Bacopa Compacta care guide
Bacopa Compacta (Bacopa caroliniana 'Compact') — medium light, 20-28 °C, pH 6-7.5, no CO2.
Overview
Bacopa Compacta (Bacopa caroliniana 'Compact') is a broad-leaved plant of the family Plantaginaceae, grown as an aquarium plant. Compact selection of Bacopa caroliniana with shorter internodes and copper-bronze tones under stronger light. Reliable midground stem plant for low-tech and high-tech setups.
Taxonomy
- Family: Plantaginaceae
- Genus: Bacopa
- Scientific name: Bacopa caroliniana 'Compact'
- Common synonyms: Bacopa caroliniana 'Compact'
Habitat
Bacopa is a genus of creeping marsh herbs widespread in the tropics and subtropics, rooting in wet mud at the edges of ponds, ditches and slow streams and tolerating a wide range of water hardness. In the Aquairi knowledge base this species is recorded from North America.
Growth requirements
- Lighting: medium
- CO2: not required
- Temperature: 20-28 °C (68-82 °F)
- pH: 6-7.5
- GH: 3-14 °dGH
- Substrate: nutrient-rich aquasoil
- Maximum height: 20 cm
- Growth rate: medium
- Nutrient demand: medium
- Recommended placement: midground
- Typical trim interval: 14 days
Placement
In aquascapes this plant suits the midground. It is an undemanding midground-to-background stem plant with rounded paired leaves; slow, sturdy growth makes it forgiving in low-tech tanks.
Propagation
This species is propagated by cuttings; trimmed tops and side shoots root quickly when replanted into the substrate.
Common issues
Low light produces leggy stems with widely spaced leaves; otherwise the genus is robust and largely free of major cultivation problems.