Plants
Elodea
Egeria densa
Also called: Waterweed
Key facts
- Temperature10–26 °C
- pH6–8.5
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Origin
- Brazil, Argentina
- Size
- Stem up to 3 meters (trimmed)
- Temperature
- 10 – 26°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 8.5
- GH
- 5 – 25 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Light
- average
- CO2
- Not required
- Fertilization
- low
- Growth
- very fast
- Position
- mid-ground – background
- Substrate
- inert or floating
- Propagation
- cuttings
Notes: Tolerates the low temperatures preferred by goldfish. Goldfish eat it, but it grows so quickly that it remains available. Excellent nitrate absorber. Invasive species: never release into the wild.
