CURATED PLANT COLLECTIONS

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Collections turn the PlantLab database into useful starting points. Browse by lighting, tank style, placement, growth habit and how you want the aquarium to work.

PLANTLAB 10 curated ways to explore
Low-Light Aquarium Plants
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34 plants
LOW LIGHT

Low-Light Plants

Aquarium plants that are comfortable under lower lighting and make sense for simpler planted tanks.

Lower light demand Good for simple setups Easy to pair
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Aquarium Plants That Do Not Require CO₂
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167 plants
NO CO₂ REQUIRED

No-CO₂ Plants

Aquarium plants that do not require injected CO₂ to grow successfully.

No injection required Low-tech friendly Simpler equipment
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Best Plants for Shrimp Tanks
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196 plants
SHRIMP TANKS

Shrimp-Friendly Plants

Shrimp-friendly aquarium plants that provide cover, grazing surfaces and useful structure.

Shrimp friendly Grazing surfaces Useful cover
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Best Plants for Nano Aquariums
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118 plants
NANO TANKS

Nano Aquarium Plants

Aquarium plants suited to smaller tanks where scale and growth habit matter.

Small-tank friendly Better scale Space conscious
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Easy Aquarium Plants for Beginners
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131 plants
BEGINNER FRIENDLY

Beginner Plants

Easy aquarium plants with lower difficulty scores for newer planted-tank keepers.

Lower difficulty More forgiving Good first plants
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Foreground Aquarium Plants
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38 plants
FOREGROUND

Foreground Plants

Aquarium plants suited to the foreground and front areas of planted aquariums.

Front of tank Compact growth Aquascape depth
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Background Aquarium Plants
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86 plants
BACKGROUND

Background Plants

Tall aquarium plants suited to background placement and vertical structure.

Tall growth Back of tank Adds structure
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Fast-Growing Aquarium Plants
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70 plants
FAST GROWTH

Fast-Growing Plants

Fast-growing aquarium plants for quickly filling space and building plant mass.

Fast growth Fills space quickly Active nutrient use
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Heavy Root-Feeding Aquarium Plants
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50 plants
ROOT FEEDERS

Root-Feeding Plants

Aquarium plants with higher root-feeding demand in the PlantLab nutrition data.

High root demand Substrate nutrition matters Root tabs may help
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Red Aquarium Plants
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63 plants
RED PLANTS

Red Plants

Red and color-shifting aquarium plants for adding contrast to planted aquariums.

Red coloration Strong contrast Color-focused plants
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