Vallisneria spiralis - Tissue Culture
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The Vallisneria spiralis, commonly known as Straight Vallisneria or Italian Val, is a classic background plant that adds height, movement, and a natural aesthetic to freshwater aquariums. Featuring long, ribbon-like leaves that sway beautifully with the current, this hardy plant is perfect for creating lush, jungle-like aquascapes while also providing shelter for fish and invertebrates.
Grown in sterile tissue culture, this plant is 100% pest-free, disease-free, and algae-free, ensuring a clean and healthy start for your aquarium. Unlike traditionally grown plants, tissue culture specimens arrive with strong, young growth, ready to establish in your tank.
Features We Love:
- Tall, Flowing Ribbon-Like Leaves – Provides a beautiful, swaying effect in aquariums.
- Hardy & Beginner-Friendly – Thrives in various conditions with minimal care.
- Fast-Spreading Runners – Quickly fills in background areas for a natural look.
- Great for Oxygenation & Water Quality – Helps absorb excess nutrients and reduce algae growth.
Care Guidelines:
- Light: Low to high.
- Temperature: 64° - 82° F (18° - 28° C).
- pH Range: 6.0 - 8.0.
- Growth Rate: Fast.
- Ideal Placement: Background.
Pro Tips:
- Avoid Trimming the Leaves – Instead, remove entire older leaves at the base to encourage new growth.
- CO₂ Not Required – Vallisneria thrives in low-tech tanks and does well with just good lighting and nutrients.
- Propagates via Runners – Once established, this plant sends out runners, forming a dense, natural background.
- Compatible with Most Fish & Invertebrates – A great choice for shrimp, livebearers, and community fish.
100% Live Arrival Guarantee:
We stand by the quality of our plants. All Aquatic Arts plants come with a 100% Live Arrival Guarantee.
For the safety of our animals, we only ship live fish, crabs, and select other inverts exclusively via UPS 1 Day Air. If your order contains this item, you will only see UPS 1 Day Air as a shipping option during checkout. If other items are in your cart that can ship with 2 day or standard shipping options the only shipping method you can still select is UPS 1 Day Air.
UPS 1 Day is a description of the duration of time a shipment will spend in transit once it has been shipped. This does not guarantee the package will be shipped the same or next day from which the order was placed.
Shipping Schedule for this service
Current Handling Time:
1-9 business days
Here at Aquatic Arts, we consider the welfare of the live animals we are shipping to be of the foremost importance. This process is much more involved than simply creating a shipping label and affixing it to a box. Depending on the order, it takes from 4 to 7 people to complete this process properly. We check the weather conditions here where they fly out of the Indianapolis UPS facility and the destination for each shipment. We start early each morning and go through a multi-step process to have the day's shipments prepared in time for the UPS pickup. The volume of orders in our system also affects the processing time. Therefore our stated handling time is 1-9 business days.
Shipping Rate
Pricing is by size of package needed to fill entire order and distance it must travel. It will be calculated at checkout.
