Red Root Floater – Phyllanthus Fluitans

Our Red Root Floater known as Phyllanthus Fluitans originating in South America is a carefully cultivated floating aquarium plant that features small, round leaves with bright red roots. As a floating plant, it adds a unique and natural element to your aquarium, and creates a natural habitat for your fish and other aquatic creatures. Red Root Floater – Phyllanthus Fluitans is also known for its ability to absorb excess nutrients in the water, helping to reduce algae growth and improve overall water quality.

Typically having blood red roots when grown with high light, red root floater adds a striking appearance to any aquascape. This is the most common aquarium plant used in planted tanks.

Red Root Floater – Phyllanthus Fluitans Uses

Red Root Floater – Phyllanthus Fluitans is ideal floating plant for aquarium enthusiasts looking to create a natural and healthy environment for their aquatic pets. This plant provides a natural habitat and hiding place for your fish and other aquatic creatures, while also helping to oxygenate the water and remove toxins. Red Root Floater can also help to reduce algae growth by absorbing excess nutrients in the water. Having floating plants on top of your planted tank like Red Root Floater – Phyllanthus Fluitans blocks some light from reaching into your aquarium which in turn will slow algae growth in combination of red root floater ability to absorb excess nutrients as stated above.

Red Root Floater – Phyllanthus Fluitans Care

Taking care of your Red Root Floater – Phyllanthus Fluitans is easy. Simply place it in your aquarium, and watch it grow! Red Root Floater thrives in a variety of conditions, but it does require some light to grow. It also benefits from regular fertilization and water changes. If you notice any dead or dying leaves, simply remove them from the water.

One thing to note is that red root floater – Phyllanthus Fluitans may have light green leaves, or the roots may not turn red. This is due to either lighting not being high enough, or that your red root floater is missing some nutrients in your water column. Adding a plant fertilizer to your aquarium that is safe for any shrimp, snails, or fish you might have is virtually important for the health of your red root floater. We have great success using Thrive S with our red root floater – Phyllanthus Fluitans.

For Lighting we have great results using Aquarium Co-Op Easy Plant LED Light. The light itself has adjusts for intensity so you can dial in the right setting for your red root floaters.

A slow surface agitation is ideal, while to much surface agitation can cause issues, a slow and steady one is what you should aim for! The reason behind this is most floating plant like red root floater do not want the top side of their leaves to be wet all of the time, this can lead to melting or overall poor plant health. This logic applies to most all floating plant types.

Red Root Floater – Phyllanthus Fluitans Propagation

Once established, this floating plant self-propagates by sending out side shoots. Red root floater – Phyllanthus Fluitans can also be propagated effortlessly by dividing its mature stalk between clusters of roots and leaves or by splitting already formed daughter plants.

When trying to grow red root floaters there isn’t much you need to do as with most floating plants if giving correct conditions they will grow quickly! The beauty of aquatic plants that float are they are able to absorb co2 from the room instead of the water column. Red root floaters – Phyllanthus Fluitans are considered to be a hardy plant. Remember to keep gentle water flow and the above care requirements!

Problems Associated with Red Root Floaters – Phyllanthus Fluitans

Melting:

This occurs due to a flow issue, such as excessive flow, leading to plant decay known as browning. Therefore, maintain a gentle flow to ensure plant health. Excessive lighting can also trigger melting. Reduce LED light intensity and shorten the photoperiod to restore plant health gradually. Phyllanthus Fluitans are generally easy to keep, but these melting concerns should be noted.

Overcrowding:

Red root floater – Phyllanthus Fluitans proliferates rapidly under optimal conditions, quickly covering the entire surface and sucking up biological waste. However, covering the entire surface should be prevented as it can hinder light penetration, thus stunting plant growth and creating an uncomfortable environment for live plants below it.

Holes in leaves:

Small holes in Red root floater leaves indicate a potassium deficiency. Address this by providing potassium-rich fertilizers like Flourish Advance to compensate for low potassium levels in the aquarium water. With proper treatment, your any floating plant should recover quickly!

Buying Red Root Floater – Floating Plant

Our Red Root Floater – Phyllanthus Fluitans floating plant is available for purchase online. Each plant is carefully selected and packaged to ensure it arrives at your door as healthy plants. Red Root Floater – Phyllanthus Fluitans is a beautiful and unique addition to any aquarium, and is sure to be a favorite among aquarium enthusiasts. Whether you’re a seasoned hobbyist or just starting out, our Red Root Floater is a must-have for any aquarium.  Our customers also love to match the Red Root Floater with our Java Moss.

Our Red Root Floaters are grown in house! We grow all of our floating plants in house! No need to worry as Phyllanthus Fluitans is considered an easy plant. We also offer ours with a snail free option for those who may be worried. Once your plants arrived from whomever you buy from it is always recommend to quarantine plants before adding to your planted tank.