Salvinia natans is an easy floating plant that gently shades your aquarium, helping reduce the intensity of bright LED lighting. Ideal for tanks where the light feels a little too strong.
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Compact pink stem with striking white-veined leaves — unusual and eye-catching
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Origin: North America
Position in Aquarium: Midground
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Growth rate: Medium pace
Alternanthera rosanervig is a compact pink stem plant with an eye-catching feature that sets it apart: the veins running through the leaves are a contrasting white, creating a striking netted pattern against the deep pink-red leaf surface. It's a plant you notice up close.
It stays more compact and shorter-stemmed than the taller Alternanthera species, making it well suited to midground placement. It needs medium to bright lighting and benefits from CO2 supplementation to maintain strong colour. Plant in small groups of two or three for best visual effect.
Note: the product image shows the species at full potential rather than the size you will receive at shipping.
You’ll receive a healthy, rooted plant in a pot, similar to those shown. Each one is hand-checked before dispatch.
Same-day dispatch on orders placed before 4pm, Monday to Friday. Tracked 24 Service from £4.99, DPD Express from £6.99.
Customers praised this vibrant pink/red aquarium plant for its "stunning" colors and healthy arrival. Most reported excellent growth, propagation success, and beautiful appearance in tanks. Some concerns about size being smaller than expected and occasional plant deterioration. Well-packaged delivery consistently noted. "Red looks stunning amongst the shades of green."
I was a bit concerned that these plants might lose their colour but they are growing well and the red looks stunning amongst the shades of green. Already roots are forming along the stems.
Don’t worry if the leaves look a little garishly pink - once in the tank the green undersides will catch the light and it will look wonderful :)
Gorgeous plants 🪴
Quick delivery 🌺
Very red
I like it a lot.
Arrived alive even though it had a long trip.
Lovely plants stand out in the tank.
Lovely healthy plant
Very nice plant.well packaged , in great condition and a good size. Took a chance and put it in my planted goldfish tank, it hasn't been touched yet and is doing very well
Nice plant. I was worried it wouldn't get enough light being slightly covered by another leaf, but it seems to have grown in a few weeks so it is now above the level of the others. I'm quite low-tech but it seems to still be keeping a nice colour. And so far my apple snails don't seem to be eating it, which is always a plus!
Very nice little plant. Arrived promptly in good condition.
Quick delivery and well packed. I've had it in my tank for a few weeks now and it has grown well with a lovely dark pink underneath and a more delicate green and pink on top of the leaves. (It pays to "listen" to Richard's tips ????)
Healthy plant but smaller than I have received in the past and in the photo
Excellent foreground plant, came in great condition and has grown so well I’ve already been able to propagate them , just about doubled the cover I had.
Plants arrived in excellent condition . Good packaging
Such a beautiful plant and delivered in perfect condition if you want quality plants then this I'd the place to come 5 stars given
Superb colours
Arrived healthy and well packaged (with other large items). Pot split into 5 plants and are all doing well in my aquarium
Sorry plant dead did not last in tank
Arrived in excellent condition and appears to be growing in size!
Love it ! Very healthy looking plant ????
Really nice plant in the aquarium, colours excellent,. Well packaged for delivery
Lovely plant, in great condition, well packed, looks great in the tank and thriving. Great product.
Excellent plant, good size and arrived really healthy. Now planted in my tank and it is thriving.
For the first time I was very disappointed with this plant.It was barely 5 cms high and fell apart as I tried to take the rockwool off Very poor plant indeed.
Plant was in good condition but started to lose all leaves within a couple of weeks. Didn’t look like the usual melting that some plants do. Remains to be seen whether it will survive
Beautiful bright Red when it arrived starting to dull down a bit but still very Beautiful
too small for the price
Arrived in great condition, and they are flourishing really well and my fish seem to like them .
They look beautiful in tank
These plants arrived in a strong condition and are now growing away beautifully. I recommend this plant as a striking fore gound centerpiece.
A very healthy attractive plant delivered next day, looks great in my aquarium.
Arrived as promised, great packaging well ptotected. Plants are in my quarantine tank and look very healthy, nice plants, nice price, quality company. Thank you.
Really bright and colourful, received in great condition and really adds something different to a planted tank.
Can this live in pots or does it need to planted
The plant will need to be taken out of the rockwool and the pot and then planted up in the substrate.
The contrasting white veins running through the pink-red leaves create a distinctive netted pattern that sets it apart from other Alternanthera species.
It stays more compact than other Alternanthera, making it suitable for midground placement where the leaf detail can be appreciated up close.
CO2 supplementation improves colour intensity and growth rate. Without it the plant survives but the pink tones and vein contrast are less vivid.
Medium to bright lighting. Low light produces weak, washed-out colour and slow growth.
Yes — the product images show the species at full potential. The plant you receive will be smaller and will develop over time in the aquarium.
