Rotala Rotundifolia "Red" HARDY RED Aquarium Plant (More Green at base)
THESE are a wicked plant. They are awesome right now.
Rotala Rotundifolia "Red"
Has a gorgeous pink and red vibrancy that isn't easy to describe. These guys we have are huge growth!!!
They are fairly easy to keep and are a beginner plant. The Rotundifolia has a moderate growth rate and enjoys Iron supplementation to fill it's color. Light up your tank with this gorgeous pink and red Rotala!
We give it a 2 on a difficulty scale from 1 to 10!
Care Scale of 1-10:
2. Rotalas are included in our BEGINNER PLANTED AQUARIUM COMBO PACKAGE for a reason! It is a super EASY RED Aquarium Plant.
Lighting:
My experience with Rotala is that it is undemanding of high light, but will grow more compact in higher light. Rotala rotundifolia will be a bit more leggy in lower light.
Where to Plant:
This is a HARDY RED BACKGROUND PLANT
Don't Forget To Buy our Growth Juice and Iron Supplements for your plants!!
Make sure you check out our other Rotalas. We have Rotala Macrandra, both BIG LEAF Rotala Macrandra and SMALL Leaf Rotala Macrandra
Customer Reviews
I hate the rock and foam on the roots. The roots grow through the foam and when you pull it off all the roots break off. Has to be a better way.
I was pleased to receive two bunches of R. rotundifolia 'Red' for the price of one. They were a bit mangled upon arrival, but now after a few days are developing well currently adjacent R. rotundifolia 'Indinca.' They were obviously grown terrestrially then transferred to fully aquatic for I assume 2-3 weeks prior to shipping. The terrestrial leaves have defoliated leaving some bare stalks, but once established new branches should appear. The color upon arrival is excellent. I may transfer some next spring to my water feature outside and grow them terrestrially to see what the color of the blossom will be. R. rotundifolia 'Indinca' does reasonably well there save for the hottest summer days and winters over reasonably well. R. rotundifolia is a durable, fast-growing plant!
The care put into the packaging and shipping the plants is the first thing I noticed. Second was the volume of plants you get for the order you place. I almost didn’t have enough space for everything. The plants are healthy and interesting. I have made multiple purchases from Dustin’s and will continue to do so.
This might be my favorite plant that I have received from Dustin. It is healthy and beautiful. It has just the right amount of red and I love it!
Plants came in without issue. Already seeing new growth, haven't observed any melting
