Water wisteria can either be rooted in the sediment or even spread all over the substratum surface area as a carpeting.
Water wisteria carpet.
With hundreds of different freshwater aquatic plants to choose from you may be wondering what s so special about water wisteria.
However i ordered water wisteria and wasn t aware that it wasn t going to have roots when it arrived.
It can be rooted normally planted as a carpet or even used as floating vegetation.
It can be grown as a plant that is rooted in the sediment or it can be allowed to spread across the substrate as a carpet.
Because of its size it makes the perfect addition to the mid ground or rear of an aquarium.
Rugs form a thick dark green coating that illuminate the bottom of the storage tank.
One special benefit of this plant is that it has multiple uses.
Water wisteria can either be rooted in the sediment or spread across the substrate surface like.
The leaves are too large and the space between nodes is far too long for this to work.
When spread like a carpet at the bottom of a fish tank water wisteria can provide a home for bottom dwelling fish such as loaches.
The biggest difference in between these is graphic.
It looks great is easy to care for and provides a number of benefits to your tank.
But even though water wisteria is an easy plant to care for you should educate yourself before getting one.
It can be grown as hedge and the stems don t mind being buried.
I tried to plant them and they just float back up.
You might be able to get some sort of carpet effect with guppy grass maybe.
When kept higher up on the water surface it serves as hiding spots for fish that prefer swimming in the mid tier and top tier of the tank.
Water wisteria hydrophila difformis is a freshwater plant from the acanthaceae family it s.
I can t imagine any way to grow wisteria that would result in a carpet.
Right now i ve got them loosely tied in bunches floating at the top of the tank hoping they will sprout some roots because they won t hold in the sand right now.
It can also be used as a carpet plant if it is placed on its side and rooted in place.