Riccia fluitans
| Common Names: | Crystalwort Riccia |
| Distribution: | Circumtropical and subtropical |
| Description: | A bright green group of interlocking plants that will form a floating mat on the water’s surface. |
| Potential Height: | 5cm (2") |
| Growth Rate: | Fast |
| Care: | Allowed to float free, this plant is very hardy and tolerant. It can also be submersed and tied to rocks or driftwood, although this will require pruning and does best with the addition of CO2. |
| Difficulty: | Easy |
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| Lighting: | Although this plant prefers medium lighting, it will grow in low to very high light. |
| Propagation: | By division. This plant, or more accurately group of tiny plants, multiplies very quickly. |
| Comments: | A favourite with anabantid breeders, this plant is ideal for bubblenesters, and for growing a good crop of infusorians upon which newly born fry can feed. Also, being tolerant of cooler temperatures, this plant will thrive even in unheated aquariums. |
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| Submitted By: | Twilight |
| Contributors: | Twilight |
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