Microsorum pteropus 'Petit'

Entity overview

For aquarium planning, Microsorum pteropus 'Petit' is grouped as slow-growth creeping plant with foreground/midground placement.

Taxonomy data places this plant in genus Microsorum, family Polypodiaceae, order Polypodiales, and major group Angiosperms.

The profile also carries aliases for Microsorum pteropus 'Petite' and Microsorum pteropus 'Mini'.

For broader context and filtering, open the Aquarium Plant Library.

Water parameter context

Water-parameter data gives temperature 20–28 °C, pH 5–8, KH 0–14 °dKH, and CO2 5–40 mg/L.

Use with this data: Estimate CO2 balance.

Nutrient range context

Available nutrient data includes nitrate 10–50 mg/L, phosphate 0.1–3 mg/L, potassium 5–30 mg/L, and iron 0.01–0.5 mg/L.

Useful next step: Calculate nutrient dosing.

Care data interpretation

For aquarium planning, care values include very easy difficulty, low light demand, and recommended CO2.

Emersed growth appears as a supported profile value.

Aquarium tool: Calculate suitable lighting.

Growth and use data

Growth-related fields add height 10–25 cm and width 10–20 cm.

The propagation field gives cutting off daughter plants.

Available color tagging shows green.

The profile carries usage values for epiphyte and nano.