The Malayan Aqua Fern is a beautiful fern that will grow very easily in most aquariums! The Malayan Aqua Fern can be a beautiful and fulfilling addition to an aquarium if it is given proper care. It grows to a maximum height of 10 inches at a medium to rapid rate. This attractive fern […]
Information and Plant Pictures for All Types of Aquatic Plants Aquarium plants make a beautiful well balanced fresh water fish tank, as well as a natural home for happy freshwater fish! Quite simply, aquarium plants will make your tank healthier, more stable, and more beautiful. The benefits to aquarium stability and balance are numerous. Water […]
Aquarium Tropical Fish Aquarium Plants – Aquatic plant guides for ferns and mosses, stem plants, rosette plants, and plants for the pond. Plants can be the main aquarium attraction or used to enhance your aquarium’s beauty and health. Catfish – Plecostomus, Cory, Pangasius, Banjo Catfish, Upsidedown Catfish… See all types of catfish from thorny to […]
Using freshwater plants to craft a beautiful aquarium is lots of fun, and is a very rewarding and creative experience. An attractive aquarium can be even more stunning using live aquarium plants. Plants make attractive ornamentation and they help to keep the water quality of the aquarium balanced.Along with beauty and stability, an aquarium aquascape […]
In their natural environments plants have no problem propagating or reproducing themselves, because all the conditions are practically ideal for them! Many common plant species will reproduce on their own in a healthy aquarium. However it is often harder to obtain ideal conditions in the aquarium for all types of aquatic plants to readily […]
Two main groups of plants are flowering and non-flowering plants! Plants live in all sorts of environments ranging from those that we see all around us and are familiar with, to those plants that live in incredible, far out places. Plants can be found from the desert to the arctic tundra, in bubbling hot springs […]
Ferns and mosses are fun and interesting plants to decorate aquariums with! Contents General Notes: Types of Ferns and Mosses: Ferns, Moss, and Liverworts are non-flowering plants. They are not capable of forming seeds but propagate by microscopic spores. The water loving Mosses and Liverworts (Bryophyta) are lowly spore bearing plants found all around […]
The Java Fern is a good plant to use in aquariums containing herbivorous fish since they will seldom eat it! The Java Fern Microsorum pteroptus is an amphibious fern which lives with its rhizome attached to rocks or logs at the edge of mountain streams. In the aquarium the Java Fern should be tied with […]
The Water Sprite is a beautiful fern that will grow great in well-fertilized aquariums and produce beautiful green leaves! The Water Sprite can be a beautiful and fulfilling addition to an aquarium if it is given proper care. It grows to a maximum height of 20 inches (50 cm) at a rapid rate. Water […]
Pond weeds are fast-growing and unsightly plants that can quickly over-run both ponds and tanks. This plant is not very attractive and is seen as an invasive plant in many different states. Removing pond weeks can be a difficult task, but several ways can make it easier. Some aquarists warm up to pond weeds and […]