Aquarium Plant Mini Bolbitis Baby Leaf Fern for Low-Light Aquascapes, Potted or Grown on Wood

This small-leaf Bolbitis variant gives aquascapers a compact, slow-growing fern for tanks where low light and an easy care routine are priorities.

Choose a potted plant or a wood-grown option to suit your layout. Its rhizome can also be secured directly to wood or rock, making it easy to incorporate into an established hardscape without burying the rhizome.

Key Features

• Easy care and low-light needs make this fern approachable for pet parents who want live greenery without an intensive lighting setup.
• It can grow either submerged or emersed, giving you useful flexibility when planning an aquarium or humid planted display.
• The attachable rhizome lets you position the plant on wood or rock, so it can become part of the hardscape while remaining above the substrate.
• Placing Mini Bolbitis in an area of higher aquarium flow follows its stated preference and makes choosing a suitable tank position more straightforward.
• Established plants can be divided along the rhizome and replanted, allowing one healthy specimen to be expanded through the aquascape over time.
• CO2 injection is not necessary for routine care, although injected CO2 and quality aquarium soil can encourage better growth.
• Stable aquarium parameters are important for this fern; avoiding drastic changes reduces the risk of plant melt and rotting.

Specifications

• Common name: Mini Bolbitis
• Plant form: Small-leaf fern
• Family: Dryopteridaceae
• Origin: South East Asia
• Height: 2–4 inches
• pH range: 6–7.5
• Care level: Easy
• Light requirement: Low
• CO2 requirement: Not necessary
• Growth rate: Slow
• Propagation: Cut along the rhizome
• Growing modes: Submerged or emersed
• Preferred placement: Higher-flow aquarium areas
• Rhizome care: Keep the rhizome above the substrate
• Available options: Pot, grown on 3–4-inch wood, grown on 4–5-inch wood, three-pot package, or five-pot package

Remove the wool surrounding the roots before planting, and keep the rhizome above the substrate. Once placed, maintain steady aquarium conditions and allow this slow-growing fern time to settle into the aquascape.