Rick wrote in message
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Greg G. wrote in message
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Dunter Powries said:

I spent two hours picking duckweed out of a 30" x 12" x 3" mat of
Riccia
with tweezers and a jewelers loupe while my four-year old ran around my
legs
tunelessly screaming Christmas songs and my two-year old repeatedly
attempted to immerse himself in the rinse bucket. I HATE duckweed...
and,
at this point, nearly everything else.

LMAO.
Used to have it in the aquarium - thought it would look neat. Finally
got rid of it. I kept dumping it in my outdoor pond, but the goldfish
ate every bit of it. Maybe that's a clue...


Greg G.

gold fish will eat it but we don't normally keep goldfish in with our
tropicals. My Mbuans's love it but I have to give them duckweed from my
planted tanks. I remove it using a small measuring cup and fish net. Works
well, simply slowly immerse the cup and the flow of water going into the
cup
pulls the duckweed in with it. Dump it in the net and continue on.

Unfortunately, my affected tanks are full of guppy fry and itsy ramshorns -
which keep the Riccia beds squeaky clean - so removal enmasse is not
practical for me. Since the sale of both the guppies and the riccia
substantially underwrites the expense of keeping all these tanks, I guess
I'll try not complain too much.