Re: Duckweed

["Catherine Carney" <schmidtcarney at ecr_net>]

Rosy barbs will solve your duckweed problem quickly--underfeed them a bit
and 4 should clear a 10 gallon tank in a couple of weeks (depending on the
amount of duckweed to start with and how quickly it grows for you).

I find that duckweed is useful for "jumpy" species (Rivulus and such) and
helps them to feel more secure and thus stay IN the tank. When it gets too
thick, I pull and toss it onto the compost heap.

Catherine

What about
> controlling it by rotating in some duckweed-loving fish?  (Although what
> you'd do with the killies meanwhile would be another question, if you
could
> even catch them in a heavily planted tank.)


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