Dwarf Water Lettuce and the Nano Tank Version Nobody Tells You About
# Dwarf Water Lettuce and the Nano Tank Version Nobody Tells You About I’d been running my first nano tank for about three months when I spotted this tiny floating…
Duckweed and the Plant Everyone Warns You About for Good Reason
# Duckweed and the Plant Everyone Warns You About for Good Reason I made the mistake exactly once. A mate handed me a small plastic bag with what looked like…
Red Root Floaters and the Only Surface Plant That Gives You Actual Colour
# Red Root Floaters and the Only Surface Plant That Gives You Actual Colour I’ve kept a lot of floating plants over the years. Started with the usual suspects when…
Amazon Frogbit vs Regular Frogbit and Whether the Difference Actually Matters
# Amazon Frogbit vs Regular Frogbit and Whether the Difference Actually Matters I’ve been staring at two nearly identical floating plants for the better part of twenty minutes, trying to…
Water Sprite and the Floater That Works Just as Well Planted in Substrate
# Water Sprite: The Floater That Works Just as Well Planted in Substrate I picked up my first water sprite cutting from a bloke on Craigslist who was practically begging…
Riccia and the Floating Plant That Aquascapers Decided Should Live Underwater
# Riccia and the Floating Plant That Aquascapers Decided Should Live Underwater I discovered Riccia fluitans the way most people do: I was looking for something completely different and ended…
Frogbit and Why Every Shrimp Keeper Ends Up With a Bucket of the Stuff
# Frogbit and Why Every Shrimp Keeper Ends Up With a Bucket of the Stuff I started keeping cherry shrimp in a 25-litre cube with a handful of Java moss…
Water Lettuce and the Floater That Looks Brilliant Until It Takes Over
# Water Lettuce and the Floater That Looks Brilliant Until It Takes Over I’ve been keeping water lettuce in various tanks for about three years now, and I still haven’t…
Marimo Moss Balls and Whether They Actually Do Anything Useful in Your Tank
# Marimo Moss Balls and Whether They Actually Do Anything Useful in Your Tank I bought my first marimo moss ball because it was sitting there looking like a small…
Salvinia and the Surface Plant That Blocks Light Better Than Any Lid
# Salvinia and the Surface Plant That Blocks Light Better Than Any Lid I’ve been keeping planted tanks for eight years now, and I thought I understood surface coverage until…