Riccia fluitans 1-2-Grow!

Takashi Amano has inspired many aquarium owners to keep the 1-5 cm tall cosmopolitan liverwort, Riccia fluitans, submerged. It can be tied to a rock with a piece of fishing line, but new shoots always grow towards the surface, so it may need to be pruned with scissors. Riccia fluitans thrives best with added CO2, and under good growing conditions, small oxygen bubbles form at the tips of the leaves. As a traditional floating plant, it offers good protection for young fish.