Duckweed hack

[CJs Aquatics]

what you’ll need:

a pitcher 

a fish net 

- many of you know I’ve been struggling with duckweed for a while. I’ve taken everyone’s suggestions and finally found a system that works well. 
 

step 1: went to goodwill or any thrift store and bought a pitcher for a few dollars (mine was $6 bc it’s a Brita pitcher)

step 2: a fish net (using that green one you see with all in 1 tank kits) 

step 3: rest fish net over water in a corner of the tank using the rim or top of tank

step 4: dip the pitcher in the water, duckweed, water and everything else fills up the pitcher 

step 5: dump the contents of the pitcher back into tank through the net. Your net catches the duckweed and everything else and your water returns to the tank 

step 6: repeat until desired results achieved then eighter dump contents in trash and rinse net out or discard

🤣

I actually am a big proponent of not letting anything go to waste so I feed the duckweed to my worms

 

[mynameisnobody]

Sounds good, but for around $10 you can buy a duckweed rake on Etsy and scoop out however much duckweed you want without disturbing anything. Literally changed how I use and reuse duckweed. 

[CJs Aquatics]

@mynameisnobody I bought and use it also 

[Lennie]

On 6/27/2023 at 5:27 AM, CJs Aquatics said:

@mynameisnobody I bought and use it also 

Cj you make me laugh with these duckweed battles 🤣

you will win it… one day.. 🤪 😄 

 

Btw Ive noticed duckweed LOVES light. When I took my 29g down which had tons of duckweed, and put plants on a tub that gets daylight a bit, Duckweed almost never grows there. And without appropriate light where other plants survive or even perform an okay growth, my duckweed die and never multiply interestingly
 

[BlueLineAquaticsSC]

Never heard of a duckweed rake, I bought a hair pick on Amazon for $1 and it works great. Chickens love the duckweed too.

[TOtrees]

On 6/26/2023 at 6:47 PM, CJs Aquatics said:

I’ve taken everyone’s suggestions and finally found a system that works well. 

I like this, it’s a very business or executive approach 🙂 Hear everyone out, give honest and real consideration of the available options, and then make your own choice that works for you in your situation. 

[mynameisnobody]

@BlueLineAquaticsSC a hair pick will work too, but a duckweed rake has much less space between the picks so it removes every piece of duckweed. Same concept just a bit more efficient. If you have nothing, I’d buy the rake, but if you already have a pick then you’re doing better than most as it is. 

[JettsPapa]

I couldn't find it the last time I looked, but I'm sure I once saw a youtube video where @Cory used a shop vac to suck it up.

[Tanked]

The duckweed rake on Etsy looks suspiciously like the 🐈💩rake in the cat's litterbox.

[Flumpweesel]

On 6/27/2023 at 2:57 PM, JettsPapa said:

I couldn't find it the last time I looked, but I'm sure I once saw a youtube video where @Cory used a shop vac to suck it up.

It might have been Zenzo 

 

Edited June 27, 2023 by Flumpweesel
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