Super Red Ludwigia – Vibrant, Easy Live Aquarium Plant

Brighten your aquarium with a splash of vivid color! Super Red Ludwigia (Ludwigia repens ‘Super Red’) is a stunning freshwater stem plant that adds bold, eye-catching reds to your aquascape — perfect for creating depth, contrast, and visual balance among green plants.

This hardy Ludwigia variety features lush red to deep burgundy leaves that thrive under moderate to high lighting. It’s a fantastic midground or background plant, growing upright with a bushy appearance as it matures.

Despite its striking look, Super Red Ludwigia is beginner-friendly, making it a great choice for anyone wanting to introduce color to their aquarium with minimal effort.

❤️ Why You’ll Love It

• Brilliant red to deep burgundy foliage 🌹

• Easy to grow and beginner-friendly

• Adds color and contrast to green aquascapes

• Great for midground or background placement

• Fast-growing and easy to propagate

💧 Care Instructions

• Scientific Name: Ludwigia repens ‘Super Red’

• Lighting: Medium to high (strong light enhances red color)

• Temperature: 68–82°F (20–28°C)

• pH Range: 6.0–7.5

• Placement: Midground to background

• Growth Rate: Moderate to fast

• CO₂: Not required, but enhances color and growth

💡 Pro Tip: Trim regularly and replant cuttings to create a dense, colorful background wall of red foliage!

🐠 Perfect For:

✔️ Adding color to planted aquariums 🌿
✔️ Beginner and intermediate aquascapers
✔️ Shrimp and community tanks
✔️ Nature and Dutch-style aquascapes
✔️ Low-tech and CO₂-injected setups

📦 What You’ll Receive

• 1 healthy Super Red Ludwigia stem bundle or portion

🌱 Helpful Hints

• Stronger light = deeper red leaves ❤️

• Grows beautifully in both CO₂ and non-CO₂ tanks

• Ideal alongside green plants like Moneywort or Cryptocoryne wendtii ‘Brown’ for visual balance

• Trim and replant cuttings to fill out your aquascape

✨ Super Red Ludwigia adds a vibrant burst of color and life to your aquarium — easy to grow, stunning to look at, and loved by aquascapers everywhere!