Salvinia Minima Aquarium Floating Plant

Salvinia Minima floating aquarium plant is an awesome addition to most fish tanks. It’s a great way to remove fish waste from your aquarium. This floating plant prefers bright lighting and still waterways.

When growing Salvinia in your aquarium, use a filter with low flow to not disturb the water surface too much. This plant prefers still and stagnant water surface. Sometimes with a filter on your aquarium that hangs on the side it’s difficult to keep floating plants like this alive because of the current the filter put out.

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You will need an aquarium LED light between the spectrums of 5000 K to 7000 K. Anything outside of that is probably not going to grow this Floating Aquarium Plant known as Salvinia.

It is advised to hang your aquarium lights between 4 to 7 inches above the water surface of your aquarium. This enables the floating plants to receive a more spread out pattern of the lighting. It also prohibits the light from burning the floating plant sitting at the surface.

[shawndoe]

Crazy hobby. As always its a mixed bag of experiences with plants & fish. Some people are unable to kill off certain species while others struggle to keep the same things alive. A checklist for floaters that you covered:

1) Zero or minimal water flow

2) Raise the lights above the water to spread the light coverage

3) Open top for air circulation otherwise in some instances mold may grow on floating plants

4) Floaters often require nutrient rich water to thrive

[jamesnoonan]

I've grown this plant with a hang on the back filter, I disagree with you saying it doesn't grow in flowing water. I simply use air tubing. This disperses any flow and creates a nursery for when the plants are still young and immature. These plants naturally grow in canals and streams, which do have some flow. Obviously, don't put them in a tank with a power head pointed at the surface, such as a river tank setup. I've grown them in a stagnant flow tank and the tank I've got now, and honestly, they've done a lot better with a slight amount of flow. Just thought I'd say as don't want people to be put off thinking they can only use sponge filters to have floating plants. Love the channel. Keep up the good work 👍

[shaunt]

Now you've made me worry about the high light and surface turbidity that I've just thrown my salv into 😂

[GriffsFish]

I have managed a hang on back filter with low flow it was difficult to tune but its doing great now

[hillbillycatfishin]

I was actually bidding on eBay for some rotalla and hornwort bundle and the Salvinia Minima was just a bonus plant in the bundle. I have a 125 with shrimp and endler/guppy hybrids with an oto cat and a corydorus along with a kuhli loach. Had some random plants but bought some dragon stone and some wood I want to drain it and scape the tank. Going to find a moss I like and cover the dragon stone and the wood. Run sponge filter all bio with an overflow tank 40g under neath. Hoping to make it a good looking natural tank when done.

[hillbillycatfishin]

I would say that moving water is ok but better at a minimum. The lighting I have I only keep a couple inches from surface and all surface plants have done decent. As that ok for myself as I need the light penetration for rooted plants in tank

[jamesmatthews]

I have a few tanks with hob filters And my salvinia minima is crazy fast growing I'm forced to sell it because I produce so much I also use a nicrew light bar they are amazing for the price

[Nigelaquaticsfish]

I have some tanks it dose grate and others it die fast it piss me off 😂

[MasonWood-sc]

You are WRONG! You can have flow and Salvinia will grow fast. In fast, when you start out with just a few pieces, having it float around the surface will help it get started.

[Nigelaquaticsfish]

I’m just saying fuck liquid fertilizer imma use CO2