Rosettes, Bulbs, and Ground Cover Plants
Giant Vallisneria
Vallisneria americana
Photo: Fredlyfish4 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature18–28 °C
- pH6.5–8.5
- Adult size150 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Origin
- North and Central America
- Size
- 50 – 150 cm
- Temperature
- 18 – 28°C
- pH
- 6.5 – 8.5
- GH
- 5 – 25 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Light
- average
- CO2
- Not required
- Fertilization
- low
- Growth
- fast
- Position
- background
- Propagation
- stolons
Notes: Very long, ribbon-like leaves that float on the surface. Perfect for tall aquariums and for hard-water cichlids, which don’t usually eat it.
