Elatine gratioloides
Elatine gratioloides
Elatine gratioloides is a creeping plant suited to foreground planting.
ForegroundCreeping plant
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Planting & care
- PlacementForeground
- Growth typeCreeping plant
- LightMedium
- CO2Recommended
About this plant
Care level: Intermediate. Light requirement: medium. Injected CO₂: recommended.
Quick specs
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Light
- Medium
- CO₂
- Recommended
- Placement
- Foreground
- Growth type
- Creeping plant
- Aquarium suitability
- Suitable for aquariums Suitable for long-term aquarium use.
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
- Fast
- Propagation
- seeds, cuttings, splitting, cutting off daughter plants
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What you’ll need to grow Elatine gratioloides
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CO₂
This plant’s care profile lists CO₂ injection as recommended, not required.
Estimate dissolved CO₂Fertilization
Regular macro and micronutrient fertilization supports healthy growth and coloration.
Calculate fertilizer dosingTaxonomy
- Major group
- Angiosperms
- Family
- Elatinaceae
- Genus
- Elatine
- Botanical name
- Elatine gratioloides
