TOP 5 FLOATING AQUARIUM PLANTS

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  • @marielmaxted4287
    @marielmaxted4287 Před 6 lety +115

    Duckweed: "Impossible to eradicate". Unless you have 2 goldfish. I covered my 40 gal with it for a goldfish snack and it was all gone within the week. Pigs. Lol.

    • @deadfred821
      @deadfred821 Před 5 lety +3

      There is a way to combat this, albeit not covering your tank completely. Simply make a floating raft frame with a net to keep the fish out of it. Of course, some fish might jump that boarder barrier and you may not find it aesthetically appealing, but if you must keep it for goldfish & don't have a second tank (or just can't be bothered), then this works (speaking from experience)

    • @condorX2
      @condorX2 Před 3 lety +1

      Are you sure your filter wasn't the culprit? 🤣

    • @Slicknewt
      @Slicknewt Před 3 lety

      @@condorX2 could have been lol. I have a hard time keeping it in my turtle pond because of the strong filtration needed, just takes the stuff out sometimes. Not alot of slow moving water in my pond lol

    • @kristinehansen.
      @kristinehansen. Před 2 lety

      I saw one one of my Mollys eat duckweed a couple of times.

    • @kristinehansen.
      @kristinehansen. Před 2 lety

      And my blood parrot eat it a few times when they have fallen down when I do something in the aquarium. I personally love duckweed. Suspect some fish in my tank eat a lot since it hasn't gotten out of control

  • @TheGalonator
    @TheGalonator Před 2 lety +66

    1:00 frogbit
    2:20 dwarf water lettuce
    3:46 red root floater
    5:28 silvinia
    7:35 duckweed

  • @MilitaryPolice14
    @MilitaryPolice14 Před 3 lety +42

    am i the only one that likes the faster growing?... i like to trim them lol

  • @2friendstoking
    @2friendstoking Před 5 lety +111

    My betta sleeps on top of a frogbit leaf with just his head out of the water. It freaked me out the first time I caught him doing it

  • @KFrost-fx7dt
    @KFrost-fx7dt Před 6 lety +78

    I never even had to buy duckweed, I just scooped up some from a pond and took it home in a jar. It came with some interesting little buggies, probably mayfly larva, that my fish eventually ended up eating. I don't see why people hate it when you already have to do tank maintenance once a week or more. It's too easy to just scoop out the duckweed so it doesn't cover the tank. And as a bonus, it's edible! It's very high in protein and you can dry it off and put it on salad or in stir-fry like you would sprouts. Just make sure the water it's coming from is not polluted (or medicated).

    • @ericlind6581
      @ericlind6581 Před 5 lety +5

      Kaiser Frost Yep, would you rather scoop up some duck weed or perform a water change?

    • @thomvannieuwenhuijzen1255
      @thomvannieuwenhuijzen1255 Před 5 lety

      @@ericlind6581 i'd rather scoop it up

    • @jimmydiaz9344
      @jimmydiaz9344 Před 5 lety +12

      Im too worried about parasites to do that.

    • @unmeinatsume1356
      @unmeinatsume1356 Před 4 lety +5

      I never even bought duckweed either. I bought a different plant, and I guessed the duckweed came along with it for the journey. I never had duckweed before and was very confused about how this plant multiplied so quickly

    • @sterlingfrosty1610
      @sterlingfrosty1610 Před 4 lety +6

      That’s nasty hahah

  • @Love.Cook_Sanji
    @Love.Cook_Sanji Před 2 lety +10

    1:04- Frog bit
    2:18- Dwarf water lettuce
    3:45- Red Root Floaters
    5:25- Salvinia cucullata
    7:33- Duck weed

  • @Nenezilla
    @Nenezilla Před 5 lety +7

    Thank you, I needed this!!! my one floating plant is dying and nobody sells floating plants near me. My betta loves the floating ones. I'll definitely take a look at the site!

  • @mazerinthemage2395
    @mazerinthemage2395 Před rokem +1

    I LOOOVE Duckweed, for my projects! I'm super happy that it was your #1

  • @pascal590
    @pascal590 Před 6 lety +29

    Just got red root and duckweed on eBay the other day for my first aquarium, a 20 long. Glad I picked well!

    • @liltalent2381
      @liltalent2381 Před 4 lety

      Essie S Ha Red Root Floaters are awesome. Duckweed I love too. I love seeing my shrimp climb on it.

  • @morphman32
    @morphman32 Před 6 lety

    Thank you for another great video. I love floating plants and duckweed is a good plant for me as my goldfish love to eat it and my tropical fish like the surface cover. I keep the very small tropical like Chili restoration and Ember tetras.

  • @JustCallMeInsane
    @JustCallMeInsane Před 6 lety +1

    frogbit is my favorite, but I can never seem to keep it growing. I have a few leaves left so I'm hoping they survive (sadly bought from a random seller online). But my other plants from you are finally producing new leaves. I'm still new to floating plants so thank you for this video!!

  • @metrikal1
    @metrikal1 Před 5 lety +5

    I love duckweed cause it lets more light through than the others, I still take it out when it gets thick. I had red root floaters and they got outcompeted by the duckweed, I'm down to one, they can't seem to get nutrients against it, I love duckweed though

  • @TheScienceguy77
    @TheScienceguy77 Před 4 lety +5

    My personal favorite is antlerfern (ceratopteris pteridoides), a rare floating fern cousin of watersprite that produces many lateral fiddleheads growing emersed or submerged into full leaves. They produce many offshoots budding off of the leaves and starting root systems much like Java fern. Its root systems are short and the gaps between the leaves allows light to penetrate better than other floating plants. It makes the best bed for bettas too. Snails and other inverts (especially shrimp) love hitchhiking rides on them. Best still, they do not seem to eat the live leaves only the bacterial/algal film on them.
    I also really like Asian waterweed (hygroryza aristata). It's one of extremely few fully aquatic true grass species and its growth it horizontal and vining like red root floaters.
    Salvinia cucullata is one of my favorite plants and under high lighting conditions it produces a honeycomb-like growth. This video doesn't truly do it justice, but I'm glad that it's on your list because it's one of the best as far as I'm concerned.

  • @jdoraz86
    @jdoraz86 Před 3 lety

    I had some duckweed hitch a ride home with my nerite snails a few months ago (about 10-15 leaves) and love it… I sectioned off some surface area using airline tubes and it hasn’t got out of hand.
    I’m planning on getting another floating plant for the duckweed to highlight/accent. I like the red root.

  • @marypolk9820
    @marypolk9820 Před 3 lety

    I enjoyed your video. Good information

  • @samrahebi3638
    @samrahebi3638 Před 6 lety

    Great video Justin

  • @DeeFromBrooklyn
    @DeeFromBrooklyn Před 6 lety

    You so have a presentation scheduled for this month locally?

  • @-8_8-
    @-8_8- Před 4 lety +1

    I'm curious about keeping red root outdoors. I live half hour to an hour from the gulf coast. I just wonder what winter temperature is in the amazon.

  • @TheScienceguy77
    @TheScienceguy77 Před 4 lety

    Great list.

  • @Davehiphop
    @Davehiphop Před 5 lety

    Hi, my neighbor has some Giant Salvinia is this good for fishponds, I have never seen it before.
    Thought you may know!
    Thanks

  • @Mr.Plant1994
    @Mr.Plant1994 Před 4 lety +2

    I love duckweed because it really does help keep my water clean. I have a friend that has goldfish so I take my extra trimmings to him and his goldfish get a tasty treat.

  • @DasSnakeBoy
    @DasSnakeBoy Před 5 lety

    whats your fluval 3.0 light running at? the stock plant file? thanks for the vids very informative

  • @Selenachichi
    @Selenachichi Před 4 lety

    I have duckweed in one of my 20 gallon long tanks and really like it!

  • @andrewlucas7373
    @andrewlucas7373 Před 4 lety

    Will any of these plants go in a cichlid tank
    Thank you

  • @LittleImpaler
    @LittleImpaler Před 4 lety +2

    Can you cut the root when too long?

  • @alexgieder9107
    @alexgieder9107 Před 3 lety +2

    Salvinia is amazing. in the dfw area its hard to find red roots right now

  • @lifehappens6447
    @lifehappens6447 Před 6 lety +2

    I agree with your choices! Awesome video!! By the way my mollies eat duck weed. Lol. If it gets out of hand in my other tanks I just put the excess in my molly tanks and they eat it up. Lol

  • @trevorhulsey5483
    @trevorhulsey5483 Před 5 lety +1

    what are the optimal growth settings for red root? light? current? additives?

  • @alexmunteanu8173
    @alexmunteanu8173 Před 2 lety

    I have a hang on filter Ruth decent flow, any tips to keep the flow low to add in some floating plants?

  • @jeffsaquariumhobbyenjoymen9468

    Good top 5. Would riccia fluitans be considered a floating plant? I've see people use thing like mesh nets and grow it in the water. I do nothing with minne and it just floats and grows pretty quick on the surface.

  • @trevorhulsey5483
    @trevorhulsey5483 Před 5 lety

    do you dose anything to grow them quickly (to sell)

  • @Shaden0040
    @Shaden0040 Před 6 lety +19

    What about Watersprite? This is my #1 floating plant great at sucking up nitrates and nitrites, grows fast but can be kept in check. Great for male Bettas to build a bubble nest under and give his fry hiding places. Can be fed to chickens and goats if you have the livestock, or can be dug into your garden soil to enrich it with lots of nutrients. Can be composted easily and turned into fish/shrimp food just like duckweed by putting it in a blender and then backing the slurry until it flakes. Good food, as whole plants or leaves, for pet crabs and crayfish (red clawed or land hermit crabs, for example). Good habitat for live bearer fry, and their roots harbor aufwuchs and infusoria, good fry foods.
    #2 I also like water lilies with floating lily pads, though not technically a floating plant as the bulb or corm is burried or sitting on the substrate the leaves (lily pads) do float and the flowers are spectacular.
    #3 If you have an open top tank with a hanging light from the ceiling, you can try normal water lettuce which has beautiful crenelated leaves.
    #4 Any Salvina.
    #5 Banana plants, though like water lilies they do not actually float at the surface, but their leaves (pads) will reach for the surface just like water lilies.
    I had a question for you: have you ever grown any papyrus for African Congo river basin tanks? Definitely needs an open top tank though and is a perenial, dying back each "dry season".

  • @texreed4875
    @texreed4875 Před 5 lety

    Just pick up some red root floater the other day from my lfs. Took me a year to find it, because it always sells out so fast.

  • @rajeshghosalkar6746
    @rajeshghosalkar6746 Před 4 lety

    Nice...video so informative....Thanks

  • @aritoga999
    @aritoga999 Před rokem

    i have low light , which will be the best ?

  • @professorhspsychology5017

    Thanks!!!

  • @gianlucaciocca5828
    @gianlucaciocca5828 Před 5 lety +57

    When you said superfood I thought you meant for people 😆

    • @peterwatson7130
      @peterwatson7130 Před 5 lety +9

      It is a superfood for people!

    • @deadfred821
      @deadfred821 Před 5 lety +9

      It's extremely high in protein, like red meat level. So yeah, it's a super food for humans as well...🤷🏾‍♂️

    • @BluesTheBestBoyIGuess
      @BluesTheBestBoyIGuess Před 4 lety +1

      I immediately thought of trying to eat it!

    • @TheCocoaFairy
      @TheCocoaFairy Před 3 lety

      Gianluca Ciocca It’s also a natural source of bio-available B12. Duckweed is great stuff! 😃 💖🍃🌸

    • @clamchowder9881
      @clamchowder9881 Před 3 lety

      It is lol

  • @applebtrend3221
    @applebtrend3221 Před 2 lety

    can you recommend plant with high flow water?

  • @coreygruber8381
    @coreygruber8381 Před 4 lety

    Waiting for my red root floaters and mote carlo I ordered from your website. Thank you h20

  • @lakemalawifishkeeping2599

    Is that frog bit a special kind because it is huge mine are tiny they are healthy but smaller leaves

  • @connykersey698
    @connykersey698 Před 5 lety

    Thank you for recommending Duckweed!

  • @sophistiq8ted
    @sophistiq8ted Před 7 měsíci

    I've found salvinia minima will out compete the duckweed in my tanks. I've only recently heard of salvinia cucullata. It's so hard to find! Glad to see some of my favorites on your list!

  • @kingkato21
    @kingkato21 Před rokem

    What is a good floater for a tank with common goldfish?

  • @darrylmoore5847
    @darrylmoore5847 Před 6 lety +71

    I keep fancy goldfish, so I love duckweed. I have to keep it in other tanks and then move it over to the goldfish tank, because the goldfish can eradicate it in a matter of hours.

    • @wyzemann
      @wyzemann Před 6 lety +3

      Darryl Moore Will duckweed help prevent or treat swim bladder issues in fancy goldfish?

    • @njrasmussen5515
      @njrasmussen5515 Před 6 lety +1

      My goldfish cows eat everything I can't keep a single plant in their tank they even uprooted the lilypad ball and ate that down to nothing I'm going to get some of this for my 55 gallon tank and do what you do

    • @valeriejackson6068
      @valeriejackson6068 Před 5 lety +4

      wyzemann I put frogbit or duckweed in my goldfish tank and my goldfish have never had swimbladder. I can’t say if that’s why they haven’t though and they eat ALL of it so I keep having to buy more as I haven’t had success growing it in other tanks.

    • @deadfred821
      @deadfred821 Před 4 lety +4

      @@wyzemann it will neither help nor harm swim bladder issues. It's simply a high protein source that will fatten them up if you don't regulate how much access they have to it.

    • @wyzemann
      @wyzemann Před 4 lety +1

      deadfred821 Thank You

  • @Julian-do7bv
    @Julian-do7bv Před 4 lety

    I just put duck weed in my 38gal I really like the way it looks seems like it would be easy to scoop out some at water changes pet store gave it to me

  • @--Paws--
    @--Paws-- Před 6 lety +5

    I wish some store would sell _hygroryza aristata_ which is a grass that thrives as a floating plant in Asia. It looks like a bloated bamboo that sends dozens of roots if grown on water.

  • @Sunnydau27
    @Sunnydau27 Před 6 lety +4

    Perfect timing! I was just thinking about getting floating plants for one of my tanks.

  • @Lena-pk8mx
    @Lena-pk8mx Před 4 lety

    I have a betta fish in a 5 gallon tank is duckweed a good plant for me?

  • @Darkknight-yw3hf
    @Darkknight-yw3hf Před 5 lety +4

    I had duckweed in my tank and it just kinda disappeared. I even wanted it in my tank and all my other plants are doing fine

  • @reddogzstudioz6010
    @reddogzstudioz6010 Před 6 lety

    wouldnt duckweed encourage bloat in goldfish? i've debated it but thats my big concern as they would be going to the surface to eat it and bringing in air.

  • @KitCat666
    @KitCat666 Před 4 lety

    my frogbit is growing crazy 1 day new leaf idk how that happened i tought they grow slow but i love it

  • @stuartphippen46
    @stuartphippen46 Před 6 lety

    Have found duck weed really useful for the reasons mentioned, Angels love to eat it. If you want to get rid of it try a group of SAE’s, once they moved onto it they cleared my 240 L tank and I’ve never seen it return. Love the video.

  • @candiwine
    @candiwine Před 5 lety

    First time seeing your site.
    Adding duck weed I cool I think, multiple functional

  • @primesspct2
    @primesspct2 Před 3 lety

    I am looking for a video on regular water hyacinth and water hyacinth in the aquarium... so far not finding it . A friend gave me tons of them and I have no idea what to do! lol

  • @DuncanOutdoors05
    @DuncanOutdoors05 Před 5 lety

    What about the grass and stuff any tips ?

  • @robertlefler6644
    @robertlefler6644 Před 5 lety

    Duckweed is great, also a good way to filter lights

  • @BTQ410
    @BTQ410 Před 3 dny

    Debit grows as fast as the rest. I clean out my floating plants twice a week. I have red root floaters, dwarf water lettuce and frogbit. Light also impacts how the water lettuce grows. If you leave a baby in your tank with bright light and nutrients the plant will get bigger. I had one get as big as a dinner plate. Flow doesn’t bother these plants as much as water splash. Water splash will rot most of these. Red root floaters need the right light to grow. Mine love the Hygger lights. Also to get the red to pop you need more light. My floating plants tend to double on the surface everyday, so as I said, I take plants out twice a week cutting back by half. Water lettuce is just as good as duckweed for filtering water. You have to let the roots grow though.
    I love my floating plants and so do fish and shrimp. If you have floaters on a shrimp take, be sure and shake the plants before removing as you will get shrimp in the roots and shrimp lets love the roots too. Just be careful when you thin out your floating plants.

  • @georgeorugbo3570
    @georgeorugbo3570 Před 2 lety

    Thanks for the info on duck weed

  • @madarahakaishin
    @madarahakaishin Před 5 lety +1

    Where can i buy this plants in LA?

  • @latishajackson4549
    @latishajackson4549 Před 3 lety

    i have duckweed, azolla, and salvinia minima in my tanks they are my first floating plants so they have not grown alot yet

  • @AlecBig
    @AlecBig Před 5 lety

    I have Water Lettuce and I love it but that duck weed sounds awesome I'm going to have to get some

  • @Davehiphop
    @Davehiphop Před rokem

    What type of silvinia is that?

  • @mysticwaters351
    @mysticwaters351 Před 5 lety +1

    Where is your store?

  • @lalalajuice
    @lalalajuice Před 4 lety

    What about plants where the roots dont grow long or stay short?
    I have frogbit and the roots grow so fast and long, the roots grow to the botton of my 70 gallon tank.....

  • @romeoantiquina6389
    @romeoantiquina6389 Před rokem

    Frogbit roots can go up to 1.2ft. When he said duckweed, I ran away. 🤣🤣

  • @RayPrune
    @RayPrune Před 4 lety

    do goldfish and danios get along ok? I would like to add my 6 danios from 10 gallon to my 100gallon w 4 goldfish

  • @andypichardo2155
    @andypichardo2155 Před 6 lety

    YESSS been waiting for this video forever 🤗😭

  • @captaingreenbeardscove8304

    Do the red root floater flowers have an aroma? BTW, I have gotten rid of duck weed very easily - in fact I have not even been able to keep duck weed alive - my hand on back filters suck it up & then it is all gone.

  • @weedes0001
    @weedes0001 Před 5 lety

    What plants will feed my guppys?
    That won't take over my tank,
    And dose local stores sell duckweed? I do not order anything online I've had bad experiences with three different cards so I stopped doing it

  • @LizardLady63201
    @LizardLady63201 Před 4 lety

    I have read that if you have multiple tanks, if one has duckweed, it’ll spread to all the tanks eventually, will this same issue occur with the frogbit or dwarf water lettuce or salvinia?

  • @ML-ks2lj
    @ML-ks2lj Před 2 lety

    Do you have to be licensed to sell aquarium plants typically?

  • @Dovietail
    @Dovietail Před 5 lety +1

    Fluval flex 5 gallon built-in filtration system does a lovely job of sucking up duckweed. When I added my frog-bit, some duckweed went with it, but it's slowly but surely got sucked right into the filter intake, which was way too fine tooth for the from pit. No more duckweed!

  • @franciscoduarte2414
    @franciscoduarte2414 Před 3 lety

    Do you know here i can buy wollfia?

  • @vmabraham
    @vmabraham Před 6 lety +11

    The red root floaters I bought from you are doing great in my aquarium :)

  • @Nebuladust1018
    @Nebuladust1018 Před 5 lety +2

    Frogbit sounds awesome

  • @cheryllong995
    @cheryllong995 Před 3 lety

    Hi, your videos are so informative, I would like to see a video on anacharis Densa (elodea densa ) please Thnks

  • @johnnythefuture6960
    @johnnythefuture6960 Před 3 lety

    Water hyacinth is my go-to and popular in my region.

  • @deejohnson3483
    @deejohnson3483 Před 3 lety +1

    I've had duckweed for weeks even months at a time never could get it to grow but now i have some tag along from a different plant I'm just hoping they grow 😉

  • @henrystyle4879
    @henrystyle4879 Před 5 lety

    How many hours of light do these plants need?

  • @karldennisstrandli5593
    @karldennisstrandli5593 Před 5 lety +1

    Duckweed is actually illegal to sell here in Malaga,spain. Went looking for it at 2 different aquarium stores last week and at both places they told me that here in Andalucia its illegal because its so invasive. So bought loads of Pistia seeds and some frogbits instead.

  • @kelly___lopez
    @kelly___lopez Před 4 lety

    My frogbit grows VERY fast! It grows from 20% surface area coverage to 100% in just 1 week. I have to remove it very often haha.

  • @yxk99
    @yxk99 Před 3 lety

    Does ramshorn snail eat duckweed and frogbit?

  • @MilosStevanovic1
    @MilosStevanovic1 Před 4 lety

    I have some tiny tiny black bugs on top of my mature frogbits...Anyone know if they are ok for my aquarium or....

  • @suren9276
    @suren9276 Před 3 lety

    my duckweed dies.. any reason?
    i have LED light. run it for 10 hrs minimum.
    i have spong filter with low bubble raise..

  • @emiliedotts1698
    @emiliedotts1698 Před 5 lety +1

    I can't wait for my red root floater to come in!

  • @missfancyfish4327
    @missfancyfish4327 Před 3 lety

    If purchased from a store or shipped, Can duckweed be bleach dipped before adding to aquarium ?

  • @JaredByer
    @JaredByer Před 6 lety

    Will goldfish hi after all the floating plants, or just the last one? How would these do in San outdoors pond with GF?

    • @JaredByer
      @JaredByer Před 6 lety

      H2O Plants thank you. Might look for some red root floaters for my mother's 10k gallon pond.

  • @RCohle452
    @RCohle452 Před 4 lety

    Giant Salvinia ( Salvinia molesta) is a significant weed in coastal rivers, streams and ponds in eastern Australia. Thrives in urban creeks due to nutrient runoff from gardens and leaky sewers.

  • @swagobill
    @swagobill Před 3 lety

    I have 3 large goldfish in a 40 gallon tank and sometimes get nitrate issues. So I just got some duckweed a couple days ago. Lets see how it work out. The goldfish really like to eat it.

  • @DankDaHerbalist
    @DankDaHerbalist Před 4 lety

    Do you sell and ship plants?

  • @kiwi_beans6477
    @kiwi_beans6477 Před 3 lety

    my problem with duckweed is if you dont have a cover for your filter the little duckweed will be sucked it and causing your filter to be jammed and you really need to cleean your filter frequently

  • @allan7934
    @allan7934 Před 6 lety +7

    Duckweed. seriously! Ok, I get it. But not my favorite. However will be reconsidering it as Goldfish are currently on my radar.

  • @crystalrosado3267
    @crystalrosado3267 Před 6 lety

    I bought savinia mínima from you and you are definitely right about it taking over a tank. Got 12 pieces and I need to spread it out to my other tanks. 😂

    • @MrMentalmotion
      @MrMentalmotion Před 6 lety

      Crystal Rosado what’s the flow like in your tank

  • @smalah100
    @smalah100 Před 5 lety

    I have freshwater angelfish and they need the shade from duckweed. When I have too much, I get an handfuls and feed my jewel cichlids with it. My cichlids goes crazy over duckweed.

  • @yahyaalraimy1578
    @yahyaalraimy1578 Před 3 lety

    What about azola??

  • @HCAqua
    @HCAqua Před 6 lety +5

    I like all those floating plants but red root is my favorite!

  • @omreee686
    @omreee686 Před 4 lety

    I actually find duckweed very pretty! azolla is lovely too

  • @deborahsmalley9610
    @deborahsmalley9610 Před 2 lety

    I love the Duck Weed for guppy fry. The first thing guppy fry do is float to the surface of the water. They will soon go off and hide but at first they float up and the Duck Weed gives them enough cover so they don’t get eaten right away by other fish in my tank. I also love how crystal clear my water has been since I accidentally got Duck Weed in my tank when buying Guppy Grass. I do realize I’ll be scooping and tossing often but I’m just enjoying it for now lol 😏 So…thanks for excluding Duck Weed 😉😉

  • @venus.infection7904
    @venus.infection7904 Před 6 lety

    I have a 3 gallon tank I was wondering what's the best floating plant for it

  • @Ryin88
    @Ryin88 Před 4 lety

    I can only keep duckweed. My frogbit keep dying as does my water spangles :(