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Anyone ever try to use a marine protein skimmer
With fresh water to take duckweed out of planted
(Duckweed infested) tank??

Would the babies get taken in??

Would mature fish get taken in??

[Bill Kirkpatrick]

wrote:
> Anyone ever try to use a marine protein skimmer

It won't work.

Protein skimmers are designed to remove organic molocules
and fine particulates (cloudiness) from the water.

In comparison, a protein skimmer is designed to filter out
ants. Meanwhile, as small as it may be, duckweed is of
skyscrapper proportion.

> With fresh water to take duckweed out of planted
> (Duckweed infested) tank??

Can't you just spend an few minutes focused on carefully
removing all traces of these small floating plants? If your
fish net is too big a mesh, try using something like a craft
felt or a stocking.

[fred]

Just buy Australion Rainbows of various kinds. They think Duckweed is
candy. Jim

[Victor Martinez]

fred wrote:
> Just buy Australion Rainbows of various kinds. They think Duckweed is
> candy. Jim

I don't think so. I have two species of rainbows in my 110 gallons and
I've been fighting duckweed for months.

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[fred]

Dont feed the rainbows. I promise they'll eat piece of duckweed..Jim