Light: low - very high

Growth: medium - low

Demands: very easy

Pruning: divide the rhizome when the plant gets too big

Water hardness: doesn´t seem to matter

Specials: Plant looks best when fixed to driftwood or stones. The roots (and especially the rhizome) should not be burried in substrate.

Propagation: Adventitious plants are growing on the old leaves. Once they are at a size of about 2 inch you can separate them from the motherplant.

Experiences: The plant is very easy, since the light requirements are very low. Perfect for low maintenance tanks. When you buy the plant it may take some months until it gets adapted to your water parameters. Usually it starts growing a few weeks after planting.

I use rubber bands to hold them to rocks and thumb tacks to attach them to driftwood. They do seem to grow faster in light levels of over 2w/gal. CO2 helps faster growth.

Here you can see some baby Java Ferns I have attached to a piece of driftwood with thumb tacks.

One thing I like to do with Java Ferns on rocks is to stack them to form caves. In time they will grow over and together and look like a one big clump of ferns. The caves are great hiding places for your more timid fish.