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    Fast growing plants

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    What types of fast growing plants do you use in your aquarium to "soak up" excess nutrients?

    Robin
    i always fighting algae but still got more

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    In my opinion, floaters like frogbits is very good in sucking up excess nutrients. If not put in very fast growers like vals, cabombas, ludwigia repens etc.

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    duckweeds are super sponges... lol
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    Apart from floating plants, Hygrophila polysperma, Ceratopteris thalictroides (water sprite fern), Limnophila sessiflora, Limnophila (Gratiola) hippuroides, Ceratophyllum demersum (Hornwort), Elodea sp, Hydrilla sp, Rotala indica are all attractive nutrient sponges.

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    Bacopa Caroliana too. Can give you some if you want!

    Cheers!

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    Anything red?

    Robin
    i always fighting algae but still got more

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    My recommendation is Ceratopteris silisquosa.
    I believe that it uses up nutrients in water column so fast(and grow amazingly fast as a result) that other plants like frogbits begin to show signs of nutrient deficieny after leaving the tank without liquid fertiliser for two weeks.

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