Do all palnts filter water?
 

Just curious if all aquatic plants serve as natural filters or just
certain ones. If not which are non-filtering plants?

Bawb2u wrote:
Just curious if all aquatic plants serve as natural filters or just
certain ones. If not which are non-filtering plants?

They don't "filter" water per se, they consume some of the by-products
of fish metabolism.

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Victor Martinez wrote:
Bawb2u wrote:

Just curious if all aquatic plants serve as natural filters or just
certain ones. If not which are non-filtering plants?


They don't "filter" water per se, they consume some of the by-products
of fish metabolism.

And all healthy, growing plants do this. The faster the plant grows in
your tank, the more fish waste it uses.

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"Bawb2u" wrote in message
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Just curious if all aquatic plants serve as natural filters or just
certain ones. If not which are non-filtering plants?


To an extent, yes. The plants consume the "nutrients" placed in the water by
your fish and other critters. Some plants do a better job then others. In a
pond, for example, floating plants like Water Hyacinth and Water lettuce can
be very affective filters. Their very dense root systems hanging in the
water not only aid them in collecting the "nutrients", they can also collect
a lot of floating particles. Some planted plants like Water iris also work
very well as filter plants, especially when planted in a loose media like
rocks or pebbles.


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Edible plants of the "nutrients"is placed in the water of fish and other small animals. Some plants do better then others. In a pond, for example, floating plants like water hyacinth and water lettuce can be very emotional filter. They are very dense root system suspended in the water, not only to help them in the collection of "nutrients", they can collect a large number of floating particles.