So today I picked up some plants for my 20 gallon aquarium (cardamine and lilaeopsis) and I noticed they had some duckweed floating around in a tank.
At the time I didn't know what it was so I asked the gentleman working in the department and he said that it's duckweed and very good at helping keep the nitrates down in an aquarium. He said that it's becoming harder to order so they might not have it for much longer. I picked up the last bit he had and took it home to my aquarium.
After doing some reading it seems that there's a love/hate relationship with duckweed.
My plan is to breed some mollies and give the fry to my friends once they're big enough to eat flake food. So assuming the fry like to stay at the top of the tank that would be a pro.
It seems that everyone says it grows like crazy and hard to keep up with it. That's obviously a negative.
Anything else I should know about duckweed?
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At the time I didn't know what it was so I asked the gentleman working in the department and he said that it's duckweed and very good at helping keep the nitrates down in an aquarium. He said that it's becoming harder to order so they might not have it for much longer. I picked up the last bit he had and took it home to my aquarium.
After doing some reading it seems that there's a love/hate relationship with duckweed.
My plan is to breed some mollies and give the fry to my friends once they're big enough to eat flake food. So assuming the fry like to stay at the top of the tank that would be a pro.
It seems that everyone says it grows like crazy and hard to keep up with it. That's obviously a negative.
Anything else I should know about duckweed?
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