Sunlight Only Tank
Dwarf Water Lettuce
Pistia stratiotes 'Dwarf'
Sparsely planted
Where it's from
Native to Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh and 122 more
Recorded as introduced in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba and 27 more places
The range of its wild species, Pistia stratiotes.
Native range: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) (CC BY 4.0).
At a glance
- Light
- High
- CO₂
- Not required
- Growth
- Fast
- Placement
- floating
- Temp
- 68–86°F
- 20–30°C
- pH
- 6.0–7.5
- GH
- 54–357 ppm
- 3–20 dGH
Ammonia 0 ppm and nitrate under 40 ppm.
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