I haven't had good luck growing eith water hyacinth or water lettuce indoors for more than a few weeks (on open top tank next to 2 40W shop lights with plant bulbs)..
Matt
Matt
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I forgot you were growing the plants under lights. Cattails maybe hard to grow. I still like the way they look.
uugghh great! lol. Already bought some lettuce and was really liking the hyacinth. My pond is only 18" deep if that matters. And I can put the light closer to the surface.
I have weathered water hyacinths over indoors during winter and they were fine. I have the exact opposite problem out in my pond, they are in direct sun and get burnt up in summer.
I think they'd be worth a try. They may not bloom, but as long as there are in a temperate climate (no frost or blazing sun) they should do well and boost your filtration.
Anacharis is another option, or you could do a Moss carpet section if you are really interested in increasing your plants. More plants and some rock work (line a pile of rocks in a corner) will allow you to introduce small fish as a readily available food source for your larger fish.
I think they'd be worth a try. They may not bloom, but as long as there are in a temperate climate (no frost or blazing sun) they should do well and boost your filtration.
Anacharis is another option, or you could do a Moss carpet section if you are really interested in increasing your plants. More plants and some rock work (line a pile of rocks in a corner) will allow you to introduce small fish as a readily available food source for your larger fish.
Yeah I don't mind if they don't bloom, I just like how the green part looks. I bought some water lettuce, and the guy I bought it from was nice enough to give me a sample of frogbit, duckweed, aaaand one other i forgot the name. Just have to wait for those to get here. And anacharis is at my LFS. And I didn't follow your rock work in the corner explanation lol.
Sorry if it got confusing. If you fill out one of the corners of your pond with a rock pile, the sort of rock piles people use in african tanks, this will give smaller fish a place to hide and allow you to introduce native juvi. fish that you can catch locally. This way there is a constant food source available to the primary inhabitants. The smaller fish should flock to the the rocky outcrop since it is a place to hide, but ultimately they will be picked off by the larger fish.
I figured thats the route you were going with that haha. I might go try and pick up some anacharis and see how it does.
I had duck weed, it grew very well then died out entirely all of a sudden, all my surface plants did. The rest of my plants were fine though.
