Vibrant Ludwigia Meta Stem adds bold red and green hues to aquariums, creating stunning mid-ground and background layers while being easy to maintain for both beginners and experienced aquascapers.

🌿 Product Description: Ludwigia Meta Stem

Transform your aquarium into a vivid, colorful aquascape with Ludwigia Meta Stem, a fast-growing, hardy stem plant prized for its striking red and green foliage. Its tall, elegant stems make it ideal for mid-ground and background placement, adding depth, structure, and a natural flow to any freshwater tank.

Ludwigia Meta Stem is perfect for creating contrast with green foreground plants, mosses, and decorative hardscape elements. Its vibrant coloration intensifies under moderate to high lighting, turning your aquarium into a visually captivating display.

🌱 Key Features & Benefits

• Live Ludwigia Meta Stem aquatic plant

• Bright red and green leaves for dynamic visual contrast

• Ideal for mid-ground and background aquascaping

• Fast-growing and hardy for easy maintenance

• Absorbs excess nutrients, helping reduce algae growth

• Safe for freshwater fish, shrimp, and snails

• Enhances depth and color layers in aquascapes

• Compatible with both low-tech and high-tech planted tanks

💧 Water Conditions

Ludwigia Meta Stem thrives in a wide range of freshwater conditions, making it suitable for most aquariums.

• Water Type: Freshwater

• Temperature: 20–28°C (68–82°F)

• pH Range: 6.0–7.5

• Water Hardness: Soft to moderately hard

• Water Flow: Low to moderate

Stable water parameters support vibrant leaf coloration and steady stem growth.

💡 Lighting Requirements

• Lighting Level: Medium to high

• Stronger light enhances red pigmentation and denser growth

• Moderate light produces healthy green growth with subtle red accents

• Avoid very low light if you want full coloration

High-quality LED or full-spectrum lighting is recommended for optimal results.

🛠️ Maintenance Level: Moderate

Ludwigia Meta Stem is beginner-friendly but benefits from routine maintenance to retain its shape and vibrant colors.

Care tips:

• Trim regularly to encourage bushier, more compact stems

• Replant cuttings to fill gaps or expand aquascape design

• Nutrient-rich substrate or liquid fertilizers support faster growth

• Optional CO₂ injection enhances red coloration and overall plant health

With consistent care, Ludwigia Meta Stem creates a long-lasting, colorful centerpiece.

🐠 Fish & Aquatic Life That Enjoy Ludwigia Meta Stem

Dense stem growth provides shelter, shade, and grazing surfaces, making it ideal for both fish and invertebrates.

Compatible species include:

• Tetras, rasboras, and danios – enjoy foraging and hiding

• Guppies, platies, and mollies – shelter and play

• Betta fish and dwarf gouramis – resting areas among stems

• Shrimp (cherry, Amano, crystal) – graze on biofilm

• Small catfish and Corydoras – seek cover under stems

Its structure also provides excellent surfaces for fish breeding and fry protection.

🌿 Aquascaping & Placement Tips

• Best used as mid-ground or background stems

• Can be grouped to create colorful hedges or natural wall effects

• Pairs beautifully with green carpets, mosses, and hardscape elements

• Adds height and contrast for layered, dynamic aquascapes

• Ideal for Dutch-style, nature-style, and high-tech planted tanks

The red-green foliage provides dramatic visual impact in any aquarium.

📦 What You’ll Receive

• Healthy live Ludwigia Meta Stem aquatic plant

• Carefully packed to ensure freshness and safe transport

• Ready to plant directly into substrate for immediate growth

✅ Why Choose Ludwigia Meta Stem?

If you’re looking to add bold color, natural structure, and easy-care elegance to your aquarium, Ludwigia Meta Stem is a top choice. Its fast growth, stunning red-green coloration, and adaptability make it a must-have plant for mid-ground and background aquascaping.

Vibrant color. Easy care. Stunning aquascapes. 🌿🐠