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Vallisneria americana "natans"

Tropica No. 055


Vallisneria americana natans

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Family Hydrocharitaceae
Part of the world Asia
Height 50-100 cm
Width 10-15 cm
Light requirements low-high
Temperature 18-28oC
Hardness tolerance average-hard
pH tolerance acid-neutral
Easiness easy

Vallisneria americana "natans" is a very easy aquarium plant. It prefers hard, alkaline water and a fine nutrient rich substrate. Vallisneria americana "natans" is fast growing and propagates from the rhizome. As for many other aquarium plants, the maximum size depends much on the size of the aquarium. Therefore, this relatively large plant can also be used in the background of small aquaria where it seldom reaches a length of more than 40 cm.