Hydrocotyle tripartita
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Hydrocotyle tripartita is a great foreground option that can form tidy low growth and add texture, especially when given stable conditions and patience. It adapts well with or without CO₂.
Care At-A-Glance
Difficulty: Easy
Type: Pennywort-type plant with stems spreading outward
Size: 5 - 10cm in height
Position and Usage: Flexible - can be used anywhere depending on pruning from carpetlike to background bushes in smaller tanks. Most often used as a midground plant that can spread stems and leaves around the tank. Works great as a epiphyte tied hardscape (driftwood and rocks)
CO2 Requirements: Not required
Growth Rate: High
Lighting: 3/5 - 5/5
Water Conditions: 18 - 24°C, pH of 6.0 to 7.0
Propagation/Reproduction: Runners Terrarium use: Can be grown emersed like almost all aquatic plants and works well in a moist terrarium, vivarium or plaudarium
Detailed Information
Overview
Hydrocotyle tripartita: This is a fantastic, easy, and extremely versatile plant that can be used as a carpet, forground, midground or even background display. It has very few specific requirements and grows well in low-tech tanks. It also really shines with good lighting and CO2 injection.
This plant is an amazing addition to any aquarium and its beautiful fan shaped leaves make for little platforms that fish and shrimp perch on to rest, relax and contemplate their underwater existence. A great addition to aquariums with bottom dwelling fish, catfish like Corydoras or Ottos, shrimp and slow moving labyrinth fish like Gouramis and Bettas.
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