Leaf colourgreen, red, pink or purple
Native range
- Assam
- East Himalaya
- India
stem plant red accent background midground Dutch street nano tank foreground Conservation status: LC
A fine-leaved, delicate red form of the giant red rotala with elongated-oval to round leaves. It looks like a miniature version of the long-known broad-leaved standard macrandra.
- Light
- high
- Difficulty
- difficult
- Height
- 20 – 30 cm
- Temperature
- 18 – 30 °C
Parameters
Plant typestem plant
Growth ratefast
CO₂ demandhigh
Tolerates lightmedium – high
pH4 – 7
Carbonate hardness0 – 12 °dKH
General hardness0 – 30 °dGH
Placementred accent, background +4
Propagationcuttings
Grows emersedyes
Appearance
A fine-leaved, delicate red form of the species. The leaves are elongated-oval to round. It looks like a miniature version of the long-known broad-leaved standard macrandra.
Keeping
Difficult, growth fast, light medium to strong, CO₂ 20–40 mg/l, temperature 24–28 °C.
Placement
Red accent, midground, a Dutch-style street.
Trade names
Also written 'Mini Type IV'.
Fish and this plant
Water conditions match
The water suits 841 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