Onoma1
Member
I have infestations of Lemna minuta in my three tanks. The smallest I can strip down, bleach and then restart, however, the larger tank and the paludarium are just starting to develop as more balanced ecosystems. Even if I wanted to since I am not physically up to stripping these two down atm.
I wondered if anyone had any information on natural ways of controlling Lemna minuta?
My paludarium is the key one that I want to sort out. It's full of small tetra's, shrimp etc and the planting is primarily robust plants such as Anubias, Cryps etc. I know that goldfish love duckweed and will eradicate it from a tank (along with anything else that moves) and wondered if anyone knew of a smaller plant eating fish that would ignore the tougher plants, however, munch on the duckeweed?
I understand that buenos aires tetra eat plants, however, also like the odd shrimp or small fish!
I wondered if anyone had any information on natural ways of controlling Lemna minuta?
My paludarium is the key one that I want to sort out. It's full of small tetra's, shrimp etc and the planting is primarily robust plants such as Anubias, Cryps etc. I know that goldfish love duckweed and will eradicate it from a tank (along with anything else that moves) and wondered if anyone knew of a smaller plant eating fish that would ignore the tougher plants, however, munch on the duckeweed?
I understand that buenos aires tetra eat plants, however, also like the odd shrimp or small fish!