Lemna Minor - Duckweed
Lemna Minor - Duckweed is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
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Standard Shipping: Aquarium Plants are typically dispatched within 1 business day. Delivery times vary based on the destination. We do not ship live plants on Friday, unless specifically requested.
- Urban Areas: 1-3 business days
- Rural Areas: 2-5 business days
- Courier Services Used: NZ Post, NZ Couriers, Post Haste
Free shipping is available for New Zealand customers with a minimum purchase of $150.00.
- Non-Rural Addresses Only: This offer applies only to non-rural addresses.
- Exclusions: Bulky items such as aquariums are excluded from the free shipping offer.
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- All live plants are guaranteed to arrive alive and healthy.
- If your plants arrive damaged, melted, or in poor condition, we’ll replace or refund them — no hassle.
- Just email us within 24 hours of delivery with clear photos of the affected plants and your order number.
Please Note
- The guarantee applies only to the initial delivery.
- Once the plants have been removed from their original packaging or planted into your aquarium, the guarantee no longer applies.
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We genuinely want your aquascape to thrive — and we’ll always do our best to make things right if something goes wrong.
Lemna Minor - Duckweed is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Lemna minor, better known as duckweed, is a tiny free floating plant made up of small rounded green fronds that drift across the water surface, each trailing a fine dangling root beneath it. It grows in standing to slow moving waters around the world and sits right at the top of the tank, floating on the surface rather than rooting into the substrate.
In your tank it needs little more than adequate light to thrive, and it multiplies quickly, so plan to scoop out a handful every week or so to keep light reaching the plants below. That fast growth is its strength: it soaks up excess nutrients and helps lower nitrate, its trailing roots give fish cover and a natural feel, and goldfish, carp and other grazers will happily browse on it. It is a natural fit for biotope and low tech setups where a living surface layer is welcome.
Care at a glance
- Placement: Floating surface
- Lighting: Low
- CO2: Low, not required
- Growth rate: Fast
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Colour: Green
Our duckweed is harvested fresh and algae free, and any conversion to submerged form starts in our grow-out tanks, which maximises success once it settles into your aquarium. Submerged means grown fully underwater, the form your plant takes and keeps in the aquarium. Emersed means grown with the leaves above the waterline, as many aquarium plants are farmed before they adapt to life underwater.
Difficulty: Beginner
Lighting Demand: Low
CO₂: Low
Growth Rate: Fast
NZ Rarity: Common
Colour: Green
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