Can you grow Frogbit with a hood?

[Leeman75]

I am contemplating getting a top floating plant and am seriously considering Frogbit. My tanks have a hood on them with the light on top of the glass hood. Will that work for Frogbit?

 

[JB92668]

yes it will work very well I have done it before with out any drama cheers john

 

[flyinGourami]

It will, but the humidity isn't very good for them. As long as there aren't any drops on top of the leaves however everything should be fine.

 

[Leeman75]

Thanks John!

 

[JB92668]

I agree with bgntoc

 

[JB92668]

your welcome mate

 

[KSo]

Hope you don’t mind me hijacking your thread - but it Is on topic i think!
I think this is the issue I’m having with my frogbit. We have a plastic lid with a modified light but I think humidity is causing drops to fall onto the leaves. That and maybe being affected by the sometimes thick bubble nests my gourami keeps trying to build? They’re definitely multiplying quickly, mostly bright green with the occasional yellow/browning leaf. Good root (is that what it’s called?) growth below.
See this is why Fishlore is such a great resource!

 

[RDcompton03]

It will, but the humidity isn't very good for them. As long as there aren't any drops on top of the leaves however everything should be fine.

are you sure its frogbit that has trouble with droplets on it and not dwarf water lettuce. I have both, not under a cover, but the frogbit has a slick surface that water droplets will roll off of while the water lettuce has very tiny hair on the surface that will hold water droplets.

 

[AcornTheBetta]

I am contemplating getting a top floating plant and am seriously considering Frogbit. My tanks have a hood on them with the light on top of the glass hood. Will that work for Frogbit?

I think that it should work.

 

[flyinGourami]

are you sure its frogbit that has trouble with droplets on it and not dwarf water lettuce. I have both, not under a cover, but the frogbit has a slick surface that water droplets will roll off of while the water lettuce has very tiny hair on the surface that will hold water droplets.

Really? I've seen videos where people have had problems with the water droplets. I've also read threads where people said the problem was the humidity. Could be wrong of course, after all I've never kept it.

 

[RDcompton03]

Really? I've seen videos where people have had problems with the water droplets. I've also read threads where people said the problem was the humidity. Could be wrong of course, after all I've never kept it.

Yea again I dont keep them under cover but just looking at them and dropping a little water on them for a little unscientific experiment it seems to roll right off the frogbit.

 

[flyinGourami]

Yea again I dont keep them under cover but just looking at them and dropping a little water on them for a little unscientific experiment it seems to roll right off the frogbit.

Thats interesting. This is probably a bad guess, but maybe sometimes the droplets are unable to roll off and that, combined with humidity may be a problem?

 

[AquaEmptiness]

Any chance it's not the humidity that harms the plant, but heat from the light source? Frogbit is supposed to like humidity and bright light.

 

[flyinGourami]

Any chance it's not the humidity that harms the plant, but heat from the light source? Frogbit is supposed to like humidity and bright light.

Possibility. I did a little more reading, and there are conflicting opinions. Articles and websites sometimes say yes, they like humidity, but after reading a few threads here and there apparently humidity isn't the best thing. Either way, I think lids are fine as long as you aren't getting the plant itself significantly wet. This is just my opinion though, I have giant duckweed which is similar but different than frogbit and it does fine with a lid but fails if it gets really wet(I understand they are different plants).

 

[Rev]

I had frogbit in my betta tank. 80 degree water temperature with a lid so you best believe it was humid in there. Grew it like a weed absolutely no problems. I also had it flow around and get pushed down underwater by the filter flow. Never died and the water would either roll off or evaporate fairly quickly. Sometimes they would get trapped underwater on plants for hours before they made their way back up or I pulled them up. None of those died either. So I really don't think water on the leaves or humidity effects it at all. Also let's be real frogbit is from tropical central/south america you can 100% guarantee it's evolved to tolerate humidity and water on it's leaves.

 

[JB92668]

heat from the light could harm the frogbit but the drops that fall on it wont affect it at all