| Scientific name: | Microsorium Pteropus |
| Common name: | Java Fern |
| Origin: | Southeast Asia |
| How to: | The popular Java Fern is both versatile and easy to keep. In nature, it exist both submerged and on the banks of streams and rivers. Its roots are "designed" to attach to hard surface such as rocks and wood, and this is how it should be grown in the aquarium. Java fern adapts to most aquariums and requires little light. It is a slow-growing plant and older leaves may become tatty and blackened, at which point they should be removed. Java fern contains chemicals that deter most herbivorous fish from eating the leaves. |
| Maximum Height: | 10 in (25 cm) |
| Growth rate: | Slow, Medium |
| Area: | Background, Midground, Specimen, or unusual |
| Light: | Undemanding. Should be sheltered from bright light. |
| Temperature: | 64 - 82 °F (18 -28 °C) |
| Propagation: | By adventious plantlets |
| Difficulty: | 1 - click for more about difficulty level |
It looks nice when bundle like bushes..
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