Leaf colourgreen, red +1
Native range
- Alabama
- Florida
- Georgia
- South Carolina
stem plant red accent midground nano tank
A ludwigia with narrow, almost needle-like leaves that turn bronze and red in good light. Finer in texture than the usual red plants and easier than most of them.
- Light
- medium–high
- Difficulty
- medium
- Temperature
- 12 – 28 °C
Parameters
Plant typestem plant
Growth ratefast
Tolerates lightmedium – high
pH4 – 7
Carbonate hardness2 – 15 °dKH
General hardness0 – 30 °dGH
Placementred accent, midground +1
Propagationcuttings
Grows emersedyes
Appearance
Slender stems with narrow leaves in pairs, olive-green in shade and copper to red in bright light. Trimmed regularly it branches into a dense, fine-textured bush.
Keeping
Moderate demands: it wants decent light for the colour, and fertiliser deepens it. Carbon dioxide is helpful but not a condition. Frequent pruning is what keeps it bushy rather than leggy.
Placement
The middle of the tank as a colour accent, in a group of several stems; its fine leaves suit a nano tank.
Propagation
Cut a shoot, strip the lowest leaves and plant it. Cuttings root quickly and the cut stem branches.
Fish and this plant
Water conditions match
The water suits 835 of 1249 species in the catalogue — these are the ones people look up most often.
ButterflyfishJulii CorydorasRed-finned ParotocinclusGastromyzon monticolaEgg-shaped GoldfishFlame TetraGardner's KillifishAfrican TetraHypsolebias picturatusCommon ZaccoLabeo BicolorGambusiaFlying barbGastromyzon scitulusAlbino Zebra DanioGeophagus BrokopondoHomaloptera bilineataRed-tailed RasboraBoraras naevusLampeye KillifishSpotted Raphael CatfishCorydoras melanotaeniaFestivum cichlidPseudomugil paskai
Will eat this plant
These species damage plants, especially when their diet is short of vegetable food.
Bengal LoachZebra LoachBurmese Border LoachEmperor BotiaMarbled HeadstanderPellegrin's LeporinusLeporinus striatusFalse Black TetraCommon MetynnisMylossoma duriventreRed Whiptail CatfishMoonlight 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 AcaraGeophagus altifronsGeophagus winemilleriPearl CichlidRed-spotted CichlidHaplochromis philanderRed ChromideJack Dempsey cichlid