Pistia stratiotes grows to a height of 5-20+cm and a width of 5-20+cm and is a beautiful floating plant for open aquariums and indoor ponds. It is easy to propagate by using runners. In Europe it can also be used as a summer plant in garden ponds, although in the tropics it is regarded as a serious weed. It is also good in traditional aquariums where the fine, long, decorative roots provide hiding-places for gouramies and other surface fish. If growth is good it must be pruned to prevent it overshadowing the other plants.

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