Duck Weed

[mike455555]

anyone have any non chemical treatments to get rid of duck week in a tank?, im thinking out completing, i have riccia and  salvinia natans to hand. im manually removing most of it  

 

[greenmumma141]

I can't be much of a help, as I'm fighting the duckweed battle myself So I will be interested to see what others come up with...

 

[mike455555]

iv only got 4 weeks to get rid of it.... im thinking just manually removing any i see... but im bound to miss 1.... 

 

[greenmumma141]

Every weekley wc I net all of it out, but I must miss one here or there, bc it keeps coming back, and with daily ferts and liquid co2 it's multiplying fast lol

 

[Alasse]

To remove it i just manually picked it out everytime i went past the tank, i won the battle within a week
 
Mind you i just introduced it to a 4ft tank, by choice *L*

 

[greenmumma141]

Yeah, my tank is a 4fter too, and I was so excited to try it lol

 

[eaglesaquarium]

Have you tried introducing a duck?  Might help.

 

[Alasse]

I am propagating it on purpose for the goldies....cant grow it in their tank cause they eat it quicker than it can grow

 

[greenmumma141]

Have you tried introducing a duck?  Might help.

 
Brilliant! hehehe

 

[dave840f1]

Try Silver Dollars they eat it.

 

[eaglesaquarium]

Unfortunately, I think they are probably about as unsuitable a solution as a duck would be.

 

[dave840f1]

They do eat duckweed.

 

[eaglesaquarium]

That is fine, but ultimately, they also grow to be quite huge and need a giant tank to house them properly, not to mention that they aren't compatible with smaller species.

 

[mike455555]

i think its fish each bit out one by one... -sigh- 

 

[eaglesaquarium]

Pun intended?