Frog Bit From An Outdoor Pond

[ShinySideUp]

I want to use some floating plants to reduce the light level as my tank is a bit bright. My garden pond has frogbit in it which is has floating waterlily-type leaf but is only about 1 and a half inches across. it is quite prolific but is easily removed when it gets too much. It looks to be the ideal thing for my aquarium but will it live with the higher temperatures and, more to the point, will it do any harm to a tropical tank?

 

[Fishy friend2]

Amozon frogbit will do fine in tropical aquariums, and are those your clown loaches? they are beautiful

 

[ShinySideUp]

Amozon frogbit will do fine in tropical aquariums, and are those your clown loaches? they are beautiful

They are. They are four years old now and have just moved to a larger tank with sand rather than gravel. They are so much happier with the sand.

 

[Fishy friend2]

cool. how big is their tank?

 

[ShinySideUp]

cool. how big is their tank?

240 litres, four foot long. It's good for now but what happens in a couple of years I'm not sure -- perhaps loach and chips!

 

[Fishy friend2]

oh, okay and i wish that you lived in the states so you could send me your extra frogbit, ive been looking for some forever!

 

[ShinySideUp]

oh, okay and i wish that you lived in the states so you could send me your extra frogbit, ive been looking for some forever!

As far as frogbit is concerned in my outdoor pond I wish I'd never got the stuff. Every year it covers the surface and I have to hoick a lot out. It wil be much easier to deal with in the aquarium (I hope).

 

[Fishy friend2]

awww, i sooooo wish you lived in the states i always have wanted it! now you are saying that you have that much excess that you get rid of.

 

[hensonc4098]

It will grow likely just as fast (if not faster!) in your aquarium, so will be good for reducing your light, if you can be bothered constantly pulling it out!
I've heard that once it's in a tank though, it's hard to get rid of it again, as if you leave just a tiny bit in, it'll start to spread again.