Re: [APD] Ideas for encouraging/controlling floating plants

[Vaughn Hopkins <hoppycalif at yahoo_com>]

On one of the aquatic plant forums someone suggested using airline  
tubing to form a duckweed fence.  The idea was to plug the ends of a  
loop of airline, secure it in one  place on the water surface, where  
it would float.  You could use airline support suction cups to hold  
it in place.  I haven't tried the idea, but it should work very well.

Vaughn

On Jan 27, 2007, at 7:58 AM, Erin Poythress wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Most of the discussions on here about floating plants
> that I've observed tend to be about what a pain
> duckweed is to remove. :) I particularly remember
> someone suggesting a wet vac!
>
> But I have a spot in my 37G that I'd actually like
> some floating plants to thrive, though I'd greatly
> prefer frogbit (what's its fancy name?) or maybe
> Riccia to the rabid duckweed. The spot could cover as
> much as 1/3 of the tank (under it are a bunch of java
> ferns growing on lace rock-- oh, and algae).
>
> The problem, as I'm sure you're aware, is keeping the
> frogbit where I want it. I know that some pond keepers
> string fishing line to keep floaters in a particular
> spot, but fishing line up there would make water
> changing kind of a pain. Any ideas about what I could
> attach to keep the frogbit on that side that I could
> also remove easily when needed?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
> Erin
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