Tropica 001 Tissue Culture - Riccia fluitans

Tropica 001 Tissue Culture - Riccia fluitans

Tropica 001 Tissue Culture - Riccia fluitans is a live aquarium plant for hobbyists who want a floating plant that gives young fish cover, or a fine, textured carpet-style look when kept submerged. It is grown by tissue culture and supplied in a closed cup. Riccia fluitans is a cosmopolitan liverwort, listed here as a moss-type plant, and it can be kept floating or held under the water.

Key Benefits

• Works as a traditional floating plant that offers good protection for young fish.
• Flexible: can be kept floating at the surface or submerged in the aquarium.
• Naturally 1-5 cm (0.4-2") tall, so it suits a range of aquascaping ideas.
• Popular with aquascapers since Takashi Amano inspired many aquarium owners to keep it submerged.
• Medium growth rate, with medium light and medium CO2 demand.
• Grown by tissue culture and supplied in a closed cup.

How to Use

• Floating: leave it at the surface as a classic floating plant, where it gives cover for young fish.
• Submerged: tie it to a stone with a piece of fishing line to keep it down.
• Trimming: new shoots always grow towards the surface, so submerged Riccia may need pruning with scissors.
• Growing conditions: Riccia fluitans thrives best with added CO2. In good growing conditions, small oxygen bubbles form on the leaf tips.

Suitable For

• Aquarists who want a floating plant to shelter young fish.
• Aquascapers who want to keep Riccia submerged, tied to stone.
• Planted tanks with medium light and medium CO2.

Specifications

• Origin: Cosmopolitan
• Growth rate: Medium
• Height: 3 - 5+
• Light demand: Medium
• CO2: Medium
• Natural height of the plant: 1-5 cm (0.4-2")

What's Included

• One live aquatic aquarium plant, Riccia fluitans, grown by tissue culture and supplied in a closed cup.

Please note: this is a live aquatic aquarium plant.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can Riccia fluitans be kept underwater?
Yes. It can be kept submerged or floating. To keep it down, tie it to a stone with a piece of fishing line.

Why does my submerged Riccia keep growing upwards?
New shoots always grow towards the surface. If you want to keep it submerged, prune it with scissors as needed.

Does it need CO2?
CO2 demand is medium, and Riccia fluitans thrives best with added CO2. In good growing conditions, small oxygen bubbles form on the leaf tips.

Is it good for baby fish?
Yes. As a traditional floating plant, it offers good protection for young fish.

What light does it need?
Light demand is medium.

How fast does it grow?
Growth rate is medium. The plant is naturally 1-5 cm (0.4-2") tall.

When can I expect delivery?

• Gauteng (Jhb/Pta) - 1-3 working days
• Nationwide (Cpt/Dbn+) - 2-5 working days
• Outlying Areas - 3-7 working days

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