Keeping Amazon Frogbit - CARE, TEMPERATURE, TANK SIZE and MORE!!!
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
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It always makes me laugh that people would actually believe that the pads being wet is what’s causing floating plants like frog bit to brown out and rot.certainly you will see actual Lilly pads in ponds respond negatively when the pads become wet during the heat of the summer or spring (maybe fall depending on where you live)day...this is caused when droplets of water act like little magnifying glasses and amplify the intensity of suns rays causing the burning effect that can lead to leaf rotting, but Lilly pads spend a large portion of their lives below the surface so this occasionally occurring issue will in most cases not cause the plants a huge problem because it is after all an aquatic plant that is quite accustomed to wet conditions ,in fact it dies without being grown submerged...under water .... or
Okay...back to frogbit...you’ll soon see why I went so far into Lilly pads land ...as it’s name suggests,Amazon frogbit is indigenous to South America,specifically,the regions that are home to the various main channels and tributaries of the amazon river...a river with sections with slow moving,fast moving depths unknown and are as of barely a trickle...flood plains and swamps and marshes just like any organism does,frogbit obviously has its preferred habitat type and usually this is the slower moving areas of the river and it’s almost still coves and sheltered creeks...but all the same many a frogbit plant has survived jaunts down the faster more turbulent water to establish populations in new parts of the river system and it will often flourish for a time in an area then die out and reappear a short distance down stream to explode again...where most aquarist become misguided and confounded by this plant is in what is an all around misunderstanding of its nature due to it being classified as a true floating plant like duckweed or Salvinia...it is in fact NOT a true floater...in its natural habitat the plants roots become imbedded in the soft soil of the river bottom in primarily shallow water where it remains attached and anchored unless disturbed by sting winds whipping up the water or some animal trudging through its midst tearing it loose and setting it adrift this is actually one of the ways the plant propagates,by vegetative fragmentation...parts break loose to become independent plants ...other species of frogbit survive in coller temperatures by sinking below the surface and assume a state known as a turion and it is entirely possible for Amazon frogbit to do exactly the same ,though the need obviously arises much less in its home range... but without a doubt wet leaves do not cause the plant much grief at all but because this bit of false intell has been bolstered and repeated as truth ,well meaning aquarist perpetuate the falsehood by continuing To pass it on and as a result the greater issue often gets missed such as water quality ,nutrient load...water composition can also be a major problem for this plant ...and don’t forget the allelopathic plants...frogbit is almost always kept with other floating plants in aquariums or ponds and when space or nutrients become scarce some plants can release chemicals into the column or low into the air where the chemicals will contact plants that are in direct competition for the same real estate and nutrients causing the competition to falter and become week and easy to over run and in some cases wilt and die altogether...this little trick can also be used to encourage the growth of certain plants that for whatever reason have a adverse impact on the competition plants...(example:)sometimes through a complex enough strategy as to cause a nearby waters edge plant to bloom profusely attracting an insect that reeks havoc on the competitor plant but ignores the attacking plants completely... I believe greater duckweed will sometimes respond to frogbit by going allelopathic which ultimately leads to the demise of the frogbit that begins with a practically identical set of symptoms to the supposed “wet leaf “syndrome whatever the reason for frogbits demise in an aquarium ,it is almost certainly NOT because it got wet...water plants do not die from the water being just too darn wet !!!and besides frogbit isn’t a true floater and grows anchored loosely in the muck in its natural range which sees leaves underwater for days at a time before they pop back up or break the surface for the first time ...so in the words of chuck D and public enemy “DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE “
Cause it ain’t true....if your plants rot you got other problems and your water is just perfectly wet and water plants actually prefer exceptionally wet water
Who actually read all of those is a legend 😂 (no hate)
5 years and it seems like 5 people so far lmfao @@irfnv
Great video of the frogbit I just got some a few days ago just wish your video was longer to watch your frogbit in your tank 🐸👍
Love how you get right to the point. Quick & good info! Thanks for sharing! Jesus loves you! NEW SUB!* How do you not have more subs? Bet you will soon!
Can't appreciate this enough man, all the videos from fish community are usually stretched for 30 or so mins of them just ranting. This was a breath of fresh air and now I'm gonna keep my bits from getting pulled under the incoming water stream from the filter
Nice tank mate
Hi, nice video. One qtn, can i keep this plant in direct sunlight aside to my window to avoid additional LED lighting?
I received a frogbi t plant in the mail and some of the roots died. Will the leaves develops roots?
Does this plant need to stay on the cool water or warm water
Do snails eat the spongy material of frogbit ???
What do I do if mine doesn’t float so the leaves aren’t wet? I have two sponge filter on each side of a ten gallon. They’ve been dying off lately and I’m down to 5 plants
Jim Will check your water parameters...and dose dose dose nutrients when your leaf zone or flourish or envy tells you to dose weekly dose at least three times a week if you have frogbit and and you need to be blasting them with a powerful full spectrum light to achieve the 5000 -7000 kelvin ratings plants grow best at...but not too close to the plants or they can burn ...it isn’t the water on the leaves issue I promise you...surface agitation should be kept to a minimum but not because of wet leaves...because this plant actually grows rooted in its natural habitat when grown floating it likes to stay fairly still because this mimics its natural state and as such is its most ideal state to upload nutrients from the water column ,the poster of this video suggest dosing daily...this may work for him but not something I would recommend at all ...you will most likely end up with a tank choked out by algae if you are a beginner or novice in the planted tank world you are most likely not equipped to recognize the onset of a serious algae infestation nor are you experienced enough to deal with it before the only option is to drain and sterilize the entire tank and start over after all your plants and probably fish you are gone to the great aquarium in the sky...try to upgrade your lighting if it’s too weak and dose the hell out of trace and micro/macro and use a separate iron (the envy line by seachem is best I think the iron is called propel) and make sure you haven’t somehow invited aphids or spider mites into your tank ...good luck
What fertilizer to you suggest for Amazon frogbit plant
Nice video do you think you can ship me some:)
I currently don't have the inventory to ship some out but hope to have enough to ship in a few weeks to a few months!! Thanks for watching!
Underwater Updates OK just let me know when you have some available:)