Floating Plants Not Doing Well With Spraybar

[David J]

Hi

I have had amazon frogbit in my aquarium since the beginning. I started with 6 plants which soon turned into 12. They were doing very well. At the beginning I was using a fluval U2 internal. A couple of months ago I upgraded to a Fluval 206 external filter and added a spray bar. Since then, my frogbit isn't doing well. Most of it gets stuck in the opposite corner of the tank from the spraybar and piles up and some gets submerged. This results in it gradually dying off. I now only have about 4 or 5 plants.

I do like the frogbit but wonder if there is an alternative floating plant that would do better in these conditions. Does anyone have any recommendations?

Thanks,

David

 

[snazy]

Just lower the spraybar so the plants don't get caught under water but there's still a bit surface movement for oxygen. No floating plants like water on top of their leaves.
Try positioning the spraybar from back to front rather than blowing from one side to the other.

 

[David J]

Hi

I tried lowering the bar but because the frogbit had long roots it still got caught up in the flow.

I will have a look at repositioning the spray bar from back to front though.

Thanks