Cabomba
Photo: Matt Salmond
UNWANTED ORGANISM
- Scientific Name
- Cabomba caroliniana
- Origin
- Tropical Africa
- Presence
- Unwanted organism.
- Temperature (°C)
- 18 - 22
- pH range
- 6.5 - 7.2
- Hardness (ppm)
- 30 - 150
- Light
- Strong
- Height
- 400 - 1000mm
- Difficulty
- Demanding
- Notes
- There are 3 well-used species of Cabomba. C. aquatica C. australis & C caroliniana are the more common. They all require a high light density. Without good lighting it grows lank & weak - or not at all. Like CO2.
- Propagation
- Stems bedded into a loamy substrate in soft water
- Source
- FNZAS