Limnobium laevigatum
Entity overview
The profile uses floating growth behavior alongside floating placement tags.
Taxonomy data places this plant in genus Limnobium, family Hydrocharitaceae, order Alismatales, and major group Angiosperms.
The profile also carries aliases for Limnobium spongia.
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Water parameter context
Parameter data for this plant includes temperature 20–27 °C, pH 5–8, KH 0–14 °dKH, and CO2 0–40 mg/L.
Continue with: Estimate CO2 balance.
Nutrient range context
Nutrient ranges include nitrate 10–50 mg/L, phosphate 0.1–3 mg/L, potassium 5–30 mg/L, and iron 0.01–0.5 mg/L.
Check this next: Calculate nutrient dosing.
Care data interpretation
For aquarium planning, care values include easy difficulty, low light demand, and recommended CO2.
Emersed growth appears as a supported profile value.
Related calculator: Calculate suitable lighting.
Growth and use data
Growth-related fields add height up to 5 cm and width up to 15 cm.
The propagation field gives fragmentation.
Quick specs
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Recommended
- Temperature
- 20–27 °C
- Placement
- floating
- Growth type
- floating
- Aquarium suitability
- Yes
- Approx. height
- up to 5 cm
Water parameters
- pH
- 5–8
- Carbonate hardness
- 0–14 °dKH
- CO₂ (mg/L)
- 0–40 mg/L
Nutrient ranges
- Nitrate (NO₃)
- 10–50 mg/L
- Phosphate (PO₄)
- 0.1–3 mg/L
- Potassium (K)
- 5–30 mg/L
- Iron (Fe)
- 0.01–0.5 mg/L
Taxonomy
- Major group
- Angiosperms
- Family
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Genus
- Limnobium
