Floating plant suggestion?

ringram · 04-09-2005, 07:14 PM

I'm trying to figure out a floating-type plant to slightly shade the tank and the less demanding plants in there like the petite nana and java fern. I know of hornwort and frogbit, but does anyone have any other suggestions? Nothing that would do poorly in high light as there is a fair amount of light on the tank (110w).

bigpow · 04-09-2005, 07:36 PM

the most hated duckweed

ringram · 04-09-2005, 07:59 PM

Yes, I got some of that on accident with a plant order and it multiplied pretty fast. I ended up removing it all

Maybe I should have kept *some* of it.

Stu · 04-09-2005, 11:29 PM

Look at my post (#17) in this thread; duckweed... (Lemnacaea) rated or hated?

fishyface · 04-10-2005, 12:21 AM

water lettuce...grows like stink and looks really cool...kinda like jellyfish tentilcles in the water column.

Momotaro · 04-10-2005, 02:48 AM

Phyllanthus fluitans (Red Root Floater).

Neat floating plant. Under good light the plant leaves can take on an orangey hue, and the plants roots will turn red. As an added bonus, the plants also get a cute little white flower.

Easy to grow, and easy to remove from your aquarium when growth gets too thick!

Mike

04-09-2005, 07:36 PM	#2
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ringram Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (66/100%) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 2,554	Yes, I got some of that on accident with a plant order and it multiplied pretty fast. I ended up removing it all Maybe I should have kept some of it. __________________ 90g journal: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ph...rnal-pics.html --------------------------------------------------- SFBAAPS member - http://www.sfbaaps.com/ SAPS member - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacaquaticplant/

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Stu Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Ramsgate, Kent, UK Posts: 405	Look at my post (#17) in this thread; duckweed... (Lemnacaea) rated or hated? __________________ *Eheim Pimp #121* 80 litre "Planted" tank

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Momotaro Doesn't like Kool-Aid (View User Tanks) PTrader: (52/100%) Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Hawthorne, New Jersey Posts: 10,108	Phyllanthus fluitans (Red Root Floater). Neat floating plant. Under good light the plant leaves can take on an orangey hue, and the plants roots will turn red. As an added bonus, the plants also get a cute little white flower. Easy to grow, and easy to remove from your aquarium when growth gets too thick! Mike Attached Thumbnails __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

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04-09-2005, 07:14 PM	#1
ringram Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (66/100%) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 2,554	Floating plant suggestion? I'm trying to figure out a floating-type plant to slightly shade the tank and the less demanding plants in there like the petite nana and java fern. I know of hornwort and frogbit, but does anyone have any other suggestions? Nothing that would do poorly in high light as there is a fair amount of light on the tank (110w). __________________ 90g journal: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ph...rnal-pics.html --------------------------------------------------- SFBAAPS member - http://www.sfbaaps.com/ SAPS member - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacaquaticplant/

04-10-2005, 12:21 AM	#5
fishyface Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Surrey BC Posts: 231	water lettuce...grows like stink and looks really cool...kinda like jellyfish tentilcles in the water column.