Italian Val - Vallisneria spiralis - Live Aquarium Plants

Vallisneria spiralis originates from Southern Europe and North Africa. It has linear grasslike leaves 4-8mm wide and pale to mid green in colour which are arranged in a rosette. The flowers are borne a long tightly spiralled stem from which the plants derives its name. This is an undemanding plant a good starting plant. 1 bunch of 5-7 supplied - Please do not just drop these in a shrimp tank or with any other crustacean Plants are incubated in a solution of 0.01% of the insecticide Buprafezin for one hour (Please do not just drop these in a shrimp tank or with any other crustacean. To use these within a tank please wash in water with baking soda under light. These are treated to remove the insecticide but there are cases where this has not been fully removed causing casualty's in crustacean.