Common Name
Crystalwort, Floating liverwort
Description
The crystalwort, Riccia fluitans, is known as a floating plant since the early days of the aquarium hobby. Especially Takashi Amano has inspired many aquarists to keep Riccia also submerged as a ground cover, tied with a line to stones. However certain types from the Riccia fluitans species group are more suitable for that than others. The form that is nowadays most commonly available does not easily float up to the surface and forms large cushions of long, thin thallus branches under water in a short time. Another form with similarly long but wider branches is sold by us as Riccia fluitans "Broad".
Source
Flowgrow
Characteristic
Popular carpet plant for Nature Aquaria
Soft, delicate texture
Produces many silvery oxygen bubbles
Complete Botanical Name
Ríccia flúitans L.
Family
Ricciaceae
Genus
Riccia
Category
Floating Plants
Difficulty
easy
Growth
fast
Carbon Dioxide
need
pH Value
5-7
Temperature Tolerance
4-30℃
Carbonate Hardness
0-21 dKH
General Hardness
0-30 °dGH
Propagation
Fragmentation, Splitting, Cutting off daughter plants
Can Grow Emersed?
yes
Aquascaping
fine-leaved
