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Beginner aquarium plants
Hardy live plants improve water quality and give your fish cover, with no special equipment required.
15 of 15 plants
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Amazon Frogbit
Limnobium laevigatum
- Light
- Low
- CO2
- Not Needed
- Growth
- Moderate
- Max height
- 2 in (5 cm)
FloatingEasy
Amazon Sword
Echinodorus grisebachii 'Bleherae'
- Light
- Low
- CO2
- Not Needed
- Growth
- Moderate
- Max height
- 12 in (30 cm)
pH not published
BackgroundEasy
Anubias Barteri
Anubias barteri var. barteri
- Light
- Low
- CO2
- Not Needed
- Growth
- Slow
- Max height
- 12 in (30 cm)
Attached to HardscapeAbsolute Beginner
Anubias Nana Petite
Anubias barteri 'Petite'
- Light
- Low
- CO2
- Not Needed
- Growth
- Slow
- Max height
- 2 in (5 cm)
Attached to HardscapeAbsolute Beginner
Bacopa Caroliniana
Bacopa caroliniana
- Light
- Low
- CO2
- Not Needed
- Growth
- Slow
- Max height
- 12 in (30 cm)
MidgroundEasy
Cryptocoryne Wendtii
Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Green'
- Light
- Low
- CO2
- Not Needed
- Growth
- Moderate
- Max height
- 12 in (30 cm)
MidgroundEasy
Dwarf Sagittaria
Sagittaria subulata
- Light
- Low
- CO2
- Beneficial
- Growth
- Moderate
- Max height
- 12 in (30 cm)
ForegroundEasy
Hornwort
Ceratophyllum demersum
- Light
- Low
- CO2
- Not Needed
- Growth
- Fast
- Max height
- 12 in (30 cm)
FloatingAbsolute Beginner
Java Fern
Microsorum pteropus
- Light
- Low
- CO2
- Not Needed
- Growth
- Slow
- Max height
- 12 in (30 cm)
Attached to HardscapeAbsolute Beginner
Java Moss
Taxiphyllum barbieri
- Light
- Low
- CO2
- Not Needed
- Growth
- Moderate
- Max height
- 4 in (10 cm)
Attached to HardscapeAbsolute Beginner
Ludwigia Repens
Ludwigia repens
- Light
- Medium
- CO2
- Not Needed
- Growth
- Moderate
- Max height
- 12 in (30 cm)
MidgroundEasy
Marimo Moss Ball
Aegagropila linnaei
- Light
- Low
- CO2
- Not Needed
- Growth
- Slow
- Max height
- 4 in (10 cm)
ForegroundAbsolute Beginner
Salvinia Minima
Salvinia minima
- Light
- Low
- CO2
- Not Needed
- Growth
- Fast
- Max height
- 2 in (5 cm)
FloatingEasy
Vallisneria
Vallisneria spiralis
- Light
- Low
- CO2
- Not Needed
- Growth
- Fast
- Max height
- 12 in (30 cm)
BackgroundEasy
Water Wisteria
Hygrophila difformis
- Light
- Low
- CO2
- Not Needed
- Growth
- Fast
- Max height
- 12 in (30 cm)
BackgroundEasy