what is the fastest growing?

**Soothing Shrimp** · 07-09-2012, 12:33 AM

What is the fastest growing low tech aquarium plant?

**ThatGuyWithTheFish** · 07-09-2012, 12:36 AM

Wisteria.

somewhatshocked · 07-09-2012, 12:37 AM

Duckweed!

Or moss.

**xenxes** · 07-09-2012, 12:44 AM

Floater: duckweed in terms of self replication %; water lettuce in terms of volume
Epiphyte: riccia, followed by java moss
Stem: hornwort or green cabomba? not enough experience to know

drewsuf82 · 07-09-2012, 01:29 AM

duckweed is the DEVIL =D

stevenjohn21 · 07-09-2012, 01:32 AM

Hornwort for me

Lee04 · 07-09-2012, 06:56 AM

Hygrophila

pandamonium · 07-09-2012, 07:23 AM

hornwort, hygro, and duckweed would be my picks. pennywort too. thing grows like a weed

discuspaul · 07-09-2012, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lee04

Hygrophila

+1 - It's a very fast-growing plant.

h2oaggie · 07-09-2012, 05:09 PM

Hygrophila polysperma for sure, if I looked closely I could almost see it growing. Got sick of doing almost daily trimming so trashed it.

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JasonG75 · 07-09-2012, 05:23 PM

Water-Sprite in my opinion.

I have to Trim (which is an understatement) weekly.

Yamaz · 07-10-2012, 08:30 AM

stargrass

james0816 · 07-10-2012, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JasonG75

Water-Sprite in my opinion.

I have to Trim (which is an understatement) weekly.

Got my vote for this one.

BBradbury · 07-10-2012, 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soothing Shrimp

What is the fastest growing low tech aquarium plant?

Hello S...

The fastest I've had in my tanks is Anacharis. By floating it instead of planting it, more of the plant is exposed to the light. I keep mine in moderate light and growth is extremely fast. My tanks are low tech, no CO2 or anything fancy.

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Kyrol · 07-10-2012, 04:31 PM

Water sprite

My dwarf aquarium Lillys also grow like weeds. I'm pulling 4-6 pads off each plant a week. They took a while to get going the first one took almost a month the second one took almost 6 months.

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xenxes Gotta Catch 'Em All (View User Tanks) PTrader: (37/100%) Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 2,663	Floater: duckweed in terms of self replication %; water lettuce in terms of volume Epiphyte: riccia, followed by java moss Stem: hornwort or green cabomba? not enough experience to know __________________ A: [2g x2] [5g] [5g-S] [6g] [9g] [20g] [24g] \| T: [Balcony] [Nano Wabikusa] \| Shrimp Blog

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pandamonium Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (26/100%) Join Date: May 2012 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 1,053	hornwort, hygro, and duckweed would be my picks. pennywort too. thing grows like a weed __________________ SFBAAPS 12G Long Shrimp Tank\|40G Breeder Amazon Biotope DIY ADA Style Stand\|DIY Eheim Jager 150W Inline Heater RAOK Club #72

07-09-2012, 01:29 AM	#5
drewsuf82 Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (28/100%) Join Date: May 2012 Location: Port Richey, FL Posts: 1,012	duckweed is the DEVIL =D

07-09-2012, 01:32 AM	#6
stevenjohn21 Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (11/100%) Join Date: May 2012 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,049	Hornwort for me

07-09-2012, 06:56 AM	#7
Lee04 Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Washington, USA Posts: 220	Hygrophila

07-09-2012, 05:09 PM	#10
h2oaggie Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (22/100%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 688	Hygrophila polysperma for sure, if I looked closely I could almost see it growing. Got sick of doing almost daily trimming so trashed it. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk __________________ 4g Schuber-Wright shrimp tank

07-09-2012, 05:23 PM	#11
JasonG75 Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 1,498	Water-Sprite in my opinion. I have to Trim (which is an understatement) weekly. __________________ *The Fraternity of Dirt #26* *Just because its dirt doesn't make it low Tech*** 75 Dirted http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...d-upgrade.html

07-10-2012, 08:30 AM	#12
Yamaz Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (9/100%) Join Date: May 2011 Location: USA Posts: 207	stargrass

07-10-2012, 04:31 PM	#15
Kyrol Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Cumberland, MD Posts: 223	Water sprite My dwarf aquarium Lillys also grow like weeds. I'm pulling 4-6 pads off each plant a week. They took a while to get going the first one took almost a month the second one took almost 6 months.

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