I have anubia afzelii and java fern and java windelov but I would like a floating plant cause I want some hatchets and I don't want them to get stressed from light 10 hours a day. I need something fairly easy to care for. And also, how would I go about anchoring it? I thought of tying it with fishing line to the outtake in order to control where it goes.
Floating plants?
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The 3 main floating plants I can think of are duckweed (pest, grows very fast), salvinia (cool, slower growing) and water lettuce (larger, slower growing). There isn't really a good way to keep them in one place, so if you get any, eventually they will spread out and cover the whole tank. You will need to remove some occasionally so that some light still gets through.
aqua_chem
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What kind of light do you have?
eAts
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I float wisteria and Brazilian pennywort.
1 40" UV
1 40" blue
1 40" natural white
I forgot the kelvin values to them but they cover all important aspects to the photosynthetic spectrum. I spent 2-3 weeks researching about photosynthesis and light.
When I looked up the Brazilian pennywort, it looks like some people plant them and they still get to the surface. Is that what you do or do you actually just free float them?
aqua_chem
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Most stem plants can be floated withouttoo much problem.
Also, by what kind of light you have, I was wondering what type of bulb you had, not the color (T8, T8, CFL, etc).
Also, by what kind of light you have, I was wondering what type of bulb you had, not the color (T8, T8, CFL, etc).
aqua_chem
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What kind of LEDs though? There are many, many LEDs on the market these days, and they all come in different wattages, etc. Unfortunately, most are unsuitable for planted tanks.
eAts
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I free float the pennywort. I use a finnex ray II LED fixture.
Scottyhorse
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Frogbit is a good one.
Lohoyan
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I have water lettuce in my 66 Gal with 4X 54Watts of T5 and CO2 and ferts. Under those conditions the plants become huge, spread out, multiply and will take over the entire surface very quickly. In my ten Gal with no ferts they stay small but still multiply and cover all the surface rapidly. I use them to regulate the light to the rest of the tank. If it looks like green algae is startling to take over I let the lettuce take over. When that's under control, I remove some bit by bit till I find a good balance of light. The water lettuce also has really cool looking roots that get very long. It is difficult though to keep them to certain areas, they float around to wherever they feel like.
Fresh2o
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Normally my long fin blue danios swim near the surface or at mid level but occasionally I see a few cruising the bottom looking for (I believe) eggs and/or fry. They can be prolific breeders but also are good "hunters".
Fresh2o
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I got danios to serve as dither fish to bring out the reclusive Golden tetras in a 20 g long. The tetras picked a spot (sometimes behind rocks/decor) and just hovered there unless it was feeding time. The danios swam wherever they wanted and I think this put the tetras at ease and they soon joined into the "community".
