Care Guide
Blyxa aubertii
Blyxa Aubertii
Care at a Glance
Lighting
Medium to high
Growth Rate
Fast in good conditons
Growth Form
Rosette
Placement
Mid-background
True Aquatic
Obligate aquatic
Available As
Bare root
About This Plant
Blyxa aubertii is a lovely aquatic plant and adds a spikey upright element in a planted aquarium. The long slender leaves of Blyxa auberti flow in the current of your planted aquarium In strong light, the plant has a bronze tinge to the leaves. In more modest lighting the leaves are a translucent green. This is the taller of the two commercially available Blyxa sp. This plant does best in a well-tended high light CO2 suplemented tank with a nutritious substrate. It does not tolerate abuse from boisterous fish. This is an obligate aquatic, meaning that it cannot grow out of the water.
Care Requirements
Prefers soft-medium hard water, supplemental CO2 and good nutrition
Family
Hydrocharitaceae
Native To
Asia from New Guinea to Japan, Australia, Madagascar and other isolated parts of Africa
Available to Purchase
Blyxa aubertii — $19.99
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