Charophytes

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FYI: especially for anyone that picked up any of the Chara from today's auction...

In general, Charophytes require a regular fertilization regimen of Macronutrients (NPK) and micro/trace elements to stay happy and will do well with regular cool white fluorescent tubes.

If you want to get technical about it, here is a link to specific concentrations of Macro and Micro nutrients that are typically used for growing Charophytes in laboratory conditions

http://web-mcb.agr.ehime-u.ac.jp/englis ... aramed.htm

They do well when single thalli are planted in fine soil, but can thrive in a variety of substrate types.


What is a charophyte?
http://www.life.umd.edu/labs/delwiche/Charophyte.html