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Market Place => Items for Sale => Topic started by: Andy The Minion on July 03, 2016, 11:09:40 PM

Title: Dwarf Water Lettuce
Post by: Andy The Minion on July 03, 2016, 11:09:40 PM

Would anybody like some Dwarf Water Lettuce? Its a small floating plant that dangles its roots about 5cm into the tank.
It is excellent at removing Nitrates from the water and will provide shading if needed. My tank is producing a good 'salads worth' every week and I am just composting it at the moment.

I also have about 500,000 Malaysian trumpet snails, plant friendly and house trained also free to a good home.

If you would like some just drop me a PM

Title: Re: Dwarf Water Lettuce
Post by: Matt on September 25, 2016, 07:52:24 AM

Is this Salvinia natans or something a bit bigger?

Title: Re: Dwarf Water Lettuce
Post by: Andy The Minion on September 26, 2016, 08:02:43 AM

@Matt
It was sold as  Pistia stratioes and is not more than 4cm leaf tip to tip. I clear it out on a weekly basis. Most of the plants I remove are about 2cm with roots about 3cm long. I have seen the roots almost 10cm when the Nitrates get below 15ppm and the plants get to full size

Title: Re: Dwarf Water Lettuce
Post by: Matt on September 26, 2016, 05:44:07 PM

Thanks Andy.
Bit big for me unfortunately.