Stem Plants
Fine Hornwort
Ceratophyllum submersum
Photo: Autor desconocido · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature10–28 °C
- pH6.5–8.5
- Adult size80 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Ceratophyllaceae
- Origin
- Europe, Asia and Africa
- Size
- 30 – 80 cm
- Temperature
- 10 – 28°C
- pH
- 6.5 – 8.5
- GH
- 5 – 25 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Light
- low – medium
- CO2
- Not required
- Fertilization
- low
- Growth
- fast
- Position
- floating or anchored
- Propagation
- fragmentation
Notes: A relative of the common hornwort with thinner, softer leaves. Rootless; absorbs a lot of nutrients.
