tube of" riccia? Attaching it to a piece of bamboo or other hollow object to grow out? Sounds fascinating, I never heard of this practice before.
I have some baby mollies I would be willing to trade for your loose stuff. Or several adult males, all of whom are lacking proper moral standards of behavior.
I have some baby mollies I would be willing to trade for your loose stuff. Or several adult males, all of whom are lacking proper moral standards of behavior.
I had a roll of plastic mesh to keep leaves out of the gutter. Cut a long section and sewed one end to the middle in an 'O' shape, then added little clumps of Riccia in between the outer O and sewed the extra mesh on top to hold it in place. 2 months later or so it really started growing.
Pic when I first tossed it into the tank to grow.
Close-up.
Here is a pic of it now after the Dojos made paths and hide-outs in it. My boy Tiger Dwarf Platy doesn't seem to approve of the mess they made with it, lol.
Pic when I first tossed it into the tank to grow.
Close-up.
Here is a pic of it now after the Dojos made paths and hide-outs in it. My boy Tiger Dwarf Platy doesn't seem to approve of the mess they made with it, lol.
It used to be very dense and 3-4in thick. Then came along the Dojos and made it all poofy. I didn't realize how unstable it was after they got to it and it came apart in places and now they float around. >.< You used to be able to take the whole thing out and not worry about it crumbling, even if you would drop it/shake it or fan water over it to get poos out of it.
Ik! Your telling me! Mine grows soooo slow. Evveryone else ik has no problems with it. they dont have any special CO2 or anything! BAHHHH
