TLDR; Would amazon frogbit or duckweed be good in a koi pond? I've been using Walstad-style tanks for a while now and it's often very difficult to wrangle up all of the extra nutrients floating in the water of a new tank that would normally end up being algae fuel. AQ members), AQ can automatically read your RSS feeds and post your new blog entries as AQ threads. Asking here before I buy on Ebay. AQ will of course preserve the links back to your blog. This picture of N-deficient Hygrophila polysperma is in the Plant Deficiency Symptoms section of the aquarium pictures: What would be the best way to increase the Nitrogen source? Why use punctuation? I'm concerned if you didn't get enough at a time they'd eat it all. You get get it on r/aquaswap if someone is offering it, or a store that sells plants like bamaplants.com, or some other aquatic plant store should have it. I have Frogbit and Duckweed in all my NPTs but in two of them, the floating plants are growing completely different. There is lots of insight in the replies so far. If too much grows, can I just scoop some out? You can control what gets published to AQ by using categories/labels/tags, so no need to worry that non-aquarium related posts gets here. Indefinite BAN of Shrimp Sales on AQ w.e.f. Plants grow especially long roots when short of nitrogen. Frogbit is a bit safer, but I also know koi's mouths are bigger than goldfish mouths (also my goldfish don't seem to be interested in plants that don't fit in their mouths so YMMV). Each clump of frogbit sends down one long root, most of the rest stay shorter, though not. AQ members), AQ can automatically read your RSS feeds and post your new blog entries as AQ threads. Some of the Frogbit roots are 14" and the Duckweed averages around 2". But I've never had either of these plants in my freshwater tanks so I don't know anything about them. But they are really easy to remove when you want to. American frogbit both have extremely long roots. Luckily I had a bit left that grew into a viable culture. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Different fish, perhaps nibbling the roots in one tank? because the absorb lots of excess nutrients? Looking for something very low maintenance and floating to put in the tanks. This should encourage more views and interaction. I got enough duckweed for the whole surface of a 55g and within a few hours, water surface was clean. As for your other question, yup if there's too much just scoop it out, and you can just let nature take its course. Thanks all. We use data about you for a number of purposes explained in the links below. No doubt this is one of those questions that I should know the answer to, and will betray my ignorance, but it's been bugging me all week. Now that the tanks have aged, I still keep some frogbit in there just as maintenance. 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