Description
This small delicate water pennywort is especially popular with aquascapers from Asia, where it is known under different names, e.g. "Hydrocotyle maritima" and Hydrocotyle sp. "Japan". During the last few years it has spread fast in the European aquarium hobby, too. It belongs to the Australian species Hydrocotyle tripartita. With its clover-shaped small light green leaves and its creeping stems, this water pennywort is really decorative. Moreover, it is a fast grower, can be used in manifold ways, and it is rather undemanding. Hydrocotyle tripartita will show the best development under strong lighting and the injection of CO2. It grows more slowly in low-tech tanks, where it has slanting ascending stems.
Source
Flowgrow
Characteristic
Forms creeping or overhanging shoots
Pretty leaf form
Fresh light green colour
Can be used in many different ways
One of the most popular plants in aquascaping
Synonyms
Hydrocotyle sp. ''Australia'', Hydrocotyle sp. ''Japan''
Family
Araliaceae
Genus
Hydrocotyle
Misapplied Names
Hydrocotyle maritima
Category
Foreground
Difficulty
easy
Growth
very fast
Carbon Dioxide
need
pH Value
5-7
Temperature Tolerance
10-30℃
Carbonate Hardness
0-14 dKH
General Hardness
0-30 °dGH
Propagation
Runners, Cuttings
Can Grow Emersed?
yes
