Lilaeopsis Mauritiana Carpet

Tropica s founder holger windeløv found it on mauritius in 1992.

Lilaeopsis mauritiana carpet.

Medium light carpeting plant. It is a very interesting looking aquatic carpeting plant that always looks excellent in the foreground of aquariums. The brazilian micro sword lilaeopsis brasiliensis is a short stemmed plant that can be grown as a carpet in an aquarium. Narrow leaf micro sword lilaeopsis mauritiana is known by many names including micro sword grass copragrass and carpet grass.

Narrow leaf micro sword leaves are. The great thing with carpet aquarium plants is when established they will happily spread throughout the base of your tank and cover your substrate gravel or sand. The plants height and distance between its leaves depend on the light intensity. One of the easier carpeting plants.

Ole pedersen 27 227 views. Grows best with medium to high light with good fertilization. Relatively easy foreground plant that can form a grass like carpet about 3 inches tall. The next video is starting stop.

It is found throughout much of brazil and it grows both fully submersed and partially submersed on the banks of rivers and streams. None preferred fertilizer. It is up to 12 cm high. The light green leaves are roundish to elliptical in shape and look similar to fine grained grass.

This lilaeopsis species demands less light than lilaeopsis brasiliensis and stays low 5 10 cm lawn. Visit our uk shop if you need any advice or guidance on aquatic plants in general. The algal free planted aquarium amano shrimps sae and cherry shrimps ole pedersen duration. This grass like micro sword species is exceptional for creating a lawn in the foreground of the aquarium.

Lilaeopsis mauritiana micro sword narrow leaf is a relatively undemanding carpet forming plant for the foreground in the aquarium. This variety of micro swords grows faster and does not require as much light as other varieties. Lilaeopsis mauritiana or more commonly called micro sword narrow leaf is a short grass like plant that grows into a thick grassy lawn. Lilaeopsis brasiliensis skill level.