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Originally Posted by jrtiberius  I was wondering if this method would work with other plants, perhaps interjecting the roots of a water lilly... Hmmm? |
Most floating pond plants need very high light levels to do well in indoor aquarium. So the water lilly types aren't practical indoors for most people. But, some of the other floating plants should work. In particular Pistia stratodes (water lettuce) might be the best one to try.
I had a water lily type plant melt down due to a bug infestation and then the water turned green. I put in some Pistia stratodes and that cleared it up in about a week. This appoach also worked when I added too many micros in another tank which resulted in an algal bloom.
Spirodela polyrrhza (Giant duckweed) should also help, but doesn't develop the roots that really seem to pull excess nutrients out of the water.