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that has a symbiotic relationship with blue/green algae inside its structure (cyanobacteria actually, it has nothing to do with agae. This sybiosis allows the azolla to produce it own nitrogen (cyanobac. abtains it from the N in the atmosphere) allowing it to grow in just plain old water.
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so what's this I'm reading??

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This rapidly growing pond cover provides protection for your pond dwellers, from the sun and those delightful fish eating birds.

Azola is a prodigous grower and a heavy feeder of fish wastes. The plant removes fish wastes and converts them to harmless nitrates


Bloke on eBay is selling it ...

Azolla
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that's where I got my duckweed - ebay that is.
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i think J7au had the gossip on azolla, but i'm fairly sure i'm right with the info. from my trials it went better in low nute water....
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Does the link look like duckweed or something different Steve
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The light green stuff is duckweed.
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the more textured stuff looks like azolla. Take what he says with a grain of salt, much of the nitrate banter there doen't make sense.
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So a "cup full" for $10 might have a bit of both????

Worth it???
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not really.

i mean if you have a bed set up for it the stuff grows like wild fire.

so in that sense its a one off purcahse, but $10 :shock:

i gotta set my grow tub up and make some money on ebay!
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Ok, have a local council duck pond, would the "green" stuff on the surface probably be duckweed?

If so bugger eBay
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Azolla or duckweed ...

If you visit a local garden centre that has a few ponds and water plants lying around, they would probably pay you to take some of it away!
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Ah, you're a gem Johnnie... know just the place... why didn't I think of that before.

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Seriously, this cant be healthy.
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ROZ, as J7 says, I went to my local nursery and asked if he had any duckweed he wanted to get rid of - came away with a small bag of azolla and duckweed, loved to be able to get rid of it (good price too $0 :lol: )

The wife had other purchases that might have helped, but if you take along your own plastic bag there shouldn't be any probs :wink:
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Tim B, I can get you heaps of duckweed (Lemna sp. small oval shaped leaves) look here
I also have some Azolla sp (small triangular leaves, a fern) look here

PM me and I'll work on getting you some.
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