Leading Australian grower and supplier of Carnivorous Plants and Water Plants.
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PLEASE NOTE: 4 July 2025 - Donna is slowly recovering from an operation, so please be patient with us
during this time however we are basically up to date with processing mail orders, so if you would
like to order, it should be less than a week before your order is packed and posted .
New postage options on our Checkout Page. Please let us know if you have any teething issues with them.
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Triffid Park is NOT open to the public for walk in sales or tours, except for our Annual Open Day.
Our Annual Carnivorous Plant Nursery Open Day is on Sunday 23 November 2025.
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OXYGENATING WATER PLANTS - OXYGENATORS
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Oxygenating water plants help to maintain a clean and healthy pond by competing for and absorbing nutrients such as ammonia, nitrates, nitrites and other minerals and salts as algae does.
If these build up, they can unbalance the pond and become toxic to fish and other aquatic animals.
They are thought of as 'nutrient sponges' and are heavy feeders, absorbing through their leaves and roots, starving the algae. Oxygenating water plants provide some oxygen in the daylight when they photosynthesize, but reverse this process at night when they consume some of the oxygen as they respire.
Oxygenating plants usually have some leaves under water and some floating on or standing above the waters surface.
This all reduces the sunlight on the pond water and shades the algae.
Even though they are vigorous growers, it is still easier to scoop out some of the plants and throw away when it gets too big, rather than trying to remove and deal with excess algae.
The excess plants are full of nutrients and make an excellent mulch spread out over the garden.
The underwater leaves especially provides shelter for frogs, fish and other aquatic life and is good for egg laying and spawning.
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