Aquarium plant
Marsilea hirsuta
Marsilea hirsuta R.Br.
ForegroundCreeping plant
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Planting & care
- PlacementForeground
- GrowthCreeping plant
- LightLow
- CO2None
- Height2–10 cm (0.8–3.9 in)
Quick specs
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- None
- Placement
- Foreground
- Growth type
- Creeping plant
- Aquarium suitability
- Suitable for aquariums Suitable for long-term aquarium use.
- Approx. height
- 2–10 cm (0.8–3.9 in)
Water conditions
- pH
- 6–7.5
- Carbonate hardness
- 0–10 °dKH
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
- Medium
- Propagation
- runners, division and daughter plants
- Color
- Green
Taxonomy
- Major group
- Ferns
- Family
- Marsileaceae
- Genus
- Marsilea
- Botanical name
- Marsilea hirsuta R.Br.
