Pogostemon erectus
Pogostemon erectus, inoa ʻepekema ʻo Pogostemon erectus. ʻOiai ʻo ia ka mea kanu i ka ʻaoʻao hema hema o ka subcontinent India (India), ua hoʻohana mua ʻia ia i nā aquariums ma USA. A laila lawe ʻia i ʻEulopa a hoʻi hou i Asia i ke kūlana o kahi mea kanu aquarium kaulana.
ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona e pili ana i nā kūlana ulu. Hoʻokumu ka mea kanu i nā lāʻau compact mai nā kumu 15-40 cm ke kiʻekiʻe. I ka lewa, hana ʻo Pogostemon erectus i nā lau pōkole a kikoo e like me nā nila spruce. I nā kūlana kūpono, ʻike ʻia nā inflorescences i ke ʻano o nā spikelets me nā pua liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi. Ma lalo o ka wai i loko o nā aquarium, lilo nā lau i lōʻihi a lahilahi, e ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o nā lāʻau. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka nānā ʻana i ka wā i kanu ʻia i nā hui, ma mua o ka ʻōpuʻu hoʻokahi.
I loko o nā aquarium, he mea nui e hāʻawi i kahi kiʻekiʻe o ke kukui no ka ulu olakino. ʻAʻole ʻae ʻia ka waiho ʻana ma kahi kokoke i nā mea kanu kiʻekiʻe a lana. Manaʻo ʻia kahi hoʻokomo hou ʻana o ka carbon dioxide. I loko o nā pahu nui hiki ke waiho ʻia ma ka ʻāpana waena, ma nā liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi e pono ke hoʻohana ʻia ma ke ʻano he kumu kumu a i ʻole ke kihi.
