Live Aquarium Plants

Looking for a stunning and easy-to-maintain aquarium plant? Look no further than Alternanthera reineckii! Also known as the Red Scarlet Temple, this aquatic plant is sure to elevate the look of your aquarium while providing numerous benefits to your aquatic environment. One of the most notable fe...

Alternanthera Reineckii Variegatus is a beautiful looking variety of the well-known Alternanthera Reineckii. The most unique aspect of the Variegatus species is the ruffles found along the edges of the leaves. The leaves are bright green, and when grown under ideal conditions, the stems will turn...

Alternanthera Reineckii is a popular choice for beginners due to the fact that its pretty easy to grow. Most red stem plants can prove difficult to get that vibrant red color without providing high CO2 and micronutrients. This plant can stay vibrant red with relative ease but if nutrients and lig...

Mini Scarlet Temple is a very popular aquarium plant that displays the red coloration that provides a distinct highlight to the planted aquarium! Mini Scarlet Temple (Alternanthera reineckii "Mini") is a very popular foreground plant for the serious planted freshwater aquarium. With proper care, ...

Ammania Senegalensis is a new plant to the hobby whose red leaves make a captivating fore or mid-ground contrast to green foliage. This plant grows wavy-edged oval leaves alternating up its stem. The leaves are brightly colored and can display a range of coloration patterns, usually with dark, br...

Common Name: Large Ammania, Red/Pink Ammania, or Delicate Ammania Ammana gracilis is a graceful stem plant that can add a splash of color to your planted aquarium. When treated with the proper light and nutrients, Ammania gracilis displays wavy leaves that can be blush red to pale green, depend...

Rotala Sp. Sunset is also known as Ammannia sp.Sulawesi. A new stem plant from Indonesia which will turn pale orange. This plant is  requires high light to show its vibrance. Rotala Sp. Sunset is a mid-ground plant that has great color and grows vertical. It is a difficult plant to grow for many ...

The true Rotala Indica is not well known as an aquarium plant. At the moment it is labeled as Ammania sp. "Bonsai" and Rotala sp. "Bonsai" as trade names, but its flowers have helped to correctly identify it as Rotala Indica. The name Rotala Indica has been known for a long time in the hobby, bu...

Bacopa australis was discovered in southern Brazil (australis = southern), and it does not come from Australia, as might otherwise be assumed from its name. Stems become 10-30 cm tall and 2-4 cm wide. Like the other Bacopa species, Bacopa australis is also easy to grow in an aquarium. Under certa...

Bacopa caroliniana originates from US and has been used as an aquarium plant for many years. Stems become 10-30 cm long and 3-4 cm wide. Apart from relatively good light it makes few demands. Its slow growth rate makes it one of the few stem plants that do not need much attention. Like most stem ...

Common Name: Water Hyssop, Moneywort Used in Ayurvedic tradition of India. Will rot if not enough light Moneywort is a popular back or mid-ground stem plant with pairs of light green leaves sprouting from the base to the tip of the stalk. This aquarium hobby staple adds a cheerful accent to the p...

Common Name: Japanese Cress, Chinese Ivy, Cardamine Lyrata Vietnam, Cardamine Vietnam Cardamine Lyrata is a marsh plant that originates from Asia. It grows in a clover-like pattern similar to Hydrocotyle. High light and CO2 can keep this plant low growing to create a dense bush of foliage which...

Ceratopteris thalictroides China Easy to grow and least demanding, Ceratopteris thalictroides is a beautiful aquarium plant that can grow in submerged and floating conditions. It belongs to the Pteridaceae family. It is also popular with names like Water Sprite and Fine Leaf Indian Fern. Ceratopt...

Common Name: Crypt Lucens Crypt lucens is a less common type of crypt that can serve as an ideal foreground or midground plant.  The slender leaves are bright green with brown stems and when grown in large groups can resemble tall reeds of thick grass.  Like other crypts, this plant is recommende...

Common Name: Crypt Pontederiifolia Crypt Pontederiifolia is a unique variant of Cryptocoryne that can be identified by the long stems and arrowhead-shaped leaves.  The leaves are generally light to olive green with the underside sometimes developing a slightly pink hue.  This plant can grow quite...

Common Name: Crypt Lutea Crypt Lutea is a beautiful mid-ground plant with bright green or bronzy oblong leaves with a gracefully wavy shape. Most crypt plants were originally found in fast-flowing limestone bed streams or rivers, and need high levels of calcium to live in a tank environment. Nutr...

Common Name: Cyperus Helferi  Cyperus Helferi is a grass like plant which can be grown both submerged and emersed. The leaves are long and thin and can grow up to 20 inches long, making it a suitable plant for the background of your aquascape.  It is relatively easy to care for as it is an undema...

Common Name: Peplis Diandra Didiplis diandra is a stem plant which can be found growing in lakes and streams throughout the states. Its a beautiful addition to an aquarium thanks to the thin, needle like leaves that can exhibit bright red tips when grown under high light with fertilization and CO...

Also known as a sword plant the Echinodorus palaefolius,  it's one of the larger varieties and requires ample space in your aquarium. Prefers open-top aquariums but still looks beautiful in closed aquariums. The ornamental leaves are extremely sturdy and with little effort, it will produce shoots...

Common Name: Amazon SwordAverage Size: 8-11" Amazon sword plants are very common in the aquarium hobby, being that they are beautiful and easy to care for. They offer excellent and attractive coverage to the background of an aquascape. These plants have short stems that grow in a rosette, bearing...

Common Name: Ruffle Sword Ruffle Sword plants have been a long-time staple for planted tank geeks. Their long, thick ruffle-textured leaves have beautiful striations that catch the eye, even in the back or mid-ground of your tank. Their bright green color makes an arresting contrast with red colo...

Common Name: Ozelot Sword Ozelot Swords are a colorful and bold plant perfect for mid- or background accents. These plants have short stems with large ovoid leaves that display hardy veins and beautiful dark spotting. They are sold in green and red variations, with the red having wavy leaves and ...

Common Name: Echinodorus Quadricostatus Formerly named, but also known as Echinodorus Quadricostatus, this light green aquatic plant is fairly easy to take care of and grows quite quickly. Helanthium Quadricostatus hails from South America and is characterized by its light-green leaves that grow ...

Common Name: Red Rubin Sword Red Rubin Swords are bold and colorful plants, perfect for background accents in any hobbyist’s aquarium. These plants have short stems with large ovoid leaves that display hardy yellow veins and leaves with a subtle wavy texture. Red Rubin sword plants can display a ...

A comparatively fast-growing Echinodorus from Mexico, suitable for large aquariums reaching 20-50 cm long leaves and a 15-30 cm wide roset. Unlike other round-leafed varieties of the species, Echinodorus cordifolius ssp. fluitans is less likely to grow up over the water surface. If it grows large...

Overview: Echinodorus parviflorus Tropica is native to South America and is a sword plant. The most fascinating feature of the plant is its sword-like leaves that enhance the outlook of the aquarium to a great extent. The Tropical cultivar, although, resembles the wild species, the variation in t...

Usual maximum size in aquariums: 10 - 30 cm (3.94 - 11.81 inch) Recommended pH range for the species: 5.5 - 7.7 Recommended water hardness (dGH): 0 - 30°N (0 - 535.71ppm) Recommended temperature: 22 - 30 °C (71.6 - 86°F) Reproduction of the plant: Rhizome Origin (in the wild): Cultivated form / H...

Pygmy Chain Sword is one of the easiest carpeting foreground plants to keep and it can even thrive in low-light/low-tech setups!    Pygmy Chain Sword (Helanthium tenellum, formerly known as Echinodorus tenellus) is a long-celebrated carpeting foreground plant in the aquarium hobby due to its ease...