How to Grow Duckweed - Good vs Bad
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- How to Grow Duckweed - Good vs Bad? If you’re having issues keeping this plant alive in your aquarium these tips and tricks and keeping Duckweed alive will really help. I also talked about a lot of variables people don’t think of like water agitation and types of lighting and the different hates that you keep your aquarium light at.
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really wanna make a aquarium. not for fish, but for looks. i've always liked the look of underwater plants. and i had this great idea. duckweed! it would make my small aquarium look so cute and aesthetic :D
Add some shrimp 😊
The trick to growing duckweed, is hoping it doesnt grow
I have duckweed in my 40-gal. long tank. I have a lot of filter agitation from an airstone, under gravel filter, two hang on the back filters and a sponge filter. I have an aquaponic platform that kind of divides the two sides of the aquarium. It is where the most water agitation is and the planter kind of confines the water movement there. There is not much duckweed on that end. This is good because it leave a nice area to feed my fish. The other end has plenty of air-powered agitation as well but I think the key to my duckweed propagation is that I also have a floating bushy seaweed on that end. I don't know what the plant name is but it is a very bushy floating plant and it is doing well and even spreading into the other side. This bushy floater I think is the key to my duckweed success as it breaks up and buffers the water agitation so that the duckweed can grow. I started out with only a small amount of duckweed that hitchhiked in with my plants. The guy at the aquarium show warned me about it but I said I wanted to grow it anyway. for a while it seemed to not be doing much but as it multiplies it grow exponentially and once it gets going it is like machine production. It is supposed to make a very nutrient-filled ingredient for making your own homemade fish food. I have dipped it out once already and put it in one of my small tanks but it seems to be losing ground slowly there so I will try to add the other floating plant over there and see if the symbiotic relationship works over there as well. Just my observation but it seems the two plants help each other as they both seem to be growing well. The end result is I can harvest lots of duckweed to dry for fish food.
I am happy to discover this channel, I think some algorithm suggested you because I researched duckweed, which I have thriving in my tanks, ...so much that I ended up eating it, putting it in morning smoothies as I learned how much good stuff it has for people, lol , it felt weird the first time, but it's nice to have the aquarium give back to you , not just visual and psychological rewards but also a super food.
I use plant rings float on the surface & attached with suction cups where I need them around the hang on the back, keeps floating plants away from the agitation.. sorted
Love from England 🏴
I absolutely love duckweed and so do my fish 🐠 Thank you for this vid!
Dude I love the fish tank TV set up
Just discovered your channel. I saw you had "What we do in the Shadows" on your TV. SUBSCRIBED! 😆
Thank you for the info.
You've got an awesome setup there😀LOVE IT😀👍
i just put some in my 55 gal. it looks really pretty
Needed this video , thank you
I love your tanks, they all look awesome. I want to start a tank and have lots of plant life. I was thinking of starting small with a 10 gallon tank, get about 10 neon tetras (I was originally thinking guppies but I don't want to get overran with babies) and add duckweed and guppy grass. I will use a small sponge filter and natural coloured gravel. What do you think, any other recommendations? Thanks for the content.
I noticed that the surface agitation on one of the tanks had a good amount of flow going pushing them as well; I do have a HOB filter, but I also you plant rings to help keep them in check and close together with less agitation
I prefer amazon frogbit, it doesn't die off with surface agitation. red root floaters look good in thick clumps at the top, kind of disappointed with their roots on mine. I wish I could block duckweed off more, it finds a way into everything
Take excess out, squeeze the water out, blend, dry out and use for snail food and for chucking in for plant fertiliser when it breaks down
I just put the duckweed plants I bought. But my aquarium has too much surface agitation. I don't think they will last because of that.
My fish seem to eat it quicker than it can grown 😂
SAME HA
Thanks so much!
Bro, I just stocked my livestock tank {turtle} pond with duckweed that I collected from the always-running irrigation water flume that runs thru my property. It’s got miles and miles of ducked AND surface agitation. The most important thing for duckweed is lighting…
Good information, thank you so much! I'm a new sub!
The way you talk about duckweed is the way I talk about gay same-sex dating. If you don't like it you haven't tried it, may get dirty, you can get a lot of it really quickly, it's super easy, please turn down the flow, not so fast. Helps everything look better although a lot of people find it super annoying. 😅
I dont know if you know the answer to this but I’d love your opinion - I have some bamboos growing in water (no aquarium), do you think I would be able to grow duckweed or another aquatic plant/floating plant with the bamboos?
I've seen it growing in videos, using those special plant holders that clip on the rim of the tank. Lots of types online. Edit- sorry, that was not your question lol.
what fish go good in a smaller tank, with duck weed?
Guppies, platys, mollies
I recommend big duckweed not small ones small ones are a menace
Can I have duckweed with my filter? I feel like my filter moves it around too much. I just bought the filter though. 😞
I love duckweed, an so do my goldfish! Nom Nom!
Great info
Feed the duck weed to your earthworms 😉
Are all your filters sponge filters? Tanks are beautiful and thanks for the tips!
Yes. Sponge filters
@@PalmerFishTalk Nice.Thanks
Have you ever tried to eat the duckweed? It is supposed to be nutritious, the only plant based source of vitamin b12.
Have you tried azolla?
my duckweed is dying even though i put it over a light???????? please comment answers
Nice
hey palmer, i noticed one of your water heaters was near the surface? why is that? doesnt heat rise?
Liquids act different than gasses. A heater anywhere will do the job because liquid will basically sync up with the stability of the heater temperature. It is best or so I've been told, to have it near the filter so it doesn't have to work as hard to maintain the temperature because it's in the water flow. It just makes the heater last longer.
“Once you have it, you can’t rid of it” bruh I’ve been trying to get some and my filter keeps on sucking them up 😭
jesus i come to learn how to grow duck weed brains melting dude's droning on
duckweed is really good stuff, that shit keeps your tank clean
Is duckweed good for turtles?🐢🐢🐢
Gives them cover, gives them food, and keeps their water clean… yes, duckweed is great for turtles