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Cabomba furcata, Cabomba piauhyensis(Red Cabomba)

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Red Cabomba (Cabomba furcata, Cabomba piauhyensis)


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Common Name: Red Cabomba
Proper Name: Cabomba furcata, Cabomba piauhyensis
Category: Stem Plants
Temperature: 18 - 26 C
PH: 4 - 7
Lighting: High
Growth Rate: Fast
Difficulty: Hard
Origin: South America
Position in Aquascape: Background,Mid-Ground
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@marko@
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I had this plant in an eclipse 6 with a modified hood for a few monthes. it grew great, but stayed a dark green. i thought it was regular combomba but when taken out it does look a kind of purplish. i guess my light was not high enough for true red growth. After a while, it got shaded by my asian ambulia and stunted and despite clearing of the competition, it just wasted away. Also, be careful while planting, its leaves fall of very easily.
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SleepySin
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Truly beautiful in its peak but I didn't have much luck with this in my tank. Perhaps it was the lack of proper, adequate lighting (more than likely), that this plant just sort of melted away..
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BigBlackMoor
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This is one of the 1st plants I ever had since starting fish keeping.

It's been a tremendous grower in my 90L coldwater tank & has doubled in size in 2 months.

I'm growing cuttings of it now in an unpopulated 90L tank. I love this plant & so do my Blackmoors!
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Axelrodi202
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I have this plant in two of my tanks. One is a relatively low tech 46 gallon. In a few weeks, it has grown a little bit, and stays a reddish green color. I took a stem and put it in a high tech 5 gallon about a week ago, and the new growth is a beautiful pinkish red. It grows much faster in the 5 gallon.
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ricoishere
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I have this plant in a well lit, DIY CO2 tank, with GREAT results. I've don pruning once a month, and planted it in my other tanks. I started with 1 stem, now have over 12, in just 4 months. I did not know it would grow as fast as it does. And best of all, it's deep red.

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