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Ricca Fluitans

Aquarium plant Ricca Fluitans
  • Ricca Fluitans ( crystalwort )is the plant used in many of Takashi Amano Aquascapes.  
  • This can create a rolling hills effect if used properly.
  • Riccia can be tied to rocks and driftwood.
  • Tie it with fishing line to rocks, or driftwood
  • Riccia is a great excess nutrient hedge that can help remove harmful amonia, nitrates and nitrites from the aquarium.
  • This Beautiful Ricca Fluitans ( crystalwort )is the awesome grasslike plant as seen in Takashi Amano Landscaping.  
  • This can create a rolling hills effect if used properly.
  • Ricca Fluitans may contain bladderwort.  This may be slightly yellow depending on current weather conditions
  • Riccia is great for creating a stunning Amano-style foreground.
  • Tie it with fishing line to rocks, or place in plastic mesh (onion bags). Can also be used as a floating plant for baby fish.
  • Additionally, riccia is a great nutrient/waste sump that can help remove harmful amonia, nitrates and nitrites from your fish tank.
  • This plant thrives in rich co2 plant tanks
  • Small portion not generous
  • This may be either the floating variety or the sinking variety .

Longer description

Lemna minor
Family:Acanthaceae
Scientific Name:Lemna minor
Common Name:
Distribution:Cosmopolitan
Height:0.2-
Width:0.2-0.7
Light Required:low-very high
Temperature:5-30
pH:4.5-9
Ease of care:very easy
Notes:

In aquariums Lemna minor is often regarded as a weed that is hard to avoid. But if you patiently remove visible plants every day you will get rid of it within a few weeks. Goldfish like eating L. minor from the surface.

Author:Tropica
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