Tropica Staurogyne repens Live Aquatic Plant Pot

Staurogyne repens also known by its common name Creeping Staurogyne is a fresh green, compact and hardy plant for the foreground of the aquarium and it was found in River Rio Cristalino in the southern Amazonas. Its nearest relative in the aquaristic is Hygrophila but Staurogyne is different with its marked compact, low and bushy stature (5-10 cm) and small green leaves (each stem is 3.4 cm wide). During planting in the aquarium, the longest upright shoots should be cut off and new horizontally creeping shoots will soon form from the plant basis and gradually colonize the gravel.

Key Features:

• Considered easy to grow
• Remains relatively low in the aquarium
• Medium growth rate
• Average heights of 3-10cm+
• Low light demand at 0.5 W/L
• Low CO2 0-5mg/L