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
Looked great got 3 pots to jump start my 75 carpet after I had a system crash. Came in great shape and got about 4 stems per pot. Was just enough to do what I wanted.
There were several little plants in the pot, so I was able to spread them out a little. They look great, I only lost a few leaves to shipping.
The plants showed up healthy and are doing great in my tank.
My first time ordering from Dustin’s. For $10 I thought there’d be more of the Dwarf Sag. I ordered 2 other plants which were much plentiful. The Dwarf Sag is planted but hasn’t shown much growth yet.
Im impressed with the packaging and the red root floaters I got with it. Currently planted waiting to.see if it spreads out and grows as promised. Packaging was still warm and the plant was very healthy