duckweed
 

How does it propegate? would it be a good plant filter for a sump style
filter? Or would it be hard to keep out of the main tank? I would think
simple mechanical filtration would be able to keep it in place.

Unrelated question... does anyone ever light their tanks from the side?
Does the glass make a significant effect on the amount of light that
passes through? I ask because I have an all plant aquarium for growing
out plants on a shelf that hardly has enough room for the hood. It
would be so much easier to put the light fixture behind the tank for
easy access to the surface.

duckweed
 

If the duckweek gets to be to bothersome, why cant I just net it all out?
========================
You can! It's easy to remove.

Not if you have a lot of tanks. I've almost got rid of it, andhave been trying
for about a year. One lousy piece is all it takes. I've throw away pounds of
that crap.


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duckweed
 

Unrelated question... does anyone ever light their tanks from the side?
Does the glass make a significant effect on the amount of light that
passes through? I ask because I have an all plant aquarium for growing
out plants on a shelf that hardly has enough room for the hood. It
would be so much easier to put the light fixture behind the tank for
easy access to the surface.

The plants grow weird. Why not a lot of LEDs?

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duckweed
 

Bottom posted.
wrote:
How does it propegate? would it be a good plant filter for a sump
style filter? Or would it be hard to keep out of the main tank? I
would think simple mechanical filtration would be able to keep it in
place.

Unrelated question... does anyone ever light their tanks from the
side? Does the glass make a significant effect on the amount of light
that passes through? I ask because I have an all plant aquarium for
growing out plants on a shelf that hardly has enough room for the
hood. It would be so much easier to put the light fixture behind the
tank for easy access to the surface.

I grew an amazon swordplant to much greater size by lighting through the
glass side of the tank it was in and it grew allot in a short amount of
time. I had the light closer to the plant this way because normally the
light has to be at least a foot above the water surface so the popping
bubbles don't get onto the bulb too much because if it does the fluorescent
screw in bulb will die. But I stopped keeping the light coming in from the
side after a certain point because some hair algae started growing on the
glass that had the light real close to it. Good luck and later!

duckweed
 

On Fri, 3 Mar 2006 21:42:18 -0800, "Daniel Morrow"
wrote:


I grew an amazon swordplant to much greater size by lighting through the
glass side of the tank it was in and it grew allot in a short amount of
time. I had the light closer to the plant this way because normally the
light has to be at least a foot above the water surface so the popping
bubbles don't get onto the bulb too much because if it does the fluorescent
screw in bulb will die. But I stopped keeping the light coming in from the
side after a certain point because some hair algae started growing on the
glass that had the light real close to it. Good luck and later!

You must be losing a lot of light if you are keeping it a foot above
the water. Why not add a glass cover and set the light housing
directly on the glass, elevate slightly only if the bulb touches the
glass. The glass will also slow down evaporation, conserve heat, and
(better double check with the plant experts) reduce the rate at which
your water is losing CO2.

-- Mister Gardener

duckweed
 

wrote in message
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How does it propegate? would it be a good plant filter for a sump style
filter? Or would it be hard to keep out of the main tank? I would think
simple mechanical filtration would be able to keep it in place.

I'm clueless as to using them in a sump since I have freshwater fish only.
They should do well anywhere there's enough light and nutrients.

Unrelated question... does anyone ever light their tanks from the side?
Does the glass make a significant effect on the amount of light that
passes through? I ask because I have an all plant aquarium for growing
out plants on a shelf that hardly has enough room for the hood. It
would be so much easier to put the light fixture behind the tank for
easy access to the surface.

All the plants would look horrible because they'd all be leaning towards the
lights.
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duckweed
 

"Daniel Morrow" wrote in message
...
I had the light closer to the plant this way because normally the
light has to be at least a foot above the water surface so the popping
bubbles don't get onto the bulb too much because if it does the
fluorescent
screw in bulb will die. But I stopped keeping the light coming in from the
side after a certain point because some hair algae started growing on the
glass that had the light real close to it. Good luck and later!
====================
I use the screw-in fluorescent bulbs in my tanks (except the 55s) and the
only one that died was the one I dropped in the water. Well, I dropped the
hood it was screwed into in the water. Bummer,... the bulb was only a few
weeks old.
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Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
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duckweed
 

"Richard Sexton" wrote in message
...
If the duckweek gets to be to bothersome, why cant I just net it all
out?
========================
You can! It's easy to remove.

Not if you have a lot of tanks. I've almost got rid of it, andhave been
trying
for about a year. One lousy piece is all it takes. I've throw away pounds
of
that crap.
=================================
That may be true with a lot of tanks but I just skim it off the surface with
a net and feed it to the koi and goldfish. They consider it the best salad
they ever had. :-) If you want to get rid of it for good keep one
goldfish around and move it from tank to tank.
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Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o