Water Spangle, Salvinia Minima, Live Aquarium/Aquatic/Freshwater/Floating/Pond Plant/Planted Tank/Aquascaping/Paludarium by Aquarium Plant Center (12 Plants, 60+ Leaves)

This is one of my favorite aquarium plants. It does a great job cleaning the water column, provides cover for fish and unlike water lettuce it does not produce roots long enough to reach the substate at the bottom of an aquarium. As long as you provide water spangles with plenty of full-spectrum light or sunlight and the water it floats on has at least some nutrients in it you should be good to go.A few tips:1. This plant does not like strong water current. Filterless aquariums or aquariums with low flow are best for water spangles.2. In a covered aquarium it can be prone to rotting from condensation on the leaves. Lidless aquariums are best.3. This plant likes bright lighting (6500K or more is ideal) but you need to make sure there is ample space between the light and the plant. Unless you install a light source that is elevated above your aquarium by at least four inches you may need to drop the aquarium water level a few inches.4. Water spangles can strip the water column of nutrients, so if your fish stocking levels are low and you have lots of other plants in the aquarium that feed from the water column you may run into nutrient deficiencies in which case a little liquid fertilizer may be in order.You can't go wrong with water spangles. I've had success with it in lots of different setups, from large aquariums stocked with livebearers to gallon jars filled with pond water on windowsills and stocked with scuds and ramshorn snails. If you can't get this plant to thrive you might as well stick to plastic plants.

After getting the first shipment lost in the mail. I contacted the company for a replacement and they couldn't have been nicer about it. They checked my local weather to make sure the plants could survive the whole trip and promptly sent a replacement. It arrived today in spectacular shape. Looked freshly packed. Beautiful green leaves without a hint of brown anywhere. The double order was enough to cover an entire corner of a 55 gallon top fin tank. Looks amazing floating there. I can't wait for it to grow to cover the entire top of the tank. I'm in hopes it helps with my algae problems. Even though it only gets the cover lights and every fish I have eats algae, I still have it covering everything. This should reduce the light under it hopefully reducing my algae. Fingers crossed. I won't hesitate to order from theses people again should I need something. I recommend this product and the company highly.

These plants are fantastic. They arrived healthy, seem to thrive in a variety of water conditions, propagate quickly, are edible to fish, and are not so small that they are hard to remove if you change your mind about them. I can easily recommend for aquariums or paludariums that don't need a lot of light below the water.

Product came exactly as described and very healthy with even some new leaves coming in. Nice lush green color with no brown leaves. Healthy hardy size. Would purchase again.

I was initially skeptical about my order because it took three days for shipment, but it was delivered in good condition. Some of the roots came off as soon as I placed the plant in water, but it still managed to survive. Although it seemed a bit pricey for the counts, but it was well-packaged and delivered, as described on the website.

The plants were exactly as described. They were healthy and beautiful upon unpacking them. Definitely I would purchase again from this seller.

Arrived alive. However it had a limited lifespan. The water was warm and had a pump circulating it, aquarium had a light. The only thing in the water was shrimp. I may have done something wrong. I thought it may spread and was disappointed when it withered away.

These beauties arrived in perfect condition. Only advice I would give to buyers is; if you have a filter attached to fish tank that you use a floating feeder hoop or square to keep Sal unía mínima away from direct water water flow. Attach the feeder hoop/square away from direct water flow from filter. The plants will stay contained in calmer water. You can use more than one floating feeder barrier according to tank size. You can’t really see them as they float at top and you can see salvinia minima. The feededer hoops blend in. My Tangerine Betta and Nerite snail love these plants and the other plants in the tank get light as needed. It’s more controlled. I received the Salvinia way ahead of time.