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Originally Posted by David
Hmm, perhaps someone should try aldrovanda in water tray and let us know if the aldro does well in it. Ban Aik..., you're the one wih lots of Aldro now. Wanna try this experiment for us to see?
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just stumbled on this thread. Apologies for missing out, am always skimpping over articles. Hehe... twice already..
Regarding Aldrovanda in water tray, I have in August tried leaving some strands of Aldro in my Drosera water tray. Unfortunately they plant just fizzle out and died. I thought the Aldro must have got solar cooked in the shallow water tray as all five strands was left in waters of no more than 2 inches deep. I concluded that Aldrovanda don't like warm water thought they love the sun! Another thought is there isn't enough CO2 and food for photosynthesis as there wasn't any protozoa/larvae/microorganism in the water (okay maybe one or two but not enuf).
Oh, before I check out, Ifurita is right, I have found my Aldrovanda in my growing pot croweded by algae.
Since then I have not done any experiment. I'll repeat experiment soon and this time photographed.
Some people use Abate, which is distributed by BASF, to control mossie larvae. Recently, I added some juvenile guppies to hunt down the larvaes but will remove them once they get too big. Maybe, best thing is to change water every weekend. That way you get ride of algae and keep soluble salt in grwoing tray low too! Three birds with a pellet.
Arvin, I find those Waterboatman too in mt pond. They are very interesting critters. I'll harvest them as my VFT food. Btw, have you been bitten by one of them? Tiny prick sort of pain, no swelling.