Aquatic Plant Encyclopedia

A stem plant coloring deep red to pink. Creates vivid accent color among green aquatic plants.

A compact red aquatic plant perfect for foreground to midground accent color.

Charming floating plant with round leaves. Simply float on surface for easy care. Long trailing roots provide shelter for fry and shrimp. Excellent water purification.

A representative aquatic plant with large sword-shaped leaves. Gives strong presence as background centerpiece.

An even smaller variety of Anubias Nana. Tiny densely packed leaves, ideal for nano tanks.

A unique plant with banana-bunch-like tubers. Charming when producing floating leaves.

Beautiful rosette plant native to Japan. Thin leaves spread radially, adding movement to midground layouts. Takes on reddish hue with CO2 — very attractive.

Fern with beautiful deeply lobed dark green leaves. Epiphytic, attached to driftwood. Creates mature, refined aquascape.

Epiphytic plant endemic to Borneo. Unique texture and iridescent leaves popular with collectors. Slow but hardy.

A popular Bucephalandra variety with ghostly translucent leaves. Epiphytic, attached to driftwood or rocks. Very slow-growing but the unique iridescence is prized by collectors.

A moss branching in triangle like Christmas tree. Creates more three-dimensional scape than regular moss.

Root-dwelling plant from Southeast Asia. Many varieties with subtle beauty. May melt with environmental changes but recovers.

The smallest Cryptocoryne species. Used as a foreground plant, growing very slowly. Once established it is hardy and easy to maintain. Grows without CO2 in low light.

Small North American stem plant. Tiny opposite leaves grow densely, turning red-orange under high light. Somewhat slow growth, ideal for midground. Hardy despite delicate appearance.

A beautiful foreground-midground plant with star-shaped wavy leaves. A unique aquatic plant from Thailand.

A foreground plant with fine thread-like leaves spreading as a carpet. Propagates by runners across wide areas. Creates beautiful green carpet with CO2 and adequate light. Grows well in sandy substrates.

A foreground-midground plant growing densely like lawn. Very hardy, spreads quickly by runners.

Representative large aquatic plant also called Amazon Sword. Ideal for mid to background. Propagates by runners, easy for beginners.

Adorable tiny round-leaved foreground plant. Even smaller than Glossostigma, creating a delicate green carpet. Needs high light and CO2 but looks great in compact tanks.

Sea urchin-like radial leaves make this a striking high-difficulty plant. Demands soft water, low pH, high light, and CO2. Small rosette ideal for foreground. Popular among enthusiasts.