Need a floating plant for babies to hide in the roots of

[JohnnyReb]

I just got scammed by an E-Bay seller. Ordered Giant Duckweed with Priority Mail shipping and instead get it arriving 6 days late, shipped the cheaper Ground Advantage option and worse, it's mostly a container filled with that tiny nuisance duckweed I didn't want. It appears I'll now have that one forever since it's impossible to get rid of I suspect now that it's out.

I want small plants that float on the surface with long root systems baby guppies can hide in. What would be some good options for filling small areas thickly? I'm now looking at Salvinia Minima Water Spangles but the pictures are from above and appear to have the roots going out sideways more than down. Any favorites I can order while I start an E-Bay claim with the current crook?

Red root floaters are a waste of time, hard, hard to get good plants to start with. I use Water Lettuce and Frogbit. Also, you can float a piece of Styrofoam in the tank with some holes punched in it and grow, Spider plants/Airplane plants. They have great roots. Start them in rocks in a pot and them pug them into the Styrofoam holes you make. That way the roots are pretty and white.

 

[JohnnyReb]

Red root floaters are a waste of time, hard, hard to get good plants to start with. I use Water Lettuce and Frogbit. Also, you can float a piece of Styrofoam in the tank with some holes punched in it and grow, Spider plants/Airplane plants. They have great roots. Start them in rocks in a pot and them pug them into the Styrofoam holes you make. That way the roots are pretty and white.