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acidburn470
10-15-2005, 6:46 PM
I am trying to find an easy to care for plant that floats on the surface. any ideas? I was thinking water lettuce
Water lettuce, water hyacynth if you have room, for cool water, water sprite. Also riccia and salvaninias. There are also rooted plants that have floating leaves such as dwarf pond lilies and pygmy japanese lotus, I like these.
acidburn470
10-15-2005, 9:07 PM
Are those all seasonal or can they still be purchased, cause when I went to the store they said all of there floaters were seasonal and wouldnt have anymore for several months
guppy
10-15-2005, 11:54 PM
They can be ordered on line but the water lettuce and hyacinth as well as most pond plants are easier to find and cheaper during warm weather months.
HarleyK
10-17-2005, 3:19 PM
Howdy,
I agree with guppy, however, I find the roots of hyacinths rather ugly ... they went straight from my tank into the pond. Much prettier from up above :-) To his list, I would like to add Hydrocotyle leucocephala. Great plant. You'll find it in the submersed section, but it does much better floating.
HarleyK
bluedempsey
10-17-2005, 6:22 PM
duck weed
HarleyK
10-17-2005, 6:39 PM
duck weed
That's a great piece of advice ... if you hate acidburn470 ! Duck weed is a pest. I would not recommend introducing it into your tank. It gets stuck in your filter intake, in your net, everywhere. And you have to remove it regularly, which is messy as well since it's so small.
Just my $0.02
HarleyK
ballsmcgee1234
11-09-2005, 1:15 AM
Duckweed is a pest but you can feed to your goldfish. order floating plants on-line, better prices and selection
Get some duckweed, and an apple snail, you'll either end up with a happy snail that eats all your extra duck weed, or a very large snail and no duck weed, and I know that they give it away for free in Greeley
stil3z
11-15-2005, 3:07 AM
dont introduce duck weed such a pain in the neck...gone through hell n back!!!!
DeLgAdO
11-15-2005, 3:20 AM
They can be ordered on line but the water lettuce and hyacinth as well as most pond plants are easier to find and cheaper during warm weather months.
hyacinths grow like no tommorow :eek:
i had like like 5 when i had a pond at where i use to live and in months they took over the whole damn pond! :WHOA: