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Re: Nitrogen fixing plants; Azolla
>Azolla. Does it quite well. Often you'll find this plant downstream from
>other aquatic plants.
>It has a symbiotic relationship with cyano's (I think it's Anaaena) giving
>protection and nutrients in exchange for more than enough N. I recall that
>azolla can fix more N than about any plant, even more than legumes from what
>I've heard. It is used in Rice production is SE Asia as the "green
>fertilizer factory". Better than dumping processed fertilizer like we do
>here.
Thanks Tom & Brian. The question I now have is does this plant grow in
aquaria? How does it look? Do the cyano bacteria the plant exists with in
mutualism ever run afoul in the aquarium?
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