duckweed

[Alice B]

somehow, I guess on my hose, duckweed got in my hex tank. How do you clean your python to remove all bits and not share it?

 

[Magnum Man]

not really an answer to your question, but, I won't use Lemna Minor ( common Duckweed ) in my tanks anymore... ( I was growing it for Tilapia feed ) but have start growing Spirodela polyrhiza ( Giant Duckweed ) & find that is easier to contain... still reproduces like crazy, but it's 4-5 times bigger than the Common, & thus easier to contain

 

[Colin_T]

rinse the gravel cleaner under the tap outside so the plant ends up on the lawn

 

[Magnum Man]

or possibly run some chlorine water or hydrogen peroxide through to kill anything left in the vac ( I was considering this myself, as I have multiple tanks... one of which got Ich ( did not want to spread that to my other tanks ), but I ended up buy multiple vac's & hoses, so I have one for each tank

 

[Alice B]

this is common duckweed, came in with a plant, which didn't live, in the 55, and now I have to get out of the hex. Will rinse hose after. Thank you

 

[Ram419]

somehow, I guess on my hose, duckweed got in my hex tank. How do you clean your python to remove all bits and not share it?

I think I spent about 15 to 30 minutes picking out duckweed from one of my tanks the other day. I think there's a few bits still floating around but they hid before I could take them out.