light: medium - very high

growth: fast

demands: easy, grows much better with CO2 addition.

Pruning: either just cut the tops and let the rooted parts regrow, or cut and replant, or both.

Water hardness: doesn´t seem to matter

specials: develops red tips if it grows under higher lights (or reaches the water surface where there is more light).

Propagation: New shoots at rooted parts

Experiences: I allways had great success with rotala indica. I especially like the easyness. You can just trim the plant and a week later you have very dense bushlike growth without the need of replanting the cuttings.

Planting: If you want to build an extremely dense bush, plant about two to three stems together. The next two to three stems about 1/2 an inch beside (or behind, etc.) and so on. Then you let it grow until it reaches a height of about 4 inch. Cut the stems to about 1 inch and replant the cuttings between the rooted parts.

I let the tops grow horizontal on top to get the leaves to turn a darker red. then replant the tops just a day or two before show pictures are taken. that way they look their best of the pictures. I all so do this just before I take cutting to the LFS for selling. The sell faster pulse I get more store credits.