Plants
HC Cuba
Hemianthus callitrichoides "Cuba"
Key facts
- Temperature20–28 °C
- pH5.5–7.5
- Adult size2 cm
- Difficulty★★★★★
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Linderniaceae
- Origin
- Cuba (tributaries of the San Juan River)
- Size
- 0.5–2 cm (the smallest plant in the hobby)
- Temperature
- 20 – 28°C
- pH
- 5.5 – 7.5
- GH
- 0 – 10 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★★★★
- Light
- high – very high
- CO2
- essential
- Fertilization
- High
- Growth
- slow
- Position
- foreground (ground cover)
- Substrate
- Essential nutrient (ADA Amazonia or equivalent)
- Propagation
- dividing the plant; stem cuttings
Notes: The smallest and most demanding groundcover plant in the hobby. In well-equipped nano aquariums (with CO2 injection, strong lighting, and active substrate), it creates an incomparable emerald-green carpet. Only for advanced hobbyists with a fully equipped setup. It will not thrive without CO2 and strong lighting.
