Dwarf sagittaria care
Sagittaria subulata
Dwarf sagittaria is the easiest grassy carpet: it spreads by runners in low to medium light without CO₂.
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Not needed
- Where it goes
- Foreground
- Growth
- Moderate
- Care level
- Easy
- Height
- 2 to 6 in
- Temperature
- 68 to 82 °F
- How to plant
- Plant single plants an inch or two apart
- Propagation
- Runners
In a 20 gallon long
12¾ in tallHow to grow dwarf sagittaria
Dwarf sagittaria is the easiest grassy carpet: it spreads by runners in low to medium light without CO₂. In stronger light it stays short; in low light it grows taller.
Common problems
- Slow to spread at first; it speeds up once roots settle.
Plants that grow in the same light
Sources
Plant identity from Wikipedia: Sagittaria subulata. Heights, temperatures and care are typical ranges in aquariums from common planted-tank practice, not figures from that article. Drawings are our own; photo credits follow.
Photo credits
Real photographs from Wikimedia Commons, resized and cropped to fit; each is used under the license named.
- Dwarf sagittaria Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Java fern Pinpin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Java moss Xedoo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Anubias nana Michael Linnenbach, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cryptocoryne wendtii John Robert McPherson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Vallisneria Damitr, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hornwort Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
