Common Name: Dwarf Baby Tears
Found on Cuba, west of Havana.Hemianthus callitrichoides is one of the smallest aquarium plants in the world, and creeps over the bottom with millimetre-sized, round leaves. Hemianthus callitrichoides is an attractive and popular carpeting foreground plant for small aquariums. Small pearls or bubbles of oxygen are often produced on top of the plants, adding a very lively aspect to the carpet.
Hemianthus callitrichoides 'Cuba'
This plant is grown in-vitro and is kept in a nutrient medium. Remove plant from cup and rinse in aquarium water to remove any excess medium. Split into portions and plant into substrate with aquascaping tweezers.
It is not a difficult plant, but it requires good conditions such as enough light, added CO2, water circulation and fertilizer to thrive. If these conditions are hard to create, you may use Micranthemum ‘Monte-Carlo’ as an alternative, as it is less demanding. Trim the carpet regularly, otherwise the lower parts will not get enough light causing root death.
DO NOT RELEASE PLANTS AND LIVESTOCK INTO LOCAL WATERS.
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