ADA - Hemianthus callitrichoides 'Cuba' Tissue Culture

ADA Hemianthus callitrichoides 'Cuba' Tissue Culture is a top-tier aquarium plant from ADA’s tissue culture collection, offering aquascapers a pristine, algae-free option for their foreground. Commonly known as "HC Cuba," this plant is highly prized for its tiny, round leaves that create an elegant, lush green carpet, making it one of the smallest and most beautiful carpeting plants for aquascaping.

This tissue culture variant ensures your plants arrive free from pests, algae, and other contaminants, providing an ideal, sterile start to your aquascape.

Key Features:

• Compact Carpet Growth: Ideal for forming dense, vivid green carpets in nano tanks or larger aquascapes.
• Tissue Culture Quality: Cultivated in sterile conditions, ensuring a pest- and algae-free introduction to your aquarium.
• Lighting: Requires medium to high lighting to maintain compact, healthy growth.
• CO2 Requirements: High CO2 levels are recommended for optimal growth and to encourage a lush carpet.
• Growth Rate: Moderate to fast-growing when provided with sufficient light, CO2, and nutrients.
• Placement: Best suited for foreground placement, creating a soft, meadow-like appearance.
• Care Level: Intermediate due to its high demand for light and CO2, making it ideal for dedicated aquascapers.

When planted in nutrient-rich substrate and provided with proper CO2 and lighting, Hemianthus callitrichoides 'Cuba' will quickly spread to cover the foreground, transforming your aquarium into a stunning underwater landscape.