Bucephalandra sp. "Riam Macan"
Entity overview
The profile associates Bucephalandra sp. "Riam Macan" with very-slow-growth creeping plant and foreground/midground placement tags.
Classification signals for this plant include genus Bucephalandra, family Araceae, order Alismatales, and major group Angiosperms.
For broader context and filtering, open the Aquarium Plant Library.
Water parameter context
Aquarium range fields include temperature 20–26 °C, pH 5–7, KH 0–10 °dKH, and CO2 10–40 mg/L.
Useful next step: Estimate CO2 balance.
Nutrient range context
Nutrient comparison is based on 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 easy difficulty, low 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 cutting off daughter plants.
The profile carries color values for red.
Usage metadata for filtering includes epiphyte.
Quick specs
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Recommended
- Temperature
- 20–26 °C
- Placement
- foreground and midground
- Growth type
- creeping
- Aquarium suitability
- Yes
Water parameters
- pH
- 5–7
- Carbonate hardness
- 0–10 °dKH
- CO₂ (mg/L)
- 10–40 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
- Araceae
- Genus
- Bucephalandra