duckweed

I gots a few plants today at my lfs and I asked for a few duckweed, I never
saw it before and was surprised that it was
so small. So he gave me like 5 pieces for free. I've read posts that in a
few days this will overtake the surface? Will this happen to my tank given
such a small starting amount?
thanks

On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 17:14:29 -0800, "John H."
wrote:

I gots a few plants today at my lfs and I asked for a few duckweed, I never
saw it before and was surprised that it was
so small. So he gave me like 5 pieces for free. I've read posts that in a
few days this will overtake the surface? Will this happen to my tank given
such a small starting amount?
thanks


It might, if nothing eats it. It doesn't grow rapidly in my tanks,
not sure why, but I don't particularly want it, so that's okay.

"Charles" wrote in message
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On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 17:14:29 -0800, "John H."
wrote:

I gots a few plants today at my lfs and I asked for a few duckweed, I
never
saw it before and was surprised that it was
so small. So he gave me like 5 pieces for free. I've read posts that in a
few days this will overtake the surface? Will this happen to my tank given
such a small starting amount?
thanks


It might, if nothing eats it. It doesn't grow rapidly in my tanks,
not sure why, but I don't particularly want it, so that's okay.

I have discus cardinal tetra and otos. I dont think they will eat it? I am
trying it
in hopes to get rid of an algae problem.

On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 17:29:43 -0800, "John H."
wrote:


"Charles" wrote in message
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On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 17:14:29 -0800, "John H."
wrote:

I gots a few plants today at my lfs and I asked for a few duckweed, I
never
saw it before and was surprised that it was
so small. So he gave me like 5 pieces for free. I've read posts that in a
few days this will overtake the surface? Will this happen to my tank given
such a small starting amount?
thanks


It might, if nothing eats it. It doesn't grow rapidly in my tanks,
not sure why, but I don't particularly want it, so that's okay.

I have discus cardinal tetra and otos. I dont think they will eat it? I am
trying it
in hopes to get rid of an algae problem.



The duckweed should be safe from those. Are you growing other plants
in the tank? If not, why not just cut back on the light? either less
wattage or fewer hours.

"Charles" wrote in message
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On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 17:29:43 -0800, "John H."
wrote:


"Charles" wrote in message
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On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 17:14:29 -0800, "John H."
wrote:

I gots a few plants today at my lfs and I asked for a few duckweed, I
never
saw it before and was surprised that it was
so small. So he gave me like 5 pieces for free. I've read posts that in
a
few days this will overtake the surface? Will this happen to my tank
given
such a small starting amount?
thanks


It might, if nothing eats it. It doesn't grow rapidly in my tanks,
not sure why, but I don't particularly want it, so that's okay.

I have discus cardinal tetra and otos. I dont think they will eat it? I am
trying it
in hopes to get rid of an algae problem.



The duckweed should be safe from those. Are you growing other plants
in the tank? If not, why not just cut back on the light? either less
wattage or fewer hours.

I cant seem to get rid of this hair algae problem. I tried less light but it
still seems to hang on.
I recently added some more plants to consume more of the available nutirents
( left over food etc). I've read in this group that DW is great at getting
rid of algae. This algae problem all started when I took out this lilly pad
type plant. It must have been keeping the algae problem down. I wish I knew
what the name of it was, I'd buy another.
If the duckweek gets to be to bothersome, why cant I just net it all out?

On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 22:49:00 -0800, "John H."
wrote:

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I cant seem to get rid of this hair algae problem. I tried less light but it
still seems to hang on.
I recently added some more plants to consume more of the available nutirents
( left over food etc). I've read in this group that DW is great at getting
rid of algae. This algae problem all started when I took out this lilly pad
type plant. It must have been keeping the algae problem down. I wish I knew
what the name of it was, I'd buy another.
If the duckweek gets to be to bothersome, why cant I just net it all out?

Netting it out should work if you can get all of it. My tanks always
have plants with leaves on the surface, so without taking everything
out of the tank a little of the duckweed remains. Then it multiplies.

Taking some out from time to time will be essential if you want to
reduce the nutrient load, just letting the plants grow and die does
nothing. I also have hair algae, it is getting less and less as the
tanks age, mine were all recently set up again. I just grab it by the
handful and pull it out.

"John H." wrote in message
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If the duckweek gets to be to bothersome, why cant I just net it all out?
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You can! It's easy to remove.
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It might, if nothing eats it. It doesn't grow rapidly in my tanks,
not sure why,

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If the conditions are right, you better believe it! I have my way, Now I have to give up its net filling every 3 or 4 days. I like to grow up Plants, but they are quickly becoming a pest. This will be robbed of light from the bottom of the plants and can cause major accidents PH value and suffocation Your fish, if you inject carbon dioxide and you do not stay on top of that good stuff Enough, let it take over the surface. I know it too hard.

If conditions are right, you better believe it! I got mine that way, and
now I have to throw net fulls of it away every 3 or 4 days. I like growing
plants, but this stuff is quickly becoming a pest. It will rob the light
from your bottom plants, and it can cause a major PH crash and suffocate
your fish if you inject CO2 and you don't stay on top of this stuff good
enough and let it take over the surface. I learned this the hard way too.

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"John H." wrote in message
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I gots a few plants today at my lfs and I asked for a few duckweed, I never
saw it before and was surprised that it was
so small. So he gave me like 5 pieces for free. I've read posts that in a
few days this will overtake the surface? Will this happen to my tank given
such a small starting amount?
thanks