Amazon Frogbit - Limnobium laevigatum

Amazon Frogbit - Limnobium laevigatum is a floating plant native to Central and South America, commonly utilized in ponds and aquariums alike. Unlike many other floating plants, Amazon Frogbit boasts a larger size, making it an ideal choice for providing shade and shelter for shy aquatic species. With lily-like leaves that gracefully float on the water's surface, it also serves as a beneficial addition to terrariums and paludariums, offering a suitable habitat for small semi-aquatic creatures. This variety typically grows mature plants to spans of 2-4 inches per pod.

Amazon Frogbit - Limnobium laevigatum Uses

Floating aquarium plants like Amazon Frogbit are useful to provide cover on the surface of your aquarium. Having floating plants on your top water can limit the amount of light getting into your tank and thus help fight off algae. Additionally Amazon Frogbit - Limnobium laevigatum will use up excessive nitrates in your water column, in turn helping create a better stable environment for your livestock like shrimp, fish, and snails. In any shrimp breeding tank it is highly recommend to have some sort of floating plant like Limnobium laevigatum or others.

In aquascapes these floating aquarium plants add a new element to the design, and bring a natural top-water look to any planted tank.

Amazon Frogbit - Limnobium laevigatum Care

Amazon Frogbit like many floating plants prefer slow surface agitation. The biggest factor is lighting and nitrates in the water column available to the plant. It can accept a range of PH from 6.3-7.8 and still thrive well. Additionally Temps ranging from 62-82 are fine. It is a low demanding floating plant in terms of care. Providing it with nitrates will help it grow more quickly, but be mindful of your livestock when adding any fertilizers that might help with this. We recommend Thrive S as a good solution safe for shrimp and what plants need.

Frog bit is fine in many levels of hardness ranging from 3-6 GH to 12-15 GH. When keeping any plant generally it is more important to be constant in parameters, rather than spot on with certain parameters. A constant tank of lighting, parameters, temps will lead to a more stable planted tank.

Amazon Frogbit - Limnobium laevigatum Propagation

Juvenile Plants are grow out by side shoots of the mature plants. There is not much help needed besides providing optimal water conditions as noted in the care section above. It will grow to overtake the entire surface of an aquarium if provided good conditions and left unchecked.

Please note Amazon Frogbit plant is considered an invasive species in some states and several countries. This is due to people releasing it into pond, lakes, or other bodies of water where the emergent leaves left unchecked propagate and spread and soon take over. Please practice safe disposal of these plants if unwanted.

Problems Associated with Amazon Frogbit - Limnobium laevigatum

Melting:

This arises from flow issues, like excessive flow, resulting in plant decay known as browning. Thus, maintain a gentle flow to uphold plant health. Excessive lighting can also induce melting. Lower LED light intensity and shorten the photoperiod to gradually revive plant health. While generally easy to care for, these melting concerns should be kept in mind when caring for Amazon Frogbit.

Overcrowding:

Amazon Frogbit, known as Limnobium laevigatum, rapidly multiplies in ideal environments, swiftly blanketing the entire surface while efficiently absorbing biological waste. However, preventing it from completely covering the surface is crucial, as it can obstruct light penetration, thereby inhibiting the growth of plants below and creating an inhospitable environment for them.

Holes in leaves:

Tiny perforations in the leaves of Amazon Frogbit suggest a potassium deficiency. Rectify this by administering potassium-rich fertilizers such as Flourish Advance to counterbalance the low potassium levels in the aquarium water. With appropriate treatment, any floating plant should swiftly rebound!

Buying Amazon Frogbit - Limnobium laevigatum

When buying any plants online it is important to ask questions and know what you are getting. Shipping plants is not hard, but there are many things to consider. The current weather conditions of your area if mild are ideal, otherwise in harsh cold or hot climates during peak season it can be difficult to order plants in the mail and allow them to travel for 2-4 days before arriving to you. Consider heat packs or cool packs when needed for plants depending on current temperatures.

There are many sellers of plants online which include marketplaces and website alike. We here at TheShrimpFarm.com proudly sell our own Amazon Frogbit and we grow it in house! We also offer a snail free guarantee if that is desirable for your tank situation.