Bacopa monnieri 'Compact'

Bacopa monnieri

A cultivar of Bacopa monnieri that branches heavily underwater and forms compact little bushes, holding its shape well when trimmed. Also sold as 'Bacopa compacta'.

Light: low
Difficulty: very easy
Height: 3 – 10 cm (1.2 – 3.9 in)
Temperature: 15 – 30 °C (59 – 86 °F)

Leaf colour: green
Plant type: stem plant
Growth rate: medium
CO₂ demand: low
Tolerates light: medium – high
pH: 5 – 9
Carbonate hardness: 2 – 30 °dKH
Placement: background, midground +3 background, midground, Dutch street, nano tank, foreground
Propagation: cuttings
Grows emersed: yes

Appearance

Underwater it branches heavily on its own and forms compact little bushes; it trims well into a bush shape. Thanks to its bushy habit and trouble-free culture it is of interest for aquascaping.

Keeping

Light medium to strong. Very easy, growth moderate, CO₂ 10–40 mg/l, temperature 18–28 °C.

Placement

Midground and foreground, nano aquarium.

Trade names

Found in the trade as 'Bacopa compacta'. Around 2010 it was introduced under the mistaken name Hedyotis salzmannii — the true Hedyotis (Oldenlandia) salzmannii is a quite different plant, in the hobby since 1993 and rare. The origin of this form is unknown.

Water conditions match

The water suits 1015 of 1249 species in the catalogue — these are the ones people look up most often.

Swordtail Guppies Cobra Guppy Blood Red Molly Butterflyfish Red Zebra Cichlid Julii Corydoras Red-finned Parotocinclus Gastromyzon monticola Egg-shaped Goldfish Flame Tetra Gardner's Killifish African Tetra Kenyi Cichlid Cuckoo Catfish Golden Swordtail Hypsolebias picturatus Common Zacco Labeo Bicolor Gambusia Flying barb Gastromyzon scitulus Albino Zebra Danio Geophagus Brokopondo Zebra Mbuna

Will eat this plant

These species damage plants, especially when their diet is short of vegetable food.

Bengal Loach Zebra Loach Burmese Border Loach Emperor Botia Spined Loach Marbled Headstander Pellegrin's Leporinus Leporinus striatus False Black Tetra Common Metynnis Mylossoma duriventre Red Whiptail Catfish Molly sphenops Balloon Molly Lyretail Molly Marble Molly Hi-Fin Platy Hawaii Platy Blue Platy Pintail Platy Black Platy Chocolate Molly Moonlight Gourami Melanotaenia parva

Will uproot it

These species dig through the substrate and pull rooted plants out.

Marble Loach Peacock Eel Forktail Loach Guntea Loach Long-nosed Loach Horseface Loach Pearlscale Black Moor Goldfish Shubunkin Painted Pleco Featherfin Synodontis Reddish Mystus Catfish Blue Acara Aulonocara maylandi Aulonocara multicolor Aulonocara Orchid Geophagus altifrons Geophagus winemilleri Pearlscale Cichlid Pearl Cichlid Redbelly Cichlid Red-spotted Cichlid Chuco godmanni Haplochromis philander Red Chromide Jack Dempsey cichlid

Matching water does not mean the fish will leave the plant alone.

Scientific and other names, conservation status

Other scientific names: Bacopa monnieri Typ II, Bacopa monnieri Type II, Bacopa monnieri Typ I, Bacopa monnieri Type I, ? monniera, Allocalyx microphylla, Alonsoa hirsuta, Anisocalyx limnanthiflorus, Bacopa monnieri, Bacopa monnieri cuneifolia, Bacopa monnieria, Bacopa monnieria cuneifolia, Bramia indica, Bramia monniera, Bramia monnieri, Bramia monnieria, Calytriplex obovata, Capraria monnieri, Capraria monnieria, Gratiola monnieri, Gratiola monnieria, Gratiola portulacacea, Gratiola tetrandra, Habershamia cuneifolia, Hemimeris hirsuta, Herpestes monnieria, Herpestis africana, Herpestis brownei, Herpestis calytriplex, Herpestis cuneifolia, Herpestis monniera, Herpestis monnieri, Herpestis monnieria, Herpestis moranensis, Herpestis pedunculosa, Herpestis procumbens, Herpestis spathulata, Hydrotrida beccabunga, Limosella calycina, Lysimachia monnieri, Mecardonia procumbens, Moniera africana, Moniera brownei, Moniera cuneifolia, Moniera moniera, Moniera monnieri, Moniera pedunculosa, Monniera africana, Monniera brownii, Monniera calycina, Monniera cuneifolia, Monniera monniera, Monniera pedunculosa, Ruellia articulata, Thunbergia stolonifera
Bacopa monnieri: (L.) Wettst.
Family: Plantaginaceae
Conservation status: LC