Re: [RML] Wolfia

Stephen Boulet (stepheb at comm.mot.com)
Thu, 10 Aug 2000 11:21:44 -0500

Well, unless daphnia will eat it ;), wolffia should do fine in my daphnia tanks.
There isn't any filtration, so the water will be still. I have them under 2x40
watt plant bulbs that are always on, so we'll see if I can manage to keep the
culture going.

-- Stephen

Wright Huntley wrote:

> Dennis Holmes wrote:
> >
> > He always DOUBTS stuff!
> >
> > > From: "Gary Lange" <gwlange at stlnet.com>
> > >
> > > I sincerely sincerely DOUBT that you have wolfia growing in your tank,
>
> Perhaps he does, but in this case his doubt is well founded. I've had it,
> and no one who has could ever confuse it with duckweed. It is about as
> different from duckweed as Lemna is from Salvinia, almost on the same scale.
>
> I failed to keep it going, both from inadequate light (it needs powerful
> light) and fish predation. Most fish will eat it, it seems. Only my most
> voracious vegetarians (Xenotaca, Chrenichthys, Cyprinodon, Jordanella) will
> eat duckweed, and I'm not sure about all of them.
>
> Wright