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Cryptocoryne Lutea
Cryptocoryne lutea
Family: Araceae
Cryptocoryne lutea is a small to medium-sized crypt producing olive-green to brownish-green leaves with a slightly hammered or textured surface. It is one of the most adaptable and forgiving crypt species, tolerating a wide range of water conditions including moderate hardness and near-neutral pH. Reaching 10–20 cm in height, it works well in the foreground or midground of medium to large planted tanks, spreading via runners into tidy clumps.
Keeping this species
- co2
- Not required
- light
- Low to medium (20–60 PAR)
- placement
- Foreground / midground
- substrate
- Nutrient-rich substrate; root tabs beneficial
- growth rate
- Slow
- propagation
- Daughter plants via runners
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Water it likes
- ph
- 6.0–7.8
- nitrate
- <30 ppm
- hardness
- 3–18 dGH
- temperature
- 72–82°F (22–28°C)