Salvinia oblongifolia
Salvinia oblongifolia
Salvinia oblongifolia is a floating plant suited to floating planting.
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Planting & care
- PlacementFloating
- Growth typeFloating plant
- LightMedium
- CO2None
About this plant
Care level: Beginner. Light requirement: medium. Injected CO₂: none.
Quick specs
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Light
- Medium
- CO₂
- None
- Temperature
- 75–82°F (24–28°C)
- Placement
- Floating
- Growth type
- Floating plant
- Aquarium suitability
- Suitable for aquariums Suitable for long-term aquarium use.
Water conditions
Plant reference ranges, not dosing instructions or measurements from your aquarium. Consider livestock needs and measured conditions.
- Temperature
- 75–82°F (24–28°C)
- pH
- 5–8
- Carbonate hardness
- 0–21 °dKH
- CO₂ (mg/L)
- 0–40 mg/L
Growth & placement
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Propagation
- fragmentation, splitting, cutting off daughter plants
- Emersed growth
- No
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What you’ll need to grow Salvinia oblongifolia
Start with this plant’s documented care needs, then use an AquariumLesson calculator to size the setup for your aquarium.
Taxonomy
- Major group
- Angiosperms
- Family
- Salviniaceae
- Genus
- Salvinia
- Botanical name
- Salvinia oblongifolia
