Low Profile Floating Plants

[RudeDogg1]

i dont let it spread fully just 1/2 to 3/4 and the covered end i made a lol feeding ring out of co2 tubing so theres allways a lil circle clear

[darkpandora]

interesting thread, im planning to have floating plant im my 540liter aquarium, but still dont know which floating plant to buy

[Skip]

thats why i have been wanting to try frogbit. i have a couple HOB filters on 150 gallon. is that to much surface aggitation for the frogbit? what is pp dip?

i used ALUM 2 tablespoons for 1 gallon and soaked for about 45 min.. that is supposed to kill all snail.. it is another alternative to PP..

[MariaF]

Another option that I use is regular old bleach. It does a good job of killing snails, snail eggs and algae. I use a 5% bleach solution. I let plants soak for 3 min (exactly) then immediately rinse with water and dechlorinator. Any longer may kill your plant (you may want to do bit less for really sensitive plants like mosses). I not lost a plant yet to this treatment, and have not had any new algae issues or snails in my aquarium since I started doing this last year. The treatment is rough on the plant, it will sometimes lose it's leaves but mine have always recovered within a couple weeks. I would rather kill a plant though then accidentally introduce something to my tank. The reason I use this instead of PP is that I read somewhere it is more effective at killing algae and snail eggs but it is definitely harder on the plant.