Salvinia minima
Entity overview
Salvinia minima is handled as a floating plant while also carrying floating placement data.
The taxonomy values align this plant with genus Salvinia, family Salviniaceae, order Salviniales, and major group Angiosperms.
Search matching can also use Salvinia natans Salvinia rotundifolia.
For broader context and filtering, open the Aquarium Plant Library.
Care data interpretation
Care tags available for this plant include easy difficulty, low light demand, and recommended CO2.
Emersed growth is marked as possible.
Aquarium tool: Calculate suitable lighting.
Water parameter context
Structured water data includes temperature 24–28 °C, pH 5–8, KH 0–21 °dKH, and CO2 0–40 mg/L.
Use with this data: Estimate CO2 balance.
Nutrient range context
Nutrient-related values in this profile include nitrate 10–50 mg/L, phosphate 0.1–3 mg/L, potassium 5–30 mg/L, and iron 0.01–0.5 mg/L.
Useful next step: Calculate nutrient dosing.
Growth and use data
The growth portion of the profile includes width 1–2 cm.
For propagation, the profile lists cutting off daughter plants.
Quick specs
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Recommended
- Temperature
- 24–28 °C
- Placement
- floating
- Growth type
- floating
- Aquarium suitability
- Yes
Water parameters
- pH
- 5–8
- Carbonate hardness
- 0–21 °dKH
- CO₂ (mg/L)
- 0–40 mg/L
Nutrient ranges
- Nitrate (NO₃)
- 10–50 mg/L
- Phosphate (PO₄)
- 0.1–3 mg/L
- Potassium (K)
- 5–30 mg/L
- Iron (Fe)
- 0.01–0.5 mg/L
Taxonomy
- Major group
- Angiosperms
- Family
- Salviniaceae
- Genus
- Salvinia
