Vesicularia sp. "Anchor Moss"
Entity overview
For aquarium planning, Vesicularia sp. "Anchor Moss" is grouped as slow-growth moss with foreground/midground placement.
For entity matching, taxonomy contributes genus Vesicularia, family Hypnaceae, order Hypnales, and major group Angiosperms.
For broader context and filtering, open the Aquarium Plant Library.
Water parameter context
For water matching, the ranges are temperature 15–30 °C, pH 5–7, KH 0–14 °dKH, and CO2 20–40 mg/L.
Planning tool: Estimate CO2 balance.
Nutrient range context
Nutrient fields for the profile cover nitrate 10–50 mg/L, phosphate 0.1–3 mg/L, potassium 5–30 mg/L, and iron 0.01–0.5 mg/L.
Related calculator: Calculate nutrient dosing.
Care data interpretation
For tank planning, care values include medium difficulty, low light demand, and recommended CO2.
Emersed growth appears as a supported profile value.
Useful next step: Calculate suitable lighting.
Growth and use data
The propagation field gives cutting off daughter plants.
Use-case tags in the profile include epiphyte and mosses.
Quick specs
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Recommended
- Temperature
- 15–30 °C
- Placement
- foreground and midground
- Growth type
- moss
- Aquarium suitability
- Yes
Water parameters
- pH
- 5–7
- Carbonate hardness
- 0–14 °dKH
- CO₂ (mg/L)
- 20–40 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
- Hypnaceae
- Genus
- Vesicularia