Lilaeopsis Mauritiana Carpet

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Lilaeopsis mauritiana carpet.

None preferred fertilizer. This grass like micro sword species is exceptional for creating a lawn in the foreground of the aquarium. Relatively easy foreground plant that can form a grass like carpet about 3 inches tall. It is up to 12 cm high.

One of the easier carpeting plants. Narrow leaf micro sword lilaeopsis mauritiana is known by many names including micro sword grass copragrass and carpet grass. Lilaeopsis brasiliensis skill level. The light green leaves are roundish to elliptical in shape and look similar to fine grained grass.

Lilaeopsis mauritiana micro sword narrow leaf is a relatively undemanding carpet forming plant for the foreground in the aquarium. Under lower light it will grow taller as opposed to bright light where it will grow quite short and spread as a lawn carpet. 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. It is a very interesting looking aquatic carpeting plant that always looks excellent in the foreground of aquariums.

Narrow leaf micro sword leaves are. Tropica s founder holger windeløv found it on mauritius in 1992. It is found throughout much of brazil and it grows both fully submersed and partially submersed on the banks of rivers and streams. The plants height and distance between its leaves depend on the light intensity.

Ole pedersen 27 227 views. The more light it gets the lower the plant and the denser. The brazilian micro sword lilaeopsis brasiliensis is a short stemmed plant that can be grown as a carpet in an aquarium. Grows best with medium to high light with good fertilization.

This variety of micro swords grows faster and does not require as much light as other varieties. This lilaeopsis species demands less light than lilaeopsis brasiliensis and stays low 5 10 cm lawn. It requires an average lighting in the aquarium to form a lawn like carpet. Visit our uk shop if you need any advice or guidance on aquatic plants in general.