Salvinia molesta
Entity overview
Floating growth is the main growth signal, with floating retained as placement metadata.
Classification signals for this plant include genus Salvinia, family Salviniaceae, order Salviniales, and major group Angiosperms.
The plant can also appear under Salvinia auriculata Salvinia natans.
For broader context and filtering, open the Aquarium Plant Library.
Water parameter context
For tank comparison, range values include temperature 24–28 °C, pH 5–8, KH 0–21 °dKH, and CO2 0–40 mg/L.
Useful next step: Estimate CO2 balance.
Nutrient range context
Macro and trace range fields show nitrate 10–50 mg/L, phosphate 0.1–3 mg/L, potassium 5–30 mg/L, and iron 0.01–0.5 mg/L.
Planning tool: Calculate nutrient dosing.
Care data interpretation
Care data shows easy difficulty, medium light demand, and recommended CO2.
The profile marks emersed growth as possible.
Use with this data: Calculate suitable lighting.
Growth and use data
Size and propagation fields include width up to 6 cm.
The plant profile includes propagation by cutting off daughter plants.
Quick specs
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Light
- Medium
- 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
