Natuscape Salvinia Natans

Salvinia natans is a floating aquatic fern, prized for its rapid growth and its ability to form a natural, velvety layer on the water’s surface, giving the water an interesting texture and an emerald-green colour.

The plant has small, round leaves arranged in pairs on slender stems. Its distinctive feature is its small leaves, up to about 2 cm long, which are round or slightly elliptical in shape and covered on both sides with fine, dark hairs. Thanks to these hairs, the leaves do not absorb water and remain on the surface of the aquarium. The floating leaves, which grow in pairs, are flat and elliptical, whilst the submerged leaf is divided into 3–8 thread-like segments resembling roots. They are attached to short petioles.

This plant is ideal as a floating plant for most types of aquariums – from classic community tanks, through natural-style nature aquariums, right through to biotope and breeding.

Salvinia Natans It helps to reduce the amount of light entering the aquarium, thereby helping to control algae growth and providing more comfortable conditions for fish that prefer a shaded environment. It also absorbs very large amounts of nitrogen from the water, which further helps to reduce excess nitrogen levels.

It works particularly well in aquariums housing betta fish, gouramis, small schooling fish and shrimps, providing them with a sense of security and natural shelter.

Origin: Europe, Africa, Asia

Difficulty level: Easy

Growth rate: Very fast

Colour: Light Green

Planting Plan: For a pond

Minimum and maximum sizes: 0.5 cm – 3 cm

Salvinia Natans It adapts well to a variety of aquarium conditions. It thrives best under moderate to strong lighting, where it quickly covers the surface of the aquarium.

❗ The nature of light has a key influence on the appearance of plants! ❗

• In bright light The plant grows faster. The leaves become larger and wider, and their colour begins to take on an intense, emerald-green hue.
• In low light The plant’s growth rate slows down significantly. The plant takes on a yellowish hue, the leaves shrink drastically in size, and the plant itself becomes delicate.

It does not require the addition of CO₂, although its presence may further improve the growth rate.

It is important to ensure that the water surface is not completely covered, as this may restrict gas exchange and the amount of light reaching the plants below.

General light requirements: Low / Medium

Recommended lighting power according to the technology used:

~ 0.5 W/L (T8/T5 fluorescent lamps)

0.4 W/L – 0.2 W/L (LED light)

~ 25 Lm/L (LED diodes)

Water pH: pH 6.5 – 7.5

Water hardness (GH) : 5 – 15

Temperature: 18 – 25 °C

Salvinia natansPlace it directly on the surface of the water in an aquarium or pond.

The plant reproduces vegetatively by dividing its shoots, which means that over time it begins to spread naturally. Left to its own devices, it can gradually cover the entire surface of the body of water.

To maintain the aquarium’s aesthetic appearance and ensure adequate light reaches the lower parts of the tank, it is recommended that you regularly thin out any excess plants.

The plants offered in our shop come exclusively from our own breeding aquariums, and not from mass greenhouse plantations.

This allows them to acclimatise to their new tank much more quickly and easily, as they have been developing in an aquatic environment from the outset, rather than in terrestrial conditions.

Plants from farms differ in appearance and often require a long time to adapt to the aquarium. to adapt to the aquarium, while when our specimens almost from a18> once accepted themselves.

When you buy from us, you can be sure that you are getting healthy seedlings that will continue to grow without any problems.

Quantity sold: A portion containing 10–12 leaves

The plants we send you are issued with plant passports, also known as plant health certificates.

I declare, that in accordance with Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) 2016/2031 of October 26, 2016, on measures for the protection against plant pests a13> plant pests, amending Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) No.

No. 1143/2014 and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2006/91/EC, and 2007/33/EC, each commercial unit is accompanied by a plant passport.