Leaf colourgreen, pink or purple
stem plant background midground Dutch street
The one bacopa that is not green: rounded, slightly fleshy leaves in purple and magenta on a straight stem. Colour that does not require a high-tech tank.
- Light
- medium
- Difficulty
- medium
- Height
- 0 – 30 cm
- Temperature
- 15 – 30 °C
Parameters
Plant typestem plant
Growth ratefast
CO₂ demandmedium
Tolerates lightmedium – high
Carbonate hardness2 – 18 °dKH
Placementbackground, midground +1
Propagationcuttings
Grows emersedyes
Appearance
Paired rounded leaves sit close along an upright stem; the colour runs from green with a violet underside to solid purple, deeper the brighter the light. Height up to 30 cm.
Keeping
Moderate demands, and it is easier than most coloured stem plants — it keeps some of its colour even in an ordinary tank. Medium light, a nutritious substrate and regular feeding are enough; carbon dioxide speeds growth and deepens the colour. Growth is quick, so expect to trim.
Placement
The middle or back of the tank, in a group of several stems — one purple stem among green ones reads as an accident, a group reads as a design.
Propagation
By cuttings: cut the top, strip the lowest pair of leaves and plant it. The old stem branches from the cut and thickens the group.
Fish and this plant
Water conditions match
The water suits 1016 of 1249 species in the catalogue — these are the ones people look up most often.
Swordtail GuppiesCobra GuppyBlood Red MollyButterflyfishRed Zebra CichlidJulii CorydorasRed-finned ParotocinclusGastromyzon monticolaEgg-shaped GoldfishFlame TetraGardner's KillifishAfrican TetraKenyi CichlidCuckoo CatfishGolden SwordtailHypsolebias picturatusCommon ZaccoLabeo BicolorGambusiaFlying barbGastromyzon scitulusAlbino Zebra DanioGeophagus BrokopondoZebra Mbuna
Will eat this plant
These species damage plants, especially when their diet is short of vegetable food.
Bengal LoachZebra LoachBurmese Border LoachEmperor BotiaSpined LoachMarbled HeadstanderPellegrin's LeporinusLeporinus striatusFalse Black TetraCommon MetynnisMylossoma duriventreRed Whiptail CatfishMolly sphenopsBalloon MollyLyretail MollyMarble MollyHi-Fin PlatyHawaii PlatyBlue PlatyPintail PlatyBlack PlatyChocolate MollyMoonlight GouramiMelanotaenia parva
Will uproot it
These species dig through the substrate and pull rooted plants out.
Marble LoachPeacock EelForktail LoachGuntea LoachLong-nosed LoachHorseface LoachPearlscaleBlack Moor GoldfishShubunkinPainted PlecoFeatherfin SynodontisReddish Mystus CatfishBlue AcaraAulonocara maylandiAulonocara multicolorAulonocara OrchidGeophagus altifronsGeophagus winemilleriPearlscale CichlidPearl CichlidRedbelly CichlidRed-spotted CichlidChuco godmanniHaplochromis philanderRed ChromideJack Dempsey cichlid
Cultivars
The same plant with a different look: light, water and care are shared with the species.
Other varieties: Bacopa salzmannii ’Purple’, Bacopa salzmannii Purple, Bacopa salzmannii Purple in Vitro, Bacopa salzmannii Purple Topf, Bacopa Salzmannii Purple