Plants
Spiral Vallisneria
Vallisneria spiralis
Also called: V. americana, Vallisneria
Key facts
- Temperature15–30 °C
- pH6–9
- Adult size60 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Origin
- Subtropical and tropical (cosmopolitan)
- Size
- 30 – 60 cm
- Temperature
- 15 – 30°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 9.0
- GH
- 5 – 25 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Light
- average
- CO2
- Not required
- Fertilization
- low – medium
- Growth
- very fast
- Position
- back
- Substrate
- inert
- Propagation
- lateral stolons
Notes: It grows as fast as the goldfish eats it, remaining viable. It tolerates hard, alkaline water perfectly. A good strategy is to plant it in large quantities so the goldfish can nibble on it without depleting the supply.
