March 8, 2002, Newsletter Issue #4: Duckweed

Tip of the Week

Lemna (duckweed, green plague)
Tiny (1/4") plant with a pair of leaves and a root. Reproduces very quickly. A very noxious weed, hard to eradicate, and most fish donīt like to eat it. Try a floating fern such as Salvinia, instead of this one.

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