Aquacide Blog — Fanfort

Aquatic Weed Control: Rid your beach of Invasive Fanwort (cabomba)

• 2 4-d • AquaClear Pellets • Aquatic Weed Control • Cabomba • Eurasian Milfoil • Fanfort • Fluridone • muck sediments • Starry Stonewort

An invasive aquatic plant known as fanwort is an exotic beautiful plant that poses significant threats to inland lakes. Fanwort is native to South America, it is a popular aquarium plant and is thought to have been brought to the United States through the aquarium trade.  It’s identified by intricate fan shaped leaves and white-pink floating flowers.  It is a highly aggressive and invasive plant that can rapidly force out native aquatic plants and readily form monocultures in depths up to 3 feet.  It is unknown how it spreads. There is one active ingredient know to be effective called furidone.  The...

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