Java fern
Microsorum pteropus
Also called microsorum, java fearn.
Tie it to wood or rock. Burying the rhizome kills it.
What it needs
- Grows to
- 25 cm
- Smallest sensible tank
- 20 L, at least 30 cm long
- Temperature
- 18 to 28 °C
- pH
- 6 to 7.8
- Hardness
- 2 to 20 dGH
- Kept in
- ones or pairs
- Temperament
- peaceful
- Eats
- omnivore
- Swims
- at every level
- How hard
- easy
These are the figures the stocking advice is built on. Make a room and it will tell you whether java fern fit the tank you have.