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Water Wisteria
Hygrophila difformis
Family: Acanthaceae
📍 Indian Subcontinent
Water wisteria is a fast-growing stem plant with deeply lobed, feathery leaves that vary in form depending on light intensity. It is an excellent nutrient sponge that helps control algae in new setups. Cuttings root readily and it adapts to a wide range of water parameters.
Keeping this species
- co2
- Beneficial but not essential
- light
- Medium (40–80 PAR)
- placement
- Background
- substrate
- Standard aquasoil or gravel with root tabs
- growth rate
- Fast
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Water it likes
- ph
- 6.5–7.5
- nitrate
- <30 ppm
- hardness
- 3–20 dGH
- temperature
- 72–86°F (22–30°C)
Natural Habitat Temperature
72°F — 86°F seasonal range · (Jan low, Jun high)
Stats
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