{"id":6498,"date":"2021-12-12T13:25:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T07:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splashyfin.com\/product\/hemianthus-callitrichoides-cuba-tc-ic008\/"},"modified":"2023-12-27T10:16:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T04:46:02","slug":"hemianthus-callitrichoides-cuba-tc-ic008","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/splashyfin.com\/product\/hemianthus-callitrichoides-cuba-tc-ic008\/","title":{"rendered":"Hemianthus Callitrichoides Cuba TC – IC008"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hemianthus<\/em> callitrichoides is one of the tiniest aquarium plants on the planet. Holger Windelov discovered it in a riverbed on the island of Cuba, west of Havana, and brought it to the United States. It has a creeping growth habit, with delicate stems and tiny roundish to ovoid leaves. The plant will quickly spread and form an uninterrupted carpet if planted in little tufts at a spacing of a few centimeters. Hemianthus<\/em> callitrichoides is a lovely foreground plant for both small and large aquariums.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tropica brought Hemianthus<\/em> callitrichoides, often known as miniature baby tears, from Cuba in 2004 and it has only lately entered the hobby. During the dry season, Holger Windelv discovered the plant in a rocky river 90 kilometers east of Havana. He fairly assumed that during the rainy season, the entire population is submerged in waters up to 1 m deep, with a strong current, because the dense, cushion-like population roots in gravelly substrate was growing approximately 50 cm above the waterline.<\/span><\/p>\n

This Hemianthus<\/em> species is the world’s tiniest aquarium plant, with leaves measuring about four to three centimeters in length. It has been one of the most popular aquascaping plants for numerous years.<\/span><\/p>\n

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