Pros & Cons of keeping Duckweed (Lemna Minor) in Your Aquarium

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So let me guess, you are here for one of these two reasons - 1. You want Duckweed for your aquarium and want to know more about this interesting plant or 2. You accidentally get this super annoying plant into your tank and have no clue how to get rid of it? Well, duckweed definitely is a perfect example of love-hate relationship in the World of Aquatic plants. Some people like and enjoy it, some totally hate it and does not matter which side you represent, I hope you will find this video useful and learn something new about either keeping, or removing this plant.
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@runefang78 3 жыл бұрын

There are only 2 types of aquariums, those with no duckweed and those that have loads. There is no middle ground. Awesome video again Pat👍🏻

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

@runefang78 haha exactly :D none of them have just a little bit of it... its either none or all-in :D Thank you very much Richard, I really appreciate your support!

@runefang78 3 жыл бұрын

Also one can use a breeder net to “skim” the duckweed off the water surface as the flow pushes it around, then just lift out the breeder net.

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

@@runefang78 That is a great tip :) Thank you!

@kaitangtseng7719 3 жыл бұрын

@@undersurfacechannel Can you just remove a huge portion every single day so its always just a little?

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

@@kaitangtseng7719 you vcan definitely remove frequently, but not sure if every day would work as probably it would not multiply so quickly 😊

@TheChubbyGuppy 3 жыл бұрын

Great program as always! I missed the last few notices so I tried turning notifications off and back on. Hopefully I won’t miss any more!

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

@The Chubby Guppy Thank you buddy. Yea those notifications are sometimes really weird... Thank you for catching up 😊💪🏻

@fjkhamdan 3 жыл бұрын

Nice informative video man 😍 thanks for the straight forward info

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

@Faisal Khamdan thank you very much for your comment! Am really glad you found it useful! :)

@fishpappy9176 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating information about duckweed. Absolutely a love/hate relationship.

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

@Fish Pappy it definitely is :) Thank you very much for your comment!

@JoshuaWilley 3 ай бұрын

Awesome video! Also such a useful tip using a comb!

@bellobello4633 Жыл бұрын

I came across a fish channel lately, and I want to know more about duckweed. That's how I discover this video! Thanks for your informative and clear explanation

@undersurfacechannel Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment and I hope you found what you've been looking for 😊

@washingtoncruz4704 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative! love it

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

@washington cruz thank you very much! :)

@oconnormcneil2238 3 жыл бұрын

I was just wondering on youtube, found your video, thanks for the information about duckweed

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

@oconnor mcneil thank I am pretty lucky you came across my channel :) Thank you very much!

@marypaigeflynn4512 3 жыл бұрын

On point my friend!!! As you mentioned there are many pros. I didn't realize how nutritious and packed with goodness it is! I also didn't know that it's been used in human consumption too 🤔 thanks for a really great tip on creating food with it for our fish 👍 I just thought the fish liked it 😂 and people always get covered in it 😂 it's always great to learn something new. I don't have duckweed (yet😂) I would just prefer to keep my floating plants bigger and more manageable.😁 If I ended up with duckweed I would be okay, it wouldn't be the end of the world 😂 thanks for great information and video I really enjoyed it! I hope you have a great day! 🙏👍🌱🐟🌱💚

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

@Mary Paige Flynn thank you very much for your kind words Mary, I am really glad you've enjoyed the video. Yea I was exactly the same way, have seen many people feeding tons of duckweed growing in pools to Koi fish and also chicken mixing it with other stuff. Later on I found a product online for human consumption consisting duckweed and I was like wtf :D I had large floating plants and really enjoyed them well :) Once again thank you very much and have a lovely day too!

@TheAquariumCowboy 3 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

@The Aquarium Cowboy thank you very much! :)

@kayhalliday2676 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. I have also found in some of my tanks with other floating plants, they will eventually crowd out most of the duckweed,

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

@Kay Halliday wau, that is definitely a very interesting tip :) may I will try that in the future :) Thank you Kay!

@kayhalliday2676 3 жыл бұрын

@@undersurfacechannel water lettuce is great, has really great root structure for fry .Not sure about being able to use it for fish food though.Not researched that yet

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

@@kayhalliday2676 I've had it especially for those root structures... were providing great cover for fry to hide in :) Not sure about using for food either :)

@jenthulhu 3 жыл бұрын

No wonder my mystery snails love eating duckweed so much! It is a pain but it sure does help keep the water cleaner. I'll have to try the comb trick--thanks for that tip! I have one aquarium where the duckweed really doesn't grow much and that one has a lot of surface agitation with really strong flow.

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

@Jennifer Wells yea my snails love it too! And yeah, strong flow really makes it a bit difficult to grow it successfully :) Thank you very much for your comment!

@jenthulhu 3 жыл бұрын

@@undersurfacechannel I regularly make fresh food for my shrimp and snails. Next time: duckweed will be an ingredient!

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

@Jennifer Wells that is super amazing to hear :)

@JradIronman 3 жыл бұрын

Great info on duckweed! I didn’t know that much about it. I will never use it in my aquariums but this makes me want to have a separate tank for it

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

@J-rad Ironman glad to hear you've enjoyed the video :) Well, if you'd have a use for it in homemade foods, it is good idea to grow it separately :)

@wolfvargas3247 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Pat, cool video. you explained very nicely. just take a breath 😂😂

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

@wolf vargas thank you very much :) Haha I will try next time :D

@guppygeorge1953 3 жыл бұрын

Love-Hate relationship 😄 I am dying so accurate 👌🏻

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

@Guppy George haha it definitely is accurate :D thank you for your comment!

@guppygeorge1953 3 жыл бұрын

Pat's Fish Tanks Thank you for this video Pat, was very helpful!

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

@Guppy George You're very welcome and thank you very much for your support!

@waleedaarf2433 2 жыл бұрын

Hello sir, I have a question about duckweed, what is the degree of salinity that it can live with and also the degree of ph . Thanks for your support

@undersurfacechannel 2 жыл бұрын

@waleed aarf hello! Honestly I do not have experiences with degree of salinity and duckweed at all so cannot really tell you about that, but as far as water pH goes, it can pretty much accept both hard and soft water so I would not really worry about that :)

@ReneesZooTube 3 жыл бұрын

I'm one that currently can't keep duckweed alive. I've come to realize that my tap water is extremely nutrient deficient. I managed to save literally one tiny piece of duckweed and have nurtured it to grow with heavy use of aquarium fertilizer. I'm now going to use it as an indicator for how my fertilization levels are so I can reintroduce some other aquarium plants without killing them. I'll likely end up regretting my choice to introduce duckweed, but for me right now it will be very helpful. 😊

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

@Renee Roszkowski definitely! Serving as nutrient levels indicator is one of the great advantages of Duckweed... I can clearly see on my tanks as well which ones need additional fertz and which not just by looking at duckweed on the top :)

@chadleach6009 2 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know if duckweed can help mitigate evaporation or if there are other floater plants more suitable?

@undersurfacechannel 2 жыл бұрын

@Chad Leach it definitely can, and I cannot really thing of better plant for that matter as duckweed will cover the entire surface pretty dense... :)

@TheSiegelayer 2 жыл бұрын

I always suspect that my Buenos Aires Tetras eat a lot of Duckweed, because my 55-gallon cannot keep duckweed. It just disappears in that tank, but my other 3 tanks have plenty of Duckweed in them.

@undersurfacechannel 2 жыл бұрын

@TheSiegelayer that is really funny though :D you just need to put more duckweed in than :D :D

@malkavianfreak 2 жыл бұрын

I have a very strrong love / hate relationship with duckweed. My fish love it. I keep mostly Betta and Loach, and I have found that they much prefer 'shaded' light over the full bright aquarium light. Win! I hate it. Put hand in aquarium, recieve plant coating. And the amount of times I have had to clean it out of a filter is insane! Uuuugh! Buuut fish like it, so it's worth it. (Plus, when I first got the duckweed, it came with free bladder snail eggs, and out of pure stubbornness, I am not going to let this plant win. And yet, meanwhile, under the same conditions, I cannot get java moss to stay alive.)

@undersurfacechannel 2 жыл бұрын

I find myself in exactly the same situation 😂 plus I use it for homemade foods. Useful but soo annoying 😂😂

@jtzamora8865 3 жыл бұрын

TY😊

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

@JT Zamora You're very welcome :)

@STEVE_C_1369 Ай бұрын

I like the looks of duckweed.I spent time in the Louisiana bayou and loved the place.BUT,I let the duck weed cover the surface of my water and the fish began dying off rapidly.Then I realized the toxic gases need to escape from the water surface.I removed enough duckweed to where it only covered about 60% of the surface,and my remaining fish were fine. I still have duckweed in the tank after 3 years,and keep it under control covering only 60% of the surface and all is well.

@BobMossNanoTanks 3 жыл бұрын

I just got some by accident and I'm not complaining lol

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

@Bob Moss Nano Tanks yea I got my first bunch exactly the same way :D I got just couple of them accidentally with plants from fellow fish keeper and have it ever since :)

@edoliva3264 Жыл бұрын

I'll be introducing duckweed to my turtle tank today. If it gets out of hand I'm hoping he'll eat most of it, hehe

@undersurfacechannel Жыл бұрын

Or they will eat all 😂😂😂

@MrChit-od9po 2 жыл бұрын

Just ordered some..

@undersurfacechannel 2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully you’ll like it 😊👌🏻

@axe4770 2 жыл бұрын

I had a few duckweed in the past but my HOB just sucked it all in and never had a problem at all lol.

@undersurfacechannel 2 жыл бұрын

Well, that is also the way how to get rid of it 😂👌🏻

@buckbuckleyson2259 Жыл бұрын

My quail will love the excess duckweed from my new pond, they need crazy levels of protein 🤣

@undersurfacechannel Жыл бұрын

That is what duckweed is really great for 😊

@ravingcyclist624 3 жыл бұрын

I have nothing in my fish tanks except fish ! From past experiences, I have learned that aquariums are wonderful environments for so many organisms to not only thrive but to thrive out of control. So for me, no snails, no plants, no worms, no shrimp, etc. Just fish. In my platy breeding tank, I'm learning that even fish can be too successful, :-)

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

@Raving Cyclist yea everyone has own way of doing things :) even majority of guppy breeders are tending to breed their fish in bare bottom tanks without anything else than fish :)

@kippertheman Жыл бұрын

Gotta get decorations like plants because fish need somewhere to rest

@mmscannadinari 5 ай бұрын

Get some bigger plants that are easy to control but give the fish some shelter so they feel secure. Maybe pearlweed or water sprite, they can even float so you don’t need to worry about planting

@vloadedr Жыл бұрын

Is duckweed can live with only bulb lamp?

@undersurfacechannel Жыл бұрын

Yes definitely 😊👌🏻

@81freewilly 2 жыл бұрын

Hey channel owner , will it keep the cat away from drinking the aquarium water?

@undersurfacechannel 2 жыл бұрын

Haha depends 😂 when it does not fully cover the surface, hasn’t kept away mine 😂 good question 😂

@81freewilly 2 жыл бұрын

@@undersurfacechannel I started duckweed 5 days back . My cat places her pawn on the filter inlet for support and skims of the water. Moreover after this she climbs over the plant lights. 😔

@undersurfacechannel 2 жыл бұрын

@@81freewilly yeah you need the top cover I guess 😅😅

@michelemond9968 3 жыл бұрын

That was a very good video, except that now I want to eat duckweed!!! (You made me hungry...)

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

@michel emond haha sorry about that buddy :D Well, let us know how it taste than ;) :D

@unusualaquariumecosystems5805 3 жыл бұрын

I hear its a nightmare to get rid of once duckweed is added?

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

@UNUSUAL AQUARIUM ECOSYSTEMS yea it definitely is :) but it is not impossible :D

@czechaoife5124 3 жыл бұрын

Has anyone tried to eat it? BTW I feed it also to my exotic birds and they love it. :-) I am duckweed fan and my fish are as well! Also my Tylomelania snails learned how to eat it without my help: they crawl to surface and grab a few. Then let go and fall down with mouth full of duckweed and consume it on the ground.

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

@Eva Karbanová I haven't tried eating it, but maybe we'll find somebody who did :D I have observed exactly the same with ramshorn snails... they crawl up, grab one duckweed and sink to the bottom to eat it... sometimes when they are too small and they do not have enough weight to pull it down, they kinda float around in mid-water till they eat enough of the leaves that it sinks... it's so funny :D

@czechaoife5124 3 жыл бұрын

@@undersurfacechannel And that is the point where everyone who likes aquatic snails has to admit that duckweed is a friend, not enemy! ;-)

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

Eva Karbanová Haha yea definitely... 😊💪🏻

@eugeniaabdey5579 Жыл бұрын

@@czechaoife5124 I got duckweed literally just today, and hoping will prevent snails having misadventure lol. (only covered 50% surface.)

@czechaoife5124 Жыл бұрын

@@eugeniaabdey5579 Good luck to you and your snails. :D

@farajaraf 3 жыл бұрын

I couldn’t get mine to take....

@farajaraf 3 жыл бұрын

I tried again, this time with like 5 tablespoons per 70 gallons and now it's extremely thick lol

@PoseidonsPets 3 жыл бұрын

The herps...

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

@Poseidon’s Pets yeah :D was thinking if I should mention that nickname in the video but decided not to :D

@trujillojohns1848 3 жыл бұрын

I hate duckweed but I love your video cause you are explaining both aspects. :)

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

@trujillo johns thank you very much :) yea there are many reasons why to hate it :D :D :D

@trujillojohns1848 3 жыл бұрын

@@undersurfacechannel because it is hard to get rid of it. this thing is very annoying

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

@@trujillojohns1848 Yeah definitely :) but if you find a way how you can benefit from it, it can be acceptable to deal with shortcomings of it :D

@thenmozhiayyanar4698 2 жыл бұрын

I dono how I killed a plant that's impossible to kill.. 🤔

@undersurfacechannel 2 жыл бұрын

Haha everything is possible 😂🙈

@Altaire7 Жыл бұрын

"Impossible to kill it" nah its possible. Just more resilient than other water plants because of numbers. There are tons of people who can't grow it.

@herefishypgh 3 жыл бұрын

A treasure that I regularly throw in the trash! 🎁=🗑

@undersurfacechannel 3 жыл бұрын

@HereFishy haha me too sometimes :D :D Amazing comment!

@legynoiroso4496 2 жыл бұрын

Aquatic plants best alternatives for those whos cannot afford air pumps and filters Ngl its a 10/10 to me if youre gonna use these plants

@undersurfacechannel 2 жыл бұрын

Agree with this 100% 😊