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Giant Baby Tears
Micranthemum umbrosum
Family: Linderniaceae
Baby Tears or Pearl Grass, this cheerful stem plant produces tiny, round, bright green leaves and grows fast even without CO2. Ideal for mid-ground mounds or as a floating plant for shrimp tanks. Often confused with HC Cuba but its leaves are larger and it is far more tolerant of low-tech conditions.
Keeping this species
- co2
- Not required
- light
- Medium–High
- placement
- Midground or floating
- tank size
- 10 gallons minimum
- growth rate
- Fast
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Water it likes
- ph
- 6.0–7.5
- hardness
- 2–15 dGH
- temperature
- 68–82°F (20–28°C)