Utricularia gibba control... help!

[pepetj]

I kind of liked this predator little plant as it remained as surface floating in limited quantities. I have some interesting tiny surface insects in most of my tanks and it was nice to see it "munching".

Is this a "side effect of EI"? Most of by plants biomass is growing like I've never witnessed before since I got the "pulse" of dosing EI. I figure U gibba is taking advantage of this enhanced environment for growing amok.

I have U gibba in some of my tanks and I'm considering tearing them down to get rid of it. Before I do that... I want to ask if there's an alternative for controlling this species that is now invading most of my other plants at substrate level.

I would like to keep some of the specimens of plants U gibba has taken hold on; is there a safe method to "clean" them or would it be wise to cut my losses and start over...

Good thing I enjoy working with my tanks and have the time for it.

Pepetj
Santo Domingo

 

[Tom Barr]

Eiii!
the weed, this, Riccia and moss, duckweed.
These are far far harder to deal with than algae.

You can pick out the plants and be very religious about getting any last bit and keep looking for months after, then you'll check any new additions to your tank from then on

 

[Matt F.]

Eiii!
the weed, this, Riccia and moss, duckweed.
These are far far harder to deal with than algae.

You can pick out the plants and be very religious about getting any last bit and keep looking for months after, then you'll check any new additions to your tank from then on

This is what I do with riccia. I hate that plant. tweezers and time.

 

[pepetj]

I put away most of the Hydrocotyle sibthorpoides the U gibba was mostly tangled in. I've been carefully removing all threads of U gibba I can find but I'm certain there's more in there.

I replanted part of the nodes with roots of the H sibthorpoides hoping it will grow back.

I spent three hours working on two small tanks. Good thing I took the day off yesterday. I'm heading to those two tanks now for another round with this tiny yet troubling plant.

I found some Riccia fluitans and removed it before it turns into another problem.

Pepetj
Santo Domingo