Description
Add vibrant energy and unique texture to your aquascape with Hydrocotyle tripartita 'Japan', a fast-growing plant renowned for its distinct, clover-like leaves and intense green coloration. A popular variant of Hydrocotyle tripartita originating from Southeast Asia, this versatile plant readily forms dense, compact carpets 5 to 10 cm tall. It can also be trained to cascade gracefully over driftwood and rocks, making it a favorite for foreground and midground layouts.
Delivered in a Dennerle Plant-It! In-Vitro tissue culture cup, this plant is lab-cultivated under sterile conditions to guarantee it is 100% free of snails, pest algae, pathogens, and pesticides. Because it is pre-adapted to submerged conditions, it skips the difficult emersed-to-submerged transition phase, giving you immediate, healthy growth in your tank.
Key Benefits
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Dynamic Carpet & Bush Formation: Rapid growth allows you to quickly cover substrate or train the plant across hardscape features.
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Easy Maintenance Trick: Pushing down on the plant carpet by hand during water changes encourages lower, denser horizontal growth.
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Sterile & Shrimp Safe: Cultivated in a laboratory cup to ensure zero risk to sensitive dwarf shrimp, fish, or existing plants.
Quick Care Specs
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Plant Type: Stem / Creeping Foreground
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Origin: Asia / South America
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Growth Rate: High
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Height: 5 – 10+ cm (carpet height)
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Light Demand: Low to Medium (Higher light encourages tighter, low-growing carpet formation)
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CO2 Demand: Medium
How to Plant & Prepare
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Remove the plant from the tissue culture cup and gently wash away the nutrient gel under running tap water.
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Split the dense plant mass into small portions using sharp aquarium scissors.
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Plant the portions a few centimeters apart into your substrate using tweezers, or wedge them into hardscape crevices.
