Non delicate floating plant?

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Skurj

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Wonder if anyone could suggest a floating plant for me.

I am looking for something that isn't going to double in size within a month, and isn't too fragile that it is clogging filters etc. oops and easily found locally.

This will be going in a piranha tank primarily for shade. The lighting will also be subdued with an 18" T8 tube on a 40B tank, which will also have some anubias on driftwood.

I had a floating plant before in one of my other tanks, and any time I did maintenance and so much as touched the plant to move it out of the way it would break up, and bits everywhere.
 
Have you maybe tried something like water lettuce?
 
Red tiger Lotus? place them in few places and let the runner leaf reach the water surface and boom you got perfect shade.
 
How strong is the pump flow? Floaters won't work if you have a whirlpool in your tank or have strong surface agitation, it either drowns the plant or kill the roots. Water lettuce, water hyacinth, frogbits are more common plants.

Lotus as mentioned above or if you can get a lily plant going then the lily pads give great shade.
 
I think horn wort is the plant I had previous that broke apart at the slightest touch... The tank is just a 40B with an AC110 in the center the idea would be to have floating plants at both ends or one end at least. Sounds like frog bits and wisteria maybe worth a try. nothing to lose from the sounds of how easy they are to grow.
 
Hornwort breaks into a million pieces, and clogs filters, etc.

"Banana Plants" or dwarf lotus, stuff along those lines.
 
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