Plants for Kevin: Recs?

Essjay said:

Sorry, we got a bit off topic Slaphppy was just amazed that I killed duckweed when everyone else just can't get rid of it.
I can now handle both aquatic and houseplants.

It's just a question if finding the right plant for your tank. Even when a person has several tanks, a plant may grow well in one tank but die in another.
For small tanks, salvinia and frogbit and maybe water lettuce; for larger tanks, water sprite is suitable too.

Are these live plants, and if so what kind? Some plants need a lot of light and floating plants cut down the light which isn't good for high-light plants. There are ways of confining a floating plants to one area of a tank so the ones planted in the substrate can get enough light.

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FloridaChick said:

FloridaChick said:

Mine love sitting in the floating plants but mine are bacopa (actually bought as a butterfly host plant with no luck). I didn't see anyone mention it ?

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Mine love sitting in the floating plants but mine are bacopa (actually bought as a butterfly host plant with no luck). I didn't see anyone mention it ?

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Essjay said:

You could post photos of the plants for an ID.

If it's allowed where you live, look for frogbit or perhaps salvinia or red root floater (Phyllanthus fluitans). I have frogbit floating on my shrimp tank which is roughly the same size as your 6 gallon. It does grow until it almost covers the whole surface so I have to remove some every so often. But I am aware that some plants are not permitted in some states.

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carligraceee said:

I am in love! What plant is that again? I love it!

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FloridaChick said:

Mine? "Water Hyssop (Bacopa monnieri) is a native butterfly host plant found in the United States. ... It is the host plant for the White Peacock" ?

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Essjay said:

This is the frogbit on my 23 litre (6 gallon) tank
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Essjay said:

I have never seen FloridaChick's plant in real life (only photos) so I don't know if the two would mix. I don't know where in the US would sell frogbit, but mine in the UK was no more expensive than most plants here.

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Essjay said:

This is the frogbit on my 23 litre (6 gallon) tank
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carligraceee said:

I see- I will check around. Is it around the 12-15USD range? (I know you guys use different currency, I believe that is around 8-10 Pounds).

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