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Aquarium plants

Care guides for 73 species. Each profile has lighting needs, CO2 requirements, substrate type, placement guidance, and notes on which fish are safe with the plant.

Picking plants for a new tank? The planted tank planner intersects substrate, parameter, and light requirements across your roster.

Epiphytes (anubias, java fern, bucephalandra) 9

  • African water fern Bolbitis heudelotii 40 cm · slow · intermediate · medium light
  • Anubias barteri Anubias barteri var. barteri 25 cm · slow · beginner · low light
  • Anubias congensis Anubias congensis 40 cm · slow · beginner · low light
  • Anubias nana Anubias barteri var. nana 10 cm · slow · beginner · low light
  • Anubias nana petite Anubias barteri var. nana 'Petite' 5 cm · slow · beginner · low light
  • Bucephalandra Bucephalandra sp. 15 cm · slow · intermediate · low light
  • Bucephalandra Brownie Ghost Bucephalandra sp. Brownie Ghost 10 cm · slow · intermediate · medium light
  • Java fern Microsorum pteropus 35 cm · slow · beginner · low light · pond zones 8-13
  • Java fern narrow leaf Microsorum pteropus 25 cm · slow · beginner · low light

Rosettes (sword, crypt, val) 13

Stem plants 21

  • Alternanthera reineckii Alternanthera reineckii 40 cm · moderate · intermediate · high light
  • Alternanthera reineckii Rosaefolia Alternanthera reineckii Rosaefolia 40 cm · moderate · intermediate · high light
  • Ambulia Limnophila sessiliflora 50 cm · fast · beginner · medium light · pond zones 8-13
  • Anacharis Egeria densa 100 cm · fast · beginner · low light · pond zones 5-13
  • Bacopa caroliniana Bacopa caroliniana 30 cm · moderate · beginner · medium light · pond zones 5-11
  • Bacopa monnieri Bacopa monnieri 25 cm · moderate · beginner · medium light · pond zones 8-13
  • Cabomba Cabomba caroliniana 80 cm · fast · intermediate · high light · pond zones 5-11
  • Downoi Pogostemon helferi 10 cm · moderate · intermediate · high light
  • Dwarf hygrophila Hygrophila polysperma 50 cm · fast · beginner · low light · pond zones 8-13
  • Giant hygrophila Hygrophila corymbosa 50 cm · fast · beginner · medium light
  • Hornwort Ceratophyllum demersum 100 cm · fast · beginner · low light · pond zones 3-13
  • Hygrophila pinnatifida Hygrophila pinnatifida 30 cm · moderate · intermediate · medium light
  • Ludwigia repens Ludwigia repens 45 cm · moderate · intermediate · medium light · pond zones 6-11
  • Ludwigia Super Red Ludwigia palustris Super Red 30 cm · moderate · intermediate · high light
  • Marsh ludwigia Ludwigia palustris 40 cm · moderate · beginner · medium light · pond zones 4-10
  • Pearl weed Micranthemum micranthemoides 30 cm · fast · intermediate · medium light
  • Pogostemon erectus Pogostemon erectus 40 cm · moderate · intermediate · medium light
  • Rotala rotundifolia Rotala rotundifolia 30 cm · fast · intermediate · high light
  • Rotala wallichii Rotala wallichii 30 cm · fast · advanced · very high light
  • Water sprite Ceratopteris thalictroides 40 cm · fast · beginner · low light
  • Water wisteria Hygrophila difformis 50 cm · fast · beginner · medium light · pond zones 8-13

Mosses 7

  • Christmas moss Vesicularia montagnei 5 cm · moderate · beginner · medium light · pond zones 7-13
  • Flame moss Taxiphyllum sp. 15 cm · slow · beginner · medium light
  • Java moss Taxiphyllum barbieri 10 cm · slow · beginner · low light · pond zones 8-13
  • Phoenix moss Fissidens fontanus 4 cm · slow · intermediate · medium light
  • Riccia fluitans Riccia fluitans 5 cm · fast · intermediate · high light
  • Subwassertang Lomariopsis lineata 8 cm · slow · beginner · low light
  • Weeping moss Vesicularia ferriei 5 cm · slow · beginner · low light

Carpeting plants 7

  • Dwarf four-leaf clover Marsilea hirsuta 8 cm · slow · beginner · medium light
  • Dwarf hairgrass Eleocharis parvula 10 cm · moderate · intermediate · high light
  • HC Cuba Hemianthus callitrichoides 4 cm · moderate · advanced · very high light
  • Micro sword Lilaeopsis brasiliensis 7 cm · slow · intermediate · high light
  • Monte Carlo Micranthemum tweediei 5 cm · moderate · intermediate · high light
  • Needle leaf hairgrass Eleocharis acicularis 10 cm · moderate · beginner · medium light · pond zones 5-10
  • Staurogyne repens Staurogyne repens 10 cm · slow · beginner · medium light

Floating plants 5

  • Amazon frogbit Limnobium laevigatum 3 cm · fast · beginner · low light · pond zones 8-13
  • Duckweed Lemna minor 1 cm · fast · beginner · low light · pond zones 4-13
  • Red root floater Phyllanthus fluitans 3 cm · moderate · beginner · medium light · pond zones 8-13
  • Salvinia Salvinia minima 3 cm · fast · beginner · medium light · pond zones 8-13
  • Water lettuce Pistia stratiotes 10 cm · fast · beginner · medium light · pond zones 8-13

Specialty (lily, aponogeton, banana plant) 6

  • Aponogeton crispus Aponogeton crispus 50 cm · fast · beginner · medium light
  • Banana plant Nymphoides aquatica 30 cm · slow · beginner · medium light · pond zones 8-11
  • Dwarf lily Nymphaea stellata 50 cm · moderate · beginner · medium light
  • Jungle val Vallisneria americana 100 cm · fast · beginner · medium light
  • Madagascar lace plant Aponogeton madagascariensis 60 cm · moderate · advanced · medium light
  • Tiger lotus Nymphaea zenkeri 50 cm · fast · intermediate · medium light · pond zones 9-13