I really like the idea of growing a floater such as frogbit in my tank but so far have managed to kill off Tropica two tubs of it. The first one seemed to be going quite well until I changed my underpowered hob style filter for a canister filter with a spraybar. The increased surface agitation and humidity that went along with it seemed to rot the frogbit. I tried restraining the plants with fishing line but this made the daily water changes I was performing difficult and they still eventually died.
For my second attempt I lowered the spraybar a bit to reduce the surface agitation. I also removed a section of the lid which got rid of the condensation that was forming on the underside of it and had been raining onto the frogbit. Circulation from the bar was still sending the frogbit around the tank so I made an open topped cage from plastic mesh to put it in. Despite this the plants never looked healthy and disappeared completely when I was recently away for 10 days. I have no idea why this happened.
Despite the setbacks I’d like to try again if I’m not attempting the impossible. Should I be able to grow frogbit (or another floater) in a 2 foot tank with a 1 foot spraybar located in the centre of the rear wall? The filter is providing a 10x turnover but I could reduce that if necessary and it won’t adversely affect the rest of the tank. Is there a better way to keep the plants out of the flow or isn’t that such an issue?
Thanks
Alan
For my second attempt I lowered the spraybar a bit to reduce the surface agitation. I also removed a section of the lid which got rid of the condensation that was forming on the underside of it and had been raining onto the frogbit. Circulation from the bar was still sending the frogbit around the tank so I made an open topped cage from plastic mesh to put it in. Despite this the plants never looked healthy and disappeared completely when I was recently away for 10 days. I have no idea why this happened.
Despite the setbacks I’d like to try again if I’m not attempting the impossible. Should I be able to grow frogbit (or another floater) in a 2 foot tank with a 1 foot spraybar located in the centre of the rear wall? The filter is providing a 10x turnover but I could reduce that if necessary and it won’t adversely affect the rest of the tank. Is there a better way to keep the plants out of the flow or isn’t that such an issue?
Thanks
Alan