I inherited some water meal, in with some other floating plants… it’s literally half the size of common duck weed… it’s been choking out the Asian water moss in my African Tetra tank… but I’m noticing many of the Tetras have been eating it, some, pretty heavily… reading up on it, it’s highly nutritious… and I’m witnessing more growth, and wellness of the fish, that are eating it… the yellow tails, and the blue and gold’s are eating it regularly in the mornings… I normally feed at night, when I can watch the fish… but at 1st light, I’ve been watching them feed heavily on it… the Brichardi, Blood Caps, and Cats look least interested, with the others eating a little now and then…
Now if I could separate it from the Water Moss, that would be the best, if it could thrive on it’s own… but maybe it needs the structure of the Water Moss to thrive… reading says it likes calm stagnant water, and this is a highly flowing tank, so I’m surprised it’s here in the 1st place… it is slowly killing off the Water Moss, so if it needs the “structure”, I may have to get creative later… I do have a floating plant ring, intended to hold back the Water Moss, so my Anubis can get more light, and the Water Meal seems to like the calm area inside the plant ring, so maybe a few of those, will maintain the Water Meal, after the moss is gone???
Now if I could separate it from the Water Moss, that would be the best, if it could thrive on it’s own… but maybe it needs the structure of the Water Moss to thrive… reading says it likes calm stagnant water, and this is a highly flowing tank, so I’m surprised it’s here in the 1st place… it is slowly killing off the Water Moss, so if it needs the “structure”, I may have to get creative later… I do have a floating plant ring, intended to hold back the Water Moss, so my Anubis can get more light, and the Water Meal seems to like the calm area inside the plant ring, so maybe a few of those, will maintain the Water Meal, after the moss is gone???
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