Cabomba
Cabomba caroliniana
Cabomba is a medium, fast-growing plant for high light (cO₂ helps). Spot: background, midground; 11.8–23.6 in tall.
Care at a glance
- LightLow: any basic LED. Medium: a planted-tank LED. Strong: a high-output planted light, usually with CO₂.
- Strong light
- CO₂CO₂ is carbon dioxide for growth. "Helps" means the plant grows without it, faster and denser with it.
- CO₂ helps
- Growth
- Fast
- Care
- Medium
- Where
- Background, Midground
- Height
- 11.8–23.6 in
- Temperature
- 68–77°F
- pH
- 5–7
How to plant it
- Plant it in the substrate; it feeds from both roots and water.
- Soft leaves: plant-eating fish and snails may eat it.
Also for this spot
Sources: Flowgrow DB: Cabomba caroliniana var. caroliniana · Practical Fishkeeping: Gorgers of the greenery