Hydrilla verticillata
Hydrilla verticillata
Hydrilla verticillata is a stem plant suited to background planting.
BackgroundStem plant
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Planting & care
- PlacementBackground
- Growth typeStem plant
- LightLow
- CO2Recommended
About this plant
Care level: Beginner Friendly. Light requirement: low. Injected CO₂: recommended.
Quick specs
- Difficulty
- Beginner Friendly
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Recommended
- Temperature
- 68–81°F (20–27°C)
- Placement
- Background
- Growth type
- Stem plant
- Aquarium suitability
- Suitable for aquariums Suitable for long-term aquarium use.
Water conditions
Plant reference ranges, not dosing instructions or measurements from your aquarium. Consider livestock needs and measured conditions.
- Temperature
- 68–81°F (20–27°C)
- pH
- 5–9
- Carbonate hardness
- 2–21 °dKH
- CO₂ (mg/L)
- 5–40 mg/L
Growth & placement
- Growth rate
- Very fast
- Propagation
- Cuttings
- Emersed growth
- No
- Color
- Green
Grow it successfully
What you’ll need to grow Hydrilla verticillata
Start with this plant’s documented care needs, then use an AquariumLesson calculator to size the setup for your aquarium.
CO₂
This plant’s care profile lists CO₂ injection as recommended, not required.
Estimate dissolved CO₂Taxonomy
- Major group
- Angiosperms
- Family
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Genus
- Hydrilla
- Botanical name
- Hydrilla verticillata
