Cryptocoryne parva are extremely easy to grow. Crypt Parva is one of the slower growing crypts. This is a carpeting plant, but the carpet does take a while to grow. A good substitute easy carpet plant that grows faster would be dwarf sag. This plant, like all plants, grows best with fertilizer and lighting around 6500k. This plant can be grown without co2, fertilizer is recommended but can be grown without. Propagation is easy for cryptocoryne, and involves removing a small portion of the root with some stem attached. This can then be planted in the substrate, and will slowly develop into a new plant.