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African Water Fern
Easy–Moderate Low tech
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African Water Fern

Bolbitis heudelotii
LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Helpful
GROWTH Slow

A beautiful, slow-growing epiphyte fern with dark, translucent green leaves.

Shrimp 10+ gal
Amazon Frogbit
Easy Low tech
Floating

Amazon Frogbit

Limnobium laevigatum
LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Fast

A popular floating plant with round leaves and very long, trailing roots.

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
Amazon Sword
Easy Low tech
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Amazon Sword

Echinodorus grisebachii
LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Helpful
GROWTH Medium

A large, popular rosette plant that forms a bushy centerpiece.

Shrimp 10+ gal
Amazon Sword (Bleheri)
Easy Low tech
Background

Amazon Sword (Bleheri)

Echinodorus bleheri
LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Helpful
GROWTH Medium

A large, broad-leaved sword plant that dominates the background.

Shrimp 20+ gal
Anacharis
Easy Low tech
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Anacharis

Egeria densa
LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Fast

A classic, incredibly fast-growing stem plant that is nearly indestructible.

Shrimp 5+ gal
Anubias 'Frazeri'
Easy Low tech
Midground

Anubias 'Frazeri'

Anubias barteri x congensis
LIGHT Low
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Very Slow

A hybrid anubias with elegant elongated leaves.

Shrimp 5+ gal
Anubias 'Nangi'
Easy Low tech
Epiphyte

Anubias 'Nangi'

Anubias barteri var. nana x gilletii
LIGHT Low
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Very Slow

A compact hybrid anubias with reddish new leaves.

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
Anubias 'Stardust'
Easy–Moderate Low tech
Epiphyte

Anubias 'Stardust'

Anubias barteri var. nana
LIGHT Low
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Very Slow

A tiny nana with striking white-veined leaves.

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
Anubias Barteri
Easy Low tech
Midground

Anubias Barteri

Anubias barteri var. barteri
LIGHT Low
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Slow

A larger Anubias variety with broad, tough leaves.

Shrimp 10+ gal
Anubias barteri var. angustifolia
Easy Low tech
Epiphyte

Anubias barteri var. angustifolia

Anubias barteri var. angustifolia
LIGHT Low
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Very Slow

A narrow-leaved anubias with a softer, bushier look.

Shrimp 5+ gal
Anubias barteri var. nana 'Coin Leaf'
Easy Low tech
Epiphyte

Anubias barteri var. nana 'Coin Leaf'

Anubias barteri var. nana
LIGHT Low
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Very Slow

A round-leaved dwarf nana with a coin-like look.

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
Anubias barteri var. nana 'Golden'
Easy Low tech
Epiphyte

Anubias barteri var. nana 'Golden'

Anubias barteri var. nana
LIGHT Low
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Very Slow

A lime-gold nana whose new leaves glow yellow-green.

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
Anubias barteri var. nana 'Pinto'
Easy–Moderate Low tech
Epiphyte

Anubias barteri var. nana 'Pinto'

Anubias barteri var. nana
LIGHT Low
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Very Slow

A premium white-and-green variegated dwarf anubias.

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
Anubias Coffeefolia
Easy Low tech
Midground

Anubias Coffeefolia

Anubias barteri var. coffeefolia
LIGHT Low
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Slow

A stunning Anubias with deeply ribbed, textured leaves.

Shrimp 10+ gal
Anubias congensis
Easy Low tech
Midground

Anubias congensis

Anubias heterophylla
LIGHT Low
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Very Slow

A larger anubias with long leaves for the mid-background.

Shrimp 5+ gal
Anubias Gracilis
Easy Low tech
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Anubias Gracilis

Anubias gracilis
LIGHT Low
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Slow

An elegant Anubias with long stems and spade-shaped leaves.

Shrimp 15+ gal
Anubias hastifolia
Easy Low tech
Midground

Anubias hastifolia

Anubias hastifolia
LIGHT Low
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Very Slow

A large anubias with distinctive arrow-shaped leaves.

Shrimp 5+ gal
Anubias minima
Easy Low tech
Midground

Anubias minima

Anubias barteri var. minima
LIGHT Low
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Very Slow

A narrow-leaved anubias with a bushy, upright habit.

Shrimp 5+ gal
Anubias Nana Petite
Easy Low tech
Foreground

Anubias Nana Petite

Anubias barteri var. nana 'Petite'
LIGHT Low
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Slow

A miniature version of Anubias nana, perfect for nano tanks.

Shrimp Nano 2+ gal
anubias-nana
Easy Low tech
Midground

anubias-nana

Anubias barteri var. nana
LIGHT Low
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Slow

A slow-growing, hardy rhizome plant that works well in low-light and low-tech freshwater aquariums.

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
Aponogeton Crispus
Easy Low tech
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Aponogeton Crispus

Aponogeton crispus
LIGHT Low
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Fast

A beautiful bulb plant with long, wavy, translucent leaves.

Shrimp 20+ gal
Aponogeton Ulvaceus
Easy–Moderate Low tech
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Aponogeton Ulvaceus

Aponogeton ulvaceus
LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Helpful
GROWTH Fast

A spectacular bulb plant with broad, highly twisted, translucent leaves.

Shrimp 30+ gal
Asian Watermoss
Easy–Moderate Low tech
Floating

Asian Watermoss

Salvinia cucullata
LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Fast

A floating fern with distinctive cup-shaped leaves.

Shrimp 5+ gal
Bacopa 'Compact'
Easy Low tech
Midground

Bacopa 'Compact'

Bacopa monnieri
LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Medium

A dwarf, slow bacopa with tightly stacked round leaves.

Shrimp Nano 10+ gal