This was the only low light ground cover my legs had in stock and it is t one I’m familiar with so I was curious if anyone could ID it so I could figure out its needs.
Curious what this ground cover is
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It looks like hydrocotle tripartita or similar to me. It can be kept low or allowed to get taller as yours is doing with that 1 spot. If you want it low just pinch off the taller part or let it grow tall. It "can" grow with lower light & no co2 but is better with higher highish light & co2. Be very gentle when vacuuming near it, it's a bit fragile but pretty.
Would have my vote too.
But I wouldn't think of it as a carpet plant unless under higher light, as it's not gonna creep otherwise, just grow leggy.
Hydrocotyle cf. tripartita
This small, delicate Hydrocotyle is highly popular with aquascapers especially from Asia, and is known under diverse names there. It was hardly known in Europe until recently. However, it was imported from Thailand to Italy in 2008 under th...
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If that helps.
Great! Thanks for that. I have never seen this one before and most of my lfs carry all the most common stuff so that's why I grabbed it. I'll move it to a more midground position since I'm not running any kind of complex setup at the moment.
My tanks are fairly large & I'm lazy, lol.