rotala mexicana "Araguaia"
Entity overview
The profile associates rotala mexicana "Araguaia" with fast-growth stem plant and midground/background placement tags.
Classification signals for this plant include genus rotala, family Lythraceae, order Myrtales, and major group Angiosperms.
For broader context and filtering, open the Aquarium Plant Library.
Water parameter context
Aquarium range fields include temperature 18–30 °C, pH 4.5–7, KH 0–7 °dKH, and CO2 25–40 mg/L.
Useful next step: Estimate CO2 balance.
Nutrient range context
The profile gives nutrient targets for nitrate 10–50 mg/L, phosphate 0.1–3 mg/L, potassium 5–30 mg/L, and iron 0.01–0.5 mg/L.
Planning tool: Calculate nutrient dosing.
Care data interpretation
Planning data for care includes difficult difficulty, high light demand, and recommended CO2.
The profile marks emersed growth as possible.
Use with this data: Calculate suitable lighting.
Growth and use data
The plant profile includes propagation by cuttings.
Quick specs
- Difficulty
- Difficult
- Light
- High
- CO₂
- Recommended
- Temperature
- 18–30 °C
- Placement
- midground and background
- Growth type
- stem
- Aquarium suitability
- Yes
Water parameters
- pH
- 4.5–7
- Carbonate hardness
- 0–7 °dKH
- CO₂ (mg/L)
- 25–40 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
- Lythraceae
- Genus
- rotala
