planting potted aquarium plants Baby Tears

planting potted aquarium plants Baby TearsBaby Tears Scientific Name: Hemianthus glomeratus Common Name: Baby Tears There are many different forms of "Baby Tears" in the aquarium plant trade, ours happens to be the regular variety, and not "Dwarf", "HC", or "Cuba". It's similar to Pearlweed except its leaves are a bit different in structure, and baby tears doesn't require as much light. It will still need a full spectrum aquarium light, but it can get by without CO2unless you want to make it

Baby Tears

Scientific Name: Hemianthus glomeratus

Common Name: Baby Tears

There are many different forms of "Baby Tears" in the aquarium plant trade, ours happens to be the regular variety, and not "Dwarf", "HC", or "Cuba". It's similar to Pearlweed except its leaves are a bit different in structure, and baby tears doesn't require as much light. It will still need a full-spectrum aquarium light, but it can get by without CO2—unless you want to make it carpet. It can be used both as a midground plant and as a foreground carpet. To get it to carpet, you will need to heavily trim the stems to encourage horizontal growth and follow a strict CO2 injection and fertilization schedule (not methods which pertain to the botanical method aquarium). Be sure to replant what you trim off to get more plants growing!

Caring for Baby Tears in Blackwater Aquariums

Care Level: Easy

Light: Medium

CO2: Not needed except for carpeting

Growth Rate: Fast

Native Habitat: North America

Tint Tolerance: Low to Medium, increased tannins in the water will decrease photosynthesis rates.

All Plants may contain snails or snail eggs. We keep them in all of our tanks for the benefits they provide. Our blackwater aquarium plants are provided by H2OPlants in adherence to their Shipping and DOA Policies. Your curated selection will arrive in their packaging separate from your botanical & merch orders.