Salvinia Minima
Salvinia Minima
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Salvinia Minima is a beautiful and easy-to-care-for floating plant that adds a natural touch to freshwater aquariums. Its small, oval-shaped leaves form dense clusters on the water’s surface, providing shade and reducing excess light penetration. This floating fern is highly beneficial for water quality, absorbing excess nutrients and helping to prevent algae growth. Salvinia Minima is an excellent choice for shrimp, betta tanks, and aquariums with fish that prefer subdued lighting.
Key Features
Key Features
Floating Growth: Forms a dense mat on the surface, creating a natural and appealing look.
Velvety, Oval Leaves: Each leaf has fine water-repellent hairs that prevent submersion.
Shade & Algae Control: Reduces excess light, limiting algae growth and providing shelter for fish and shrimp.
Improves Water Quality: Absorbs excess nutrients, helping to maintain balanced water parameters.
Fast-Growing & Low Maintenance: Requires minimal care and thrives in various conditions.
Care Tips
Care Tips
- Lighting: Prefers moderate to high lighting for optimal growth.
- CO₂ & Fertilization: Does not require CO₂; benefits from liquid fertilization, especially in nutrient-deficient tanks.
- Temperature: Best suited for 65–80°F (18–27°C).
- Water Conditions: Thrives in a pH range of 6.0–7.5 with soft to moderately hard water.
- Water Flow: Prefers calm water; excessive surface agitation can cause damage or slow its spread.
- Trimming & Maintenance: Regular thinning is needed to prevent excessive coverage and ensure oxygen exchange.
- Propagation: Reproduces quickly through division, with new plantlets forming along the runners.
Live Arrival Guarantee
Live Arrival Guarantee
In the event of a DOA, we will replace the affected plants or livestock and reship FOR FREE!
If a DOA has occurred, please send clear photos of the affected plants or livestock in their closed shipping containers to info@dakuaquatics.com within 2 hours of the first delivery attempt and we will make it right!
With its lush green foliage and easy-care nature, Salvinia Minima is an excellent floating plant for both beginner and experienced aquarists, providing both aesthetic appeal and functional benefits to any freshwater setup.
These plants showed up in great shape when they arrived and have been thriving ever since.
Have gotten multiple shipments of minima from Daku. Always in great shape when it arrives and survives well until the goldfish eat it ;). Will keep coming back!
Instantly made my tank homier!! Came neatly packaged and fast, super healthy plants more than I hoped for! Thank you again