{"product_id":"dwarf-nano-water-lettuce-pistia-stratiotes","title":"Dwarf\/Nano Water Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) x25 Plants","description":"\u003cp\u003e[Note: Listing is for 25 plants]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are the smaller water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes), they don't grow into the large pond types, making them perfect for tropical aquaria.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an easy to care for species, they take \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCO₂ from the atmosphere so don't require a high tech setup. They grow quite fast (propagating from runners) and are excellent at taking up nutrients to help keep your water clean and healthy. They are fantastic at helping to control algae.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey like a bit of warmth so are great in tropical aquaria or heated cold water aquaria, but they'll be too cold in an outdoor pond. We recommend a minimum of 18°C and they thrive above 22\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e°C.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir fine, trailing roots provide perfect hiding places for smaller fish and fry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs with most floating plants they don't like a lot of current or the tops of their leaves to be wet. If you've got a lid on your tank it's best to leave an air gap so they don't get damp with condensation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plants are grown by us in our specialist aquaria, using our own sustainable methods. We don't use chemicals or chemical fertilisers on these plants so they are snail and shrimp safe too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll of our plants are grown in real world conditions, not in stale agar in a laboratory, so they will adapt really quickly to their new home and there should be no danger of melting which happens with plants from grow cups.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NP Aquatics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53978000949586,"sku":"DPS25","price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1086\/8778\/6322\/files\/IMG_5853.jpg?v=1783775225","url":"https:\/\/npaquatics.co.uk\/products\/dwarf-nano-water-lettuce-pistia-stratiotes","provider":"NP Aquatics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}