Littorella Uniflora TROPICA 1-2-GROW!

The appearance of Littorella uniflora makes it an easily recognizable plant in the aquarium.
It grows wild on lakeshores of Europe, North America and South America. Tolerates quite low light intensity, but this will add to the length of leaves.
Each rosette is planted separately with a distance of a few cm. They will readily send out runners. In time a very characteristic carpet of fat and fleshy leaves – each 2-5 cm long and 0,1-0,3 cm wide – will be created. Be careful when maintaining the tank, the leaves are easily damaged.
Littorella uniflora is suitable for terrarium and garden ponds, too.

Type:
Stolon

Origin:
Cosmopolitan

Country or continent where a plant is the most common. Cultivars arise or are bred in cultivation.

Growth rate:

Growth rate of the plant compared to other aquatic plants.

Height:
3 – 5+

Average height (cm) of the plant after two months in the tank.

Light demand:

The average or medium light demand of an aquarium plant is 0,5 W/L.

CO2 :

A medium need in CO2 is 6-14 mg/L. A high demand in CO2 is approx. 15-25 mg/L.

1-2-Grow!
Small plants with great success. 1•2•Grow! Are very young plants cultivated and delivered directly from our laboratory. The plants are guaranteed to be free from snails, algae and pesticides and therefore are totally harmless for sensitive shrimp and fish. The range offers unique plants!
Success with your aquarium depends largely on the proper plant choice. In a 1•2•Grow! cup you buy a myriad of plants which can be divided into small portions and cover a larger area. Plants are compact from the start so you will experience a dense and beautiful growth, if you give them the right fertiliser and CO2 from the start! The range is perfect for small and medium sized aquariums, and your patience will be rewarded…
The range offers several mosses and specialties such as Rotala macrandra, Rotala ‘Bonsai’ and mini versions of traditional varieties such as Alternanthera and Eleocharis.
See our video about how to handle these plants here or read below

Carefully take the plant out of the cup and rinse off the growing media under the tap.

Split the plant in 6-8 portions using your fingers or sharp scissors (for small foreground plants).

Plant portions into the substrate using tweezers. Then watch them grow!

Littorella Uniflora for SG Foreground Texture

Littorella uniflora is an instantly recognisable foreground plant, prized for the fat, fleshy little rosettes it forms. We suggest it to hobbyists who want a chunky, characterful carpet rather than fine grass, as it reads quite differently from hairgrass or micro sword. Coming in as tissue culture, it arrives clean of snails, algae and pesticides, ready to plant straight into a shrimp-friendly scape.

It is unusually tolerant of lower light, which makes it accessible, though dimmer conditions stretch the leaves longer rather than keeping them short and plump. Plant each rosette separately a few centimetres apart and it will send out runners to form that distinctive thick carpet over time. In our warm 27-29C water, brighter light and CO2 keep the growth compact and the rosettes tight.

Browse more ground cover in our foreground plants range. Weigh it against alternatives in our carpet plant comparison, and if the runners are slow, our carpet not spreading fix explains why.