{"product_id":"baby-tears-monte-carlo","title":"Monte Carlo (Micranthemum tweediei)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eNOTE: The plant that you will receive looks like the photos labeled \"AS OF 6\/14\/24\"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and were potted in-house.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Monte Carlo\"  \u003c\/strong\u003e(Give it a cool name and it will sell right?)\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile I didn't name it, I am not going to act like I don't love this plant and it's name \"Monte Carlo\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou've asked for it, the crowds say \"I want a carpet\"  this is the foreground plant for you.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnly ONE other rooting carpeting plant comes in front of this plant in my book.  (Mosses don't count- and we sell 9 types of those.)  Dwarf Sag would be the only plant I would put in front of these plant as far as EASE OF GETTING A CARPET. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNOW- Don't get it twisted. Just because you want a carpet doesn't mean \"Monte Carlo\" is going to up and take you on a Magic Carpet Growing Ride.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThink like a plant. Where does this plant grow in the wild? It grows on the edge of rivers or lakes in MUD and in full or near full sun in SHALLOW water.    \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you are willing to provide this plant GOOD SUBSTRATE and GOOD light it will provide you with a GOOD CARPET. (Photo above are of my own DIRTED Aquariums with good light or the sun)   If you are going to try to grow this plant in 90 gallon with a single fluorescent bulb from 1996 in plain gravel or root tabs.... I hope you enjoy watching it slowly die.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnder the right conditions this plant will take you on a Magic Carpet Ride.  I have had it TAKE OVER the bottom of a tank.  It likes to have some of its roots down in a good substrate.  The more you hack it, the more it will grow more dense of a carpet AND you can replant it as well....\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Monte Carlo is a FOREGROUND PLANT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn a scale of 1-10 Monte Carlo is a 2.5\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt lights higher lights. (Or decent lights on a short tank)  Good substrate.  You can get away with less light and good substrate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Asian Import Plant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32388621598853,"sku":"Baby Tears","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1977\/5861\/files\/BabyTearsMonteCarlo_CarpetingAquariumPlant_ForegroundPlant_NOLOGONOTEXT.jpg?v=1718391904","url":"https:\/\/dustinsfishtanks.mom\/products\/baby-tears-monte-carlo","provider":"DustinsFishtanks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}