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| I just got some water lettuce for my 10gal It was 5 for 1.00 so I figured why not... Has anyone ever kept this plant? if so what things should I know. thanks justin:D
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I've never heard of water lettuce before. You should take a picture.
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| I am assuming it's this plant: 
Pistia stratiotes From plantgeek.net: "Normally a pond plant, it will require good lighting to do well in the aquarium. " The plant needs medium high lighting and is a moderately difficult plant. Most likely, this plant will die if it's not given around 3-3.5 wpg.
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| I've heard of wisteria and duckweed also referred to as water lettuce before. That said, a pic or a confirmation on FattFishy's picture would be really helpful. If it's the Pistia mentioned above, it's going to need very strong light to thrive in your tank. It makes a good addition to open ponds because it loves sunlight, so make sure you've got quite a lot of watts over your tank for best growth.
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I have water lettuce outside in my ponds during the summer, and it grows like a weed. In the winter, like starting now, I bring it inside, and I have it growing on the top of 2 -- 120 gallon tanks, each one of which has a 2 -- 54 watt T5 lamps on it. Inside it grows very small, but it still keeps growing, and I harvest it weekly and feed it to my koi in the indoor pond. Come next spring, I will just toss some outside and we start the whole cycle over again.
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I've been looking for water lettuce. I want it for my goldfish tank. Lucky you.
--Fisher
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