Microsorum pteropus ‘Needle Leaf’
Also found as: Microsorum pteropus 'True Needle Leaf', Microsorum sp. 'Mini'
Light
Low-high
CO₂
Helps · 10–40 mg/L
Temperature
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Difficulty
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Growth
Slow
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Foreground
Suits this plantForegroundRight at the front glass. Low plants and carpets that never block the view.
Midground
Suits this plantMidgroundBetween front and back. Medium-height plants that fill the middle.
Background
Not for this plantBackgroundAlong the back glass. Tall plants that hide equipment and frame the scape.
On wood / rock
Suits this plantOn wood / rockGrows attached to hardscape rather than rooted in the substrate.
Floating
Not for this plantFloatingFloats at the surface with its roots hanging in the water.
Plant it foreground, midground or on wood / rock. Also used as: group, nano tanks.
Where it grows wild
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General
- Aquarium suitability
- yes
- Growth habit
- Rhizome
Care
- Propagation
- Splitting / division, Cutting off daughter plants, Adventitious plantlets, Rhizome division
- Can grow emersed
- yes
- Suited for outdoor ponds
- no
Water parameters
- Temperature tolerance
- 39.2–86 °F
Nutrients
- Nitrate (NO₃⁻)
- 10–50 mg/L
- Phosphate (PO₄³⁻)
- 0.1–3 mg/L
- Potassium (K⁺)
- 5–30 mg/L
- Iron (Fe)
- 0–0.5 mg/L