Hydrocotyle Tripartita 'Mini' – Fast-Spreading Foreground Carpet Plant

Hydrocotyle Tripartita 'Mini', also known simply as Mini Hydrocotyle, is a popular carpeting plant in the aquascaping world, known for its tiny clover-like leaves, dense growth, and fast-spreading runners. This vibrant foreground plant delivers a lush, textured appearance that instantly elevates the look of any planted aquarium or nature-style aquascape.

Key Features & Benefits

• Scientific Name: Hydrocotyle Tripartita 'Mini'

• Common Name: Mini Hydrocotyle, Japanese Pennywort Mini

• Leaf Shape: Small, bright green, clover-like leaves

• Growth Style: Low-growing, creeping carpet with horizontal runners

• Lighting Needs: Medium to high light for compact, lush growth

• CO₂ Requirements: Strongly recommended for dense, fast spreading

• Placement: Foreground or accent areas in aquascapes

• Propagation: Easily propagated by trimming and replanting runners

• Ideal Use: Perfect for nature aquariums, Iwagumi layouts, nano tanks

Why Choose Hydrocotyle Tripartita 'Mini'?

Hydrocotyle Tripartita 'Mini' solves the challenge of achieving a lush, fast-growing carpet without the fragility of more delicate species. Its compact size makes it especially appealing for nano aquariums or detailed foreground work, while its rapid horizontal growth ensures quicker coverage of open substrate areas.

This plant thrives in CO₂-injected setups with moderate to strong lighting, producing tight, vibrant green carpets that add depth and softness to hardscape features like rocks and driftwood. It also responds well to trimming, encouraging bushier growth and easy propagation—making it a favorite among both professional aquascapers and enthusiastic beginners.

Whether you're crafting a minimalist Iwagumi or a vibrant nature aquarium, Hydrocotyle Tripartita 'Mini' brings contrast, coverage, and visual balance to your underwater world.

and visually appealing planted aquarium due to its charming miniature form.

• Sold as a loose fresh-cut plants, bunched plants or potted plants
• Fresh-cut plants | loose, small fresh-cut portion
  
• Bunched plants | fresh-cut plants bundle with foam and plant's weight
• Potted plants | fresh-cut plants potted with rockwool

 WHAT WE GUARANTEE

24 Hours Live Arrival Guarantee* - In a rare case of live stocks dead on arrival, we must be notified within 24 hours by the same day of delivery. Please take clear photos of the damaged product and send it to us within 24 hours.  Live Arrival Guarantee will be void after 24 hours of delivery. All replacements are considered final and we will not replace the replacement.

1. Picture requirements: Take at least 2 clear photos of damaged product in their original, unopened & sealed transparent packing and send photos and orders information to our email within 24 hours: aquariumplantsfactory@gmail.com 
2. Please do not take picture of damaged plants, or animals in your aquarium. Once they have been introduced to your aquarium's ecosystem. It is no longer covered by our guarantee.

Please be aware that our Live Arrival Guarantee is subject to certain conditions. Specifically, the guarantee will not be applicable in cases where the package is marked as 'invalid address', 'undeliverable' or is 'returned to sender.' This includes situations such as a vacant delivery address, a missing apartment number, or any other issues that prevent the postal service from delivering your package.

It is crucial to provide accurate and complete shipping information to ensure the successful delivery of your order and the applicability of the Live Arrival Guarantee.

Please keep in mind that Live Arrival Guarantee only guarantees that live stocks will be alive upon arrival. We cannot guarantee that you will continue to have success with them. Many factors, including the aquarium environment, water quality, nutrient, temperature, lighting, filter, and CO2 system, can contribute to the failure to grow live plants and live animals.

WHAT WE CAN'T GUARANTEE

Even though our plants are very clean, but we can't guarantee they will be 100% pest-free because we cannot be responsible for your aquarium. Please use it at your own risk. We recommended all customers rinse the plants with clean water and quarantine them before use.

However, plants in tissue culture will be 100% free from pests, algae and never have been contacting with any aquarium.

1. Due to the nature of the product. We don't guarantee our plants will be pests free. ( snails, algae, hitchhikers )
2. We don't guarantee our plants will be free of pesticides. We use homemade, organic pesticides in our greenhouse to control pests. We do not use pesticides that contain copper. Copper is toxic to invertebrates such as aquatic snails, crabs, shrimps, etc
3. We don't guarantee your aquarium success or are responsible for your aquarium inhabitant including but not limited to fish, shrimp, snail, turtle, etc. So please quarantine all plants when use!
4. Unless specific, we don't guarantee aquatic plants will be grow emerged or submerge.

Please review your state's regulations on restricted plants, as we are committed to not shipping plants that are restricted in your area. Do not release any plants into the wild or waterways, as this can harm local ecosystems by introducing invasive species.

Your cooperation in protecting the environment is appreciated. For continuously updated information, refer to the USDA State Noxious Weed list here.

Thank you for your responsible commitment to environmental preservation.