low light floating plant.

[trc007]

can anyone recommend a low light floating plant please.

 

[Ed Seeley]

Depends how low 'low light' is? What's your watts per gallon?

Good floating plants, IMO/E are Amazon Frogbit and Salvinia. These are easy to grow, easy to control, relatively large and attractive. For higher light I love Ludwigia glandulosa which is a floating stem plant with little floats at the internodes.

 

[trc007]

i only have 2 X 39watt t5's in a 250 litre tank.

 

[Ed Seeley]

Then you're about 1.4 WPG. I reckon both of those species should be ok.

 

[aaronnorth]

duckweed if you are up for it

water lettuce is also good.

 

[Steve Smith]

I'm growing Hydrocotyle verticilata floating at the moment. It grows out of the tank (open top) and goes nuts with 18w T8 over 54litres. Get's a bit out of control after a while but just needs trimming, untangling and job done most hydrocotyle can be grown like this I believe.

Edit:

Heres a pic of it in my tank:

http://deviant-uk.org/pics/aquatics/Liv ... W_4748.jpg

 

[Calum]

Riccia Fluitans can be growing in low light but can be very messy