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73 plants found
73 results
Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Green'
Easy–Moderate Low tech
Midground

Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Green'

Cryptocoryne wendtii
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LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Slow

The classic easy green crypt for low-light midgrounds.

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Red'
Easy–Moderate Low tech
Midground

Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Red'

Cryptocoryne wendtii
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LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Slow

A hardy red-brown rosette crypt that thrives in low to medium light.

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
Cryptocoryne willisii
Easy–Moderate Low tech
Midground

Cryptocoryne willisii

Cryptocoryne willisii
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LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Slow

A small, grassy crypt for foreground-to-midground carpets.

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
Dwarf Sagittaria
Easy Low tech
Foreground

Dwarf Sagittaria

Sagittaria subulata
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LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Fast

A hardy, grass-like plant that forms a thick foreground carpet.

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
Dwarf Water Clover
Easy–Moderate Low tech
Foreground

Dwarf Water Clover

Marsilea crenata
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LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Slow

A very small, clover-like carpeting fern.

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
Dwarf Water Lettuce
Easy Low tech
Floating

Dwarf Water Lettuce

Pistia stratiotes
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LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Fast

A floating plant with fuzzy, rosette-shaped leaves and long roots.

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
Echinodorus 'Kleiner Bar'
Easy–Moderate Low tech
Midground

Echinodorus 'Kleiner Bar'

Echinodorus x barthii
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LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Medium

A smaller red sword with bright red new leaves.

Shrimp Nano 20+ gal
Echinodorus 'Reni'
Easy–Moderate Low tech
Midground

Echinodorus 'Reni'

Echinodorus sp.
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LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Medium

A compact sword with pink-red young leaves.

Shrimp Nano 20+ gal
Fairy Moss
Easy Low tech
Floating

Fairy Moss

Azolla caroliniana
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LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Fast

A tiny, fast-growing floating fern that can turn red under high light.

Shrimp Nano 2+ gal
Flame Moss
Easy–Moderate Low tech
Midground

Flame Moss

Taxiphyllum sp. 'Flame'
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LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Helpful
GROWTH Slow

A unique moss that grows vertically, resembling green flames.

Shrimp Nano 2+ gal
Floating Fern
Easy Low tech
Floating

Floating Fern

Salvinia natans
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LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Fast

A small floating fern with slightly folded, water-repellent leaves.

Shrimp Nano 2+ gal
Guppy Grass
Easy Low tech
Background

Guppy Grass

Najas guadalupensis
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LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Very Fast

A fast, rootless tangle plant that's superb fry and shrimp cover.

Shrimp Nano 10+ gal
Hairgrass
Easy–Moderate Low tech
Midground

Hairgrass

Eleocharis acicularis
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LIGHT High
CO₂ Helpful
GROWTH Medium

A taller variety of hairgrass, great for midground or background.

Shrimp Nano 10+ gal
Helanthium bolivianum
Easy–Moderate Low tech
Midground

Helanthium bolivianum

Helanthium bolivianum
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LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Medium

A low chain sword that spreads into a grassy carpet-like patch.

Shrimp Nano 20+ gal
Helanthium bolivianum 'Vesuvius'
Easy–Moderate Low tech
Midground

Helanthium bolivianum 'Vesuvius'

Helanthium bolivianum
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LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Medium

A compact chain sword with corkscrew-twisted leaves.

Shrimp Nano 20+ gal
Hornwort
Easy Low tech
Floating

Hornwort

Ceratophyllum demersum
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LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Fast

A rootless, fast-growing floating or stem plant.

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides
Easy–Moderate Low tech
Foreground

Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides

Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides
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LIGHT High
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Medium

A tiny-leaved creeping pennywort for foreground mats.

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
Hydrocotyle Tripartita
Easy–Moderate Low tech
Foreground

Hydrocotyle Tripartita

Hydrocotyle tripartita
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LIGHT High
CO₂ Helpful
GROWTH Fast

A fast-growing, creeping plant with clover-like leaves.

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
Hygrophila corymbosa 'Compact'
Easy–Moderate Low tech
Midground

Hygrophila corymbosa 'Compact'

Hygrophila corymbosa
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LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Medium

A low, dense hygro that grows outward as a midground bush.

Shrimp Nano 10+ gal
Java Fern
Easy Low tech
Midground

Java Fern

Microsorum pteropus
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LIGHT Low
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Slow

A hardy epiphyte fern that thrives attached to rocks or wood.

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
Java Moss
Easy Low tech
Foreground

Java Moss

Taxiphyllum barbieri
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LIGHT Low
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Medium

A versatile moss that provides excellent cover for fry and shrimp.

Shrimp Nano 2+ gal
Lace Java Fern
Easy Low tech
Midground

Lace Java Fern

Microsorum pteropus 'Windelov'
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LIGHT Low
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Slow

A variety of Java Fern with finely branched, lace-like leaf tips.

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
Lemon Bacopa
Easy Low tech
Background

Lemon Bacopa

Bacopa caroliniana
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LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Helpful
GROWTH Medium

A hardy stem plant with thick leaves that smell like lemon when crushed.

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
Lilaeopsis mauritiana
Moderate Low tech
Foreground

Lilaeopsis mauritiana

Lilaeopsis mauritiana
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LIGHT High
CO₂ Helpful
GROWTH Medium

A hardy grassy carpet, thicker-bladed than dwarf hairgrass.

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal