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PlanteasyFreshwater
Cabomba
Cabomba caroliniana
Family: Cabombaceae
Cabomba is a feathery, fan-like stem plant that creates a delicate texture in the background. It grows quickly under moderate to high light and provides excellent cover for small fish and fry. Best suited to tanks without very strong flow.
Keeping this species
- co2
- Beneficial
- diet
- Water column feeder
- light
- Medium to high
- tank size
- 20 gallons minimum
- growth rate
- Fast
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Water it likes
- ph
- 6.0–7.5
- ammonia
- 0 ppm
- nitrate
- <20 ppm
- hardness
- 2–12 dGH
- temperature
- 64–79°F (18–26°C)
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