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Anyone got any Azolla caroliniana
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parotet
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Hi Jay
I live in the Spanish East Mediterranean coast surrounded by rice paddies and it is an invasive plant causing serious problems... So yes, it grows very very fast. I have used it as a floater but as it happens with other small floaters (Lens genus for example) plants easily turn in the tank like if it was a washing machine (at least with my flow) and dead individual plants and roots clog the filter intake, this is why I got rid of them. However, instead of using them to cover all your tank surface, which is a nightmare, it can be nice to have a few of them but IMO always in low numbers together with other floaters, such as Limnobium or Phyllanthus.
Jordi
I live in the Spanish East Mediterranean coast surrounded by rice paddies and it is an invasive plant causing serious problems... So yes, it grows very very fast. I have used it as a floater but as it happens with other small floaters (Lens genus for example) plants easily turn in the tank like if it was a washing machine (at least with my flow) and dead individual plants and roots clog the filter intake, this is why I got rid of them. However, instead of using them to cover all your tank surface, which is a nightmare, it can be nice to have a few of them but IMO always in low numbers together with other floaters, such as Limnobium or Phyllanthus.
Jordi
Greenfinger2
Member
Hi Jay,
It does indeed grow very very fast in a month or so it could cover the surface of your tank 😱
It does indeed grow very very fast in a month or so it could cover the surface of your tank 😱
MirandaB
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I much prefer it to duckweed 😛
