Probably The Most Prolific Plant....

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Ludwig Venter

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Originally, I paid about R5.00 for a 20cm strip of this plant. Subsequently, every Saturday, I have to clear out the quantity shown in the attached photos, because I have no takers and it is taking over my whole pond. I worked out that it must grow at average about 25cm per strip per week.

This is what the plant looks like
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Gourami tank from whence it came
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Looks like a type of Hornwort. It can be a real pest as you have found out.
 
Looks like a type of Hornwort. It can be a real pest as you have found out.

Excellent though for livebearers......

The fish in the photos are firstly my Molly pond, and the second one are all guppies.... Yes!!... red ones are (actually) golden mollies gone wrong... (or right)????
 
WOW that looks like nasty stuff . The marine version of Japanese knot weed lol be honest I have not got a Scoobie what it is but it does not look good.
 
Definitely Hornwort...ever thought of selling it on Ebay?
 
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Geez!!... I'm getting a complex here.... Let's get back to the Plants,... I now deduct that they are Hornwort??... Is that right??
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Sounds like it to me..

D.
 
What it sounds like Declan... Is elementary.... What do they look like to you??
 
Looks like hornwart to me too, some Ceratophyllum sp..
Since it uses up nitrogen (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate) as it grows, think of every bunch you remove as more nitrogen out of the system :).

Excellent for combating algae too.
 
Both, unless you prune it loads, it will end often up floating when the lower parts of it are completely shaded by the growing upper parts, the lower parts seem to get weaker and are easily broken by fish.
 
Cheers, TF.

I do a 50% water change every ten days. Would you think it would keep it under control if I pruned it every water change?.
 

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