Pond Boss Forums AQUATIC VEGETATION Balance of plants in the environment Floating island

Eric has a good concept of covering the floating swim noodles with shadecloth. I have used the noodles to float fish cages. After 2-3 years the noodles became pretty deteriorated and gradually were disappearing due to UV light exposure and weathering.

As I recall there are two sizes of diameter for those floating noodles. Regular size of 2.75" and a larger size about 4.5" diameter. I think the large size would be better and the extra money well spent to use the larger diameter noodles for floation of the islands. It will not take long (3-5 yrs) for the biomass of plant material to build up to where the overall weight will eventally cause the island to gradually sink.

Hopefully we can collect a list of plant names that will grow well on these floating islands. Maybe Andrew Davis can help us with this list.