Quick plant statistics for Cryptocoryne blassii
Scientific Name:
Cryptocoryne blassii
Common Name:
Giant Cryp'
Substrate:
Plain washed gravel
Lighting:
Not critical
pH value:
Not critical
Hardness:
5-11°dH
Temperature:
77°F (25°C)
Height:
12-16 in (30-40 cm)
Distribution:
Thailand
Characteristics:
Narrow ovate leaves with acute bases and bluntly pointed tips. Color of upper surface varies fron olive-green to...
Quick plant statistics for Cryptocoryne affinis
Family Name:
Araceae (arum family)
Scientific Name:
Cryptocoryne affinis
Common Name:
Prolific Cryptocoryne
Substrate:
Plain washed gravel
Lighting:
Moderate
pH value:
6.8-7.0
Hardness:
Not critical
Temperature:
72-79°F (22-26°C)
Height:
6-12 in (15-30 cm)
Distribution:
Southwestern Malayan Peninsula
Characteristics:
Leaves are soft, long and lanceolate, with short petioles. Under aquarium conditions leaves take...
Quick plant statistics for Crinum natans
Family Name:
Amaryllidaceae (amaryllis family)
Scientific Name:
Crinum natans
Common Name:
None
Substrate:
Nutrient-Rich bottom
Lighting:
Very bright
pH value:
5.5-7.0
Hardness:
2-10°dH
Temperature:
54-77°F (12-25°C)
Height:
20-40 in (50-100 cm)
Distribution:
Africa
Characteristics:
Leaves unstemmed, ligamentous, bright green and burled; more heavily burled in good light than in shade.
Aquarium use:
Background Plant
From Tropica:
Crinum...
Quick plant statistics for Japanese Moss Ball, Cladophora aegagropila
Scientific Name:
Cladophora aegagropila
Common Name:
Japanese Moss Ball
Substrate:
Immaterial - not rooted
Lighting:
Strong Light preferred, 12 hours
pH value:
Not critical (7.0)
Hardness:
Soft to Hard water
Temperature:
Not critical, 59 to 80°F (15 to 27°C)
Height:
4 to 12-inch diameter.
Distribution:
Japan, Northern Europe...
Quick plant statistics for the Indian Fern
Scientific Name:
Ceratopteris thalictroides
Common Name:
Watersprite, Indian Fern
Substrate:
Peaty Medium helps
Lighting:
Bright
pH value:
5-6.5
Hardness:
5-6°dH
Temperature:
68-75°F (20-25°C)
Height:
15 in (38 cm)
Distribution:
Widely in tropical regions
Characteristics:
True water fern that grow emersed, submersed and as a floating plant. Normal color is emerald...
Quick plant statistics for Cardamine
Scientific Name:
Cardamine lyrata
Common Name:
Cardamine
Substrate:
Plain washed gravel
Lighting:
Strong Light preferred
pH value:
Not critical (7.0)
Hardness:
Soft to Hard water
Temperature:
Slightly colder, 59 to 75°F (15-24°C)
Height:
1 foot to 2 feet
Distribution:
East Asia & Japan
Characteristics:
Cardamine lyrata is actually a marsh...
Quick plant statistics for the African Water Fern
Scientific Name:
Bolbitis heudelotii
Common Name:
African Water Fern
Substrate:
N/A
Lighting:
Subdued
pH value:
Not critical
Hardness:
3-18°dH
Temperature:
72-82°F (22-28°C)
Height:
10-15 in (25-38 cm) when submerged, but much larger in emersed specimens
Distribution:
Tropical West Africa
Characteristics:
Dark green to black creeping rhizome covered in short black...
Quick plant statistics for Barclaya longifolia
Family Name:
Nymphaeceae
Scientific Name:
Barclaya longifolia
Common Name:
Orchid Lily
Substrate:
Rich, lime free
Lighting:
Not critical
pH value:
6.8-7.2
Hardness:
4-6°dH
Temperature:
77-86°F (25-30°C)
Height:
14 in (35 cm)
Distribution:
Malaya, Thailand and Burma
Characteristics:
Rosette of lanceolate leaves with undulating margins and borne on short petioles. Upper leaf surface...
Quick plant statistics for the American Cress
Scientific Name:
Armoracia Aquatica
Common Name:
American Cress
Substrate:
Plain washed gravel
Lighting:
Bright
pH value:
Not critical
Hardness:
Not critical
Temperature:
64-77°F (18-25°C)
Height:
Up to 3in, spikes may reach 10 in (8cm)
Distribution:
Eastern North America
Characteristics:
A submerged plant with brittle leaves
Aquarium use:
Foreground
Quick plant statistics for Aponogeton undulatus
Family Name:
Aponogetonaceae
Scientific Name:
Aponogeton undulatus
Common Name:
None
Substrate:
Plain washed gravel
Lighting:
Not critical
pH value:
6.8-7.2
Hardness:
10-15°dH
Temperature:
72-82°F 22-28°C)
Height:
16 in (40 cm)
Distribution:
India and Indochina
Characteristics:
Leaves stemmed, light green, leaf margins undate, markedly so if in a bright spot
Aquarium use:
Middleground