floating plant suggestions?

[MotionInSilver]

I can't remember right now the name of that plant that had this awesome root-

it looked like a giant version of a pointy cabbage- had some color to the roots for some of the plants as well it was large and couldn't even remember! I'm in the middle of setting up a fish tank and there will be moving spots so it'll be near impossible to have a planted tank but having floating plants would be awesome as the fish in it will love the shade from the light anyways I might be able to anchor java ferns-

any other suggestions other than that plant that had a cool feathery root type that grew very deep. I will be also doing some duckweed as I always do that in my tanks anyways for quality of the water.


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[dundadundun]

was it red root floater?

 

[247Plants]

Maybe water lettuce?

 

[hydrophyte]

If you might be able to hang your lighting above the tank, or lower the water, a riparium setup could be a good option.

 

[tanker]

Water lettuse??

http://aquaplant.tamu.edu/database/floating_plants/water_lettuce.htm

Water Sprite is good too.

 

[swinneyw]

i had some java fern and anubias i added some hornwort its a good floating plant but it shaded my java fern too much i had to take it out

 

[MotionInSilver]

water lettuce and red root floater was what I was thinking of!

thanks guys but I also stumbled upon something called water hyacinth? is that tank safe as not recall anyone having those in their tanks?

 

[MotionInSilver]

If you might be able to hang your lighting above the tank, or lower the water, a riparium setup could be a good option.

interesting notation. maybe I should look into this. I do have light over the 55g tank but it's on bracket so its kinda like 3 in above the tank level? would that be a possiblity?

 

[lionhead]

Frogbits ??

I have a small floating plants in my discus tank...nice and grows like crazy..see pictures in the second pix you can see the root system..the light feathery roots...hope this is what you are looking for, or it helps..

 

[MotionInSilver]

I have a small floating plants in my discus tank...nice and grows like crazy..see pictures in the second pix you can see the root system..the light feathery roots...hope this is what you are looking for, or it helps..

thats the roots I was looking for!