Aquarium plant
Cryptocoryne lingua
Cryptocoryne lingua
Cryptocoryne lingua is a rosette plant suited to foreground and midground planting.
Foreground, MidgroundRosette plant
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Planting & care
- PlacementForeground, Midground
- GrowthRosette plant
- LightLow
- CO2Recommended
- Height8–15 cm (3.1–5.9 in)
Quick specs
- Difficulty
- Difficult
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Recommended
- Temperature
- 18–30 °C
- Placement
- Foreground, Midground
- Growth type
- Rosette plant
- Aquarium suitability
- Suitable for aquariums Suitable for long-term aquarium use.
- Approx. height
- 8–15 cm (3.1–5.9 in)
Water conditions
- Temperature
- 18–30 °C
- pH
- 5.5–7.5
- Carbonate hardness
- 2–12 °dKH
- CO₂ (mg/L)
- 10–40 mg/L
Nutrients
- Nitrate (NO₃)
- 10–50 mg/L
- Phosphate (PO₄)
- 0.5–3 mg/L
- Potassium (K)
- 5–50 mg/L
- Iron (Fe)
- 0.05–0.2 mg/L
Growth & placement
- Growth rate
- Very slow
- Propagation
- Daughter-plant cuttings
Taxonomy
- Major group
- Angiosperms
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Cryptocoryne
- Botanical name
- Cryptocoryne lingua
