Yet Another What Is This (?)

[acewiza]

Apparently my planted feeder tank is quite healthy. There's new things like tiny lily pads with a single root-like extension going straight down thriving in there. I didn't put them in there:

It was abut 2 months since I got the leafy one you see along with them. Did they somehow hitch a ride from the Fish Store? Any thoughts? TIA...

 

[Arthur75]

Perhaps there are seedlings of a aponogeton?
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[M_DonFran]

Sounds like it could be duckweed, can't tell from the picture though. Would have hitchhiked on a plant or something from the fish store. Can take over a tank pretty quick, most people don't like it.

 

[shellyx]

Either frogbit or duckweed?

55 gallon elephant nose tank.
30 gallon boraras ,bamboo shrimp, crs,rcs and different snails.

 

[acewiza]

Looked at all the dozens of aponogeton species pics I could find and couldn't make a match. They are really tiny, like about 2-3mm across the little floating leaf top part, with about a 2-3cm root dangling down. They don't seem to be getting any bigger, just multiplying. Like crazy. I can see why you might might not want them in an aquarium, whatever they are.

 

[Caliban07]

They are duckweed. Very invasive. What fish are in there? Goldfish and cichlids will probably eat them readily.


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[acewiza]

A Clue!

Or at least maybe a better picture. Definitely not Duckweed. Oddly and timely enough, I was just out walking the dog and came across some in the wild:

So it is either an indigenous or invasive species here in Front Range Colorado. Still don't know what it is...

 

[acewiza]

So, I was under the wrong impression what duckwed is. Caliban is correct! A few years ago somebody at one of the nurseries here told me duckweed was something else. So, will some types of fish eat it? Should I try to eradicate it?

 

[Caliban07]

So, I was under the wrong impression what duckwed is. Caliban is correct! A few years ago somebody at one of the nurseries here told me duckweed was something else. So, will some types of fish eat it? Should I try to eradicate it?

A few others for there before me but yeah defo looked like duckweed. Just gotta keep skimming it of the top if you don't want it. Might be good in a compost? Some people eat it in some countries.


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