Dwarf Sagittaria Subulata (Easiest Foreground Plant)
NOTE: The POTTED variety is potted in house and can be seen in the photos labeled "AS OF 8/18/23" (ITS AN OLD PHOTO. THIS CLASSIC STILL LOOKS LIKE THAT :)
You have to try Sagittaria subulata more commonly known as Dwarf Sagittaria, especially if are just getting into the hobby. It is one of my favorite plants because it grows like crazy. It looks and grows like grass. Dwarf Sagittaria will keep growing and growing with runners on your tank.
It stays short and only gets about 3-5 inches tall so you can run it as a nice fore to mid ground plant. When I first got Dwarf Sagittaria I spread it out pretty thinly in a wide open space in my 125 gallon planted tank. It soon grew in full and started to head into other parts of the tank that I didn't exactly want it to grow into.
Dwarf Sag is one of my top 5 favorite aquarium plants. Anyone who wants a great hardy plant should give Dwarf Sagittaria or Dwarf Sag a try. 6-8 stems or more I usually have a ton of this so you gotta try it out…Great grower. 1st plant I did for Species Sunday. Its awesome.
Looking for a replacement for sag? Try Tenellus(Microsword)
NOTE: We are now pleased to carry the bigger beautiful cousin of this great plant.
Check out Saggitaria Teres (it gets purple under super high light) It looks cool with Dwarf Sag as well :)
Care Scale of 1-10:
1.5 (grows better in good substrate or you can plant in plain gravel)
Lighting:
Grows fine in low light, but creates a carpet faster in higher light
Temps: Can handle pretty much anything from 65 to 85. Pretty amazingly easy plant.
Where to Plant:
Foreground. Plant the root structure directly into the substrate.
Don't Forget To Buy our Growth Juice and Iron Supplements for your plants!!
Customer Reviews
Received my red root plant today. It couldn’t be more perfect! Will definitely order again!
This was my first time ordering plants from Dustin's. I was very impressed with the e-mail communication, shipping speed and how nicely the plants were packaged. While they do not guarantee pest free plaints mine seemed to be very clean, I just rinsed them off good. Some of the plants had some yellowing in places, but I think things will improve once they acclimate to the new tanks. Overall it was a good experience.
Plants just came today, just four days after I ordered them. All in great shape! Will order from Dustin’s again!!!
I ordered a ton of plants from Dustin, these dwarf sag are the only ones that haven't done well. I split my pot into 3 groups, 2 have melted completely and the third is on its last leg. Its been about a month so I'm still hoping they can bounce back. I have a full substrate, root tabs, adequate lighting and I have been dosing fertilizer. These might just not work for me, but everything else I ordered is wonderful!
...the plants were as we expected, nice Dwarf healthy looking plants. They had plenty of roots. They came in plastic planters.
Now to the "but....." one of the plants was completely outside of it's container. This made for a pain in the neck to plant. Shipping packaging was real good. The carrier must.have not handled it to well. All in all we are pleased with our order.