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Water lettuce is one of the fastest-growing floating plants you can add to a freshwater aquarium. Water lettuce can absorb nutrients directly from the water, produce long hanging roots, and provide valuable cover for fish and shrimp, but it also needs room to grow and regular thinning. The plant is commonly identified as Pistia stratiotes….
Learn Amazon Frogbit care, light, roots, fertilizer, growth and melt prevention for a healthy, controlled floating plant.
Learn Anubias care, lighting, COâ‚‚, rhizome planting, algae control, propagation and fertilizing for healthy aquarium growth.
Dwarf hairgrass is one of the most recognizable foreground plants in a planted aquarium, but getting a dense carpet takes more than pushing a few clumps into the substrate. Light must reach the foreground, roots need access to nutrients, and the plant needs enough carbon to produce runners. The plant can grow without injected COâ‚‚,…
Hornwort can turn from a few stems into a dense mass of green growth surprisingly quickly. That fast growth is exactly why Ceratophyllum demersum is useful in aquariums, but it is also why beginners sometimes end up fighting it instead of enjoying it. Hornwort is an unusual aquarium plant. It has no true roots, can…
A healthy red root floater can cover part of an aquarium surface surprisingly quickly, but getting those deep red leaves and roots requires the right combination of light, nutrients, and surface conditions. This guide covers Phyllanthus fluitans from introduction through propagation, maintenance, and common problems. Unlike rooted aquarium plants, Red Root Floater never needs to…