Fish Folk Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 We clear out duckweed each week from tanks. It’s great stuff... just covers so tightly, bio film builds up. We have fed it to goldfish in times past. Had an idea to try it out on African Cichlids (mbunas). Anyone on the forum ever tried this? Short video... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 As there diet are plant based I don't see why they wouldn't eat duck weed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 Agreed. They nibble away at it. It’s not nearly as much a hit as for goldfish, but I’m thinking of pulling back a dry food feeding once each day til they eat it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 You could try adding duckweed to rapashy soilent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 15 minutes ago, Colu said: You could try adding duckweed to rapashy soilent Interesting idea. We've never personally made repashy. Reputation is good. Is it basically a gelatin that solidifies when prepared? So just add duckweed when preparing along with the other ingredients (in the "soilent" line)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Yes it like gelatin just add the duck weed at the start let it set for half an hour and your good to go 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted March 19, 2021 Author Share Posted March 19, 2021 Proof: all floating duckweed eaten! Some ducked up against intakes. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MbunaSteve Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 Just wondered about this at the breakfast table. No plants have survived the mbuna. No reason to think our other tanks' duckweed infestation would fare any better. Thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galabar Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 I had to add a common goldfish to my mbuna tank to get rid of the duckweed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted July 9 Author Share Posted July 9 On 7/8/2024 at 7:49 PM, Galabar said: I had to add a common goldfish to my mbuna tank to get rid of the duckweed. Did the goldfish survive??!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galabar Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 On 7/8/2024 at 6:17 PM, Fish Folk said: Did the goldfish survive??!! Oh yes. The mbunas left it alone. It was about the same size (maybe slightly bigger). 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony s Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 On 7/9/2024 at 1:45 AM, Galabar said: The mbunas left it alone Too funny! They’ve been conditioned to expect bigger being more fierce. But…. Goldfish 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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