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Aquarium Plants

Freshwater Aquarium & Pond Plants

Picture of a Malayan Aqua Fern
Malayan Aqua Fern

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   Having plants in your aquarium is not only beautiful and pleasing, but is one of the most beneficial things you can do!

For Information on setting up and keeping a planted aquarium see:
Guide to a Healthy Planted Aquarium

   Quite simply, aquarium plants will make your tank healthier, more stable, and more beautiful. They serve as food for aquatic life. They provide hiding places for fish. Best of all, they add to the decoration and design of the aquarium. The aquarium plant categories below have to do with the general characteristics of each type of plant and how they propogate.

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Find each plant in one of the categories below:

Ferns & Mosses

    - Java Fern
    - Malayan Aqua Fern
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    - Water Sprite
      
Oriental Water Fern
    - Crystalwort or Riccia
FERNS and MOSSES: Non-flowering plants.
They produce roots which will attach to rocks and wood
.

 

Rosette Plants

   - Swords
   - Vallisnerias
   - Cryptocorynes
   - Anubias
   - Banana Plant

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   - Lily Varieties
   - Water Hyacinth
   - Duckweed
   - Water Onion

ROSSETTE PLANTS: Lattice type plants that produce runners.
They are more sensitive to their environment and will require more specialization to propogate.

 

Stem Plants
   - Anacharis
   - Cabomba
   - Hornwort
   - Hygrophila
   - Ludwigia
   - Milfoil
   - Brazilian Pennywort
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   - Rotala
   - Wisteria
   - Primrose
   - Creepy Jenny
   - Japanese Rush
   - Fountain Plant
STEM PLANTS: Hardy plants that fit just about anywhere in the aquarium.
They can be propogated with cuttings.




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