Duckweed for control of nitrate and "excess nutrients"

[Aquadestroyer2]

I've used a bigger version in my tanks for a few years now and just started with pothos. In my opinion they both do a good job.

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[IndyTexy]

Here is the tank tank I use Duckweed. It certainly has it's pros and cons..

 

[StevieTheG]

I currently have water lettuce in my SA low tech planted community tank (that's a mouthfull). I monitor it every day to make sure it doesnt over take my tank. I also have amazon swords and amazon compacta. I'm worried it might choke out the compacta, like a previous poster already said, it reduces the amount of light the typical foreground plants need.
So to get to my point, I would go with water lettuce over duckweed

 

[letstalkfish]

I knew it grew out of control, but I never thought about it clogging filters. You always hear that it is bad stuff because of how quickly it reproduces, I just wondered if that could be beneficial. Thanks for all of the input!

 

[Aquanero]

Duck weed I love it, I hate it.

 

[Chicxulub]

Moved to setup and filtration