Hydrocotyle tripartita on Lava

Hydrocotyle tripartita, popular in aquascaping for its use as a foreground and carpeting plant, produces small distinctive three-lobed leaves on fine creeping stems that spread readily across surfaces. This version comes pre-established on a piece of lava rock, creating a ready-made foreground feature that needs no substrate planting and can be positioned freely anywhere in the tank without disturbing the substrate layout.

It is an adaptable and easy plant. It grows in low to medium light without CO2 injection, though supplementation encourages more compact, dense spreading growth. It creeps by runners and once settled will gradually extend beyond the lava rock surface, spreading naturally along the substrate or onto adjacent rocks and wood.

The plant is pre-established on the lava rock so no further attachment is needed — simply rinse and place in the foreground of the aquarium. The lava rock sinks immediately. Suited to aquariums of 20 litres and above and effective as a compact, spreading foreground accent that adds a distinctive three-lobed leaf texture to the layout.