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View Poll Results: How do you feel about Duckweed? | |
I love it!
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Its the bane of my existence...
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Duckweed?
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04-09-2007, 03:49 AM
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#1 (permalink)
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Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Southern California
Posts: 130
iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 8250 |  Re: Duckweed, Boon or Bane
I started out looking for a simple floating plant--duckweed. fredyk suggested frogbit and sent me some. I love the frogbit but am also thinking of adding duckweed, but am afraid to from what I have heard here and there about it.... | 
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04-13-2007, 09:08 PM
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#2 (permalink)
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Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: West Chester, PA
Posts: 69
Plant Points: 4000 | Re: Duckweed, Boon or Bane
I had trouble getting rid of it... until I realized Rosy Barbs love the stuff.
No more duckweed.
-MT | |
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04-13-2007, 09:31 PM
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#3 (permalink)
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Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Nacogdoches, TX
Posts: 111
Plant Points: 10250 | Re: Duckweed, Boon or Bane
I don't like it.
When I had floating plants, duckweed can in with them and were a headache to manage.
I have also seen too many ponds and marshes choked to with it. I don't care for those either. | |
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04-15-2007, 04:14 PM
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#4 (permalink)
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Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
Posts: 382
Plant Points: 27750 | Re: Duckweed, Boon or Bane
I love duckweed in my breeding tanks and hate them getting into my show tanks. So where do I vote.  | |
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04-15-2007, 04:20 PM
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#5 (permalink)
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Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Columbia, MD
Posts: 284
iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 18700 | Re: Duckweed, Boon or Bane
I don't know if I like it or not, but I have some showing up Monday. I plan to float it in the sump section of my wet/dry filter. | |
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04-15-2007, 04:20 PM
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#6 (permalink)
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Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 1,544
iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 80632 | Re: Duckweed, Boon or Bane
Duck...
Weed...
sucks... | |
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06-28-2007, 02:28 PM
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#7 (permalink)
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Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Fargo, ND
Posts: 21
iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 5550 | Re: Duckweed, Boon or Bane
I chose 'Bane' because it barely hangs to existence, but hardly grows. I want floating happiness! I really like watching it gently swirl around. | |
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08-22-2007, 10:01 PM
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#8 (permalink)
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Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: columbus ohio
Posts: 129
iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 9850 | Re: Duckweed, Boon or Bane
whats duckweed?
i cant really keep the stuff alive, give me some salvinia or azollo any day. duckweed is to fragile. | |
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10-24-2007, 06:04 AM
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#9 (permalink)
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Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: just south of DC in Va.
Posts: 258
Plant Points: 14800 | Re: Duckweed, Boon or Bane
It is a race for me between Riccia, Naja grass, and Duckweed on which I hate more. The three of them evidently LOVE my water/tank conditions. There was just a big auction in the DC area and I was absolutely loving the fact that people wanted to buy all of the Riccia, duckweed and Naja grass I had.
Too bad, I just noticed that I missed some Naja grass and Duckweed in the three tanks so it is already well on its way back to taking over.
My Endlers/shrimp tank literally had a green tint from the amount of Duckweed that was coating the top of it.
My 55 has some but there is too much surface movement for it to get a good foothold and the 20 just doesnt let the duckweed start. | |
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10-24-2007, 09:18 AM
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#10 (permalink)
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Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Western NY
Posts: 278
Plant Points: 38150 | Re: Duckweed, Boon or Bane
If you keep fish that eat it or use it as a fertilizer for garden or lawn it is useful, otherwise it can be a pain.
I like it and have used it for a long time. | |
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