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118 plants found
118 results
Cryptocoryne lutea
Easy Low tech
Midground

Cryptocoryne lutea

Cryptocoryne lutea
LIGHT Low
CO₂ Helpful
GROWTH Slow

A hardy midground plant with bright green to bronze leaves.

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
Cryptocoryne parva
Easy–Moderate Low tech
Foreground

Cryptocoryne parva

Cryptocoryne parva
LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Helpful
GROWTH Slow

One of the smallest Cryptocoryne species, ideal for foreground carpeting.

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
Cryptocoryne undulata
Easy Low tech
Midground

Cryptocoryne undulata

Cryptocoryne undulata
LIGHT Low
CO₂ Helpful
GROWTH Slow

A beautiful rosette plant with wavy, dark green to brown leaves.

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
CW green
Easy–Moderate Low tech
Midground

Cryptocoryne walkeri

Cryptocoryne walkeri
LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Slow

A compact, dependable green crypt closely related to lutea.

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
Cryptocoryne wendtii
Easy Low tech
Midground

Cryptocoryne wendtii

Cryptocoryne wendtii
LIGHT Low
CO₂ Helpful
GROWTH Slow

A popular rosette plant with ruffled leaves in various colors.

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
CW green
Easy–Moderate Low tech
Midground

Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Green'

Cryptocoryne wendtii
LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Slow

The classic easy green crypt for low-light midgrounds.

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
CW pink
Advanced
Midground

Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Pink Flamingo'

Cryptocoryne wendtii
LIGHT High
CO₂ Helpful
GROWTH Slow

A prized pink cultivar crypt that needs light and CO2 to hold color.

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
CW red
Easy–Moderate Low tech
Midground

Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Red'

Cryptocoryne wendtii
LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Slow

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

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
CW green
Easy–Moderate Low tech
Midground

Cryptocoryne willisii

Cryptocoryne willisii
LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Slow

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

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
Crystalwort
Moderate
Foreground

Crystalwort

Riccia fluitans
LIGHT High
CO₂ Required
GROWTH Fast

A versatile liverwort that can be floated or tied down as a carpet.

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
DD green
Moderate
Background

Didiplis diandra

Didiplis diandra
LIGHT High
CO₂ Helpful
GROWTH Fast

A fine needle-leaved stem with orange-red tips.

Shrimp Nano 10+ gal
Downoi
Advanced
Foreground

Downoi

Pogostemon helferi
LIGHT Very high
CO₂ Required
GROWTH Medium

A unique foreground plant with highly crinkled, star-shaped leaves.

Shrimp Nano 10+ gal
Dwarf Hairgrass
Moderate
Foreground

Dwarf Hairgrass

Eleocharis parvula
LIGHT High
CO₂ Required
GROWTH Medium

A popular carpeting plant that looks like a miniature lawn.

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
Dwarf Sagittaria
Easy Low tech
Foreground

Dwarf Sagittaria

Sagittaria subulata
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
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
LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Fast

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

Shrimp Nano 5+ gal
E' red
Easy–Moderate Low tech
Midground

Echinodorus 'Kleiner Bar'

Echinodorus x barthii
LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Medium

A smaller red sword with bright red new leaves.

Shrimp Nano 20+ gal
E' green
Easy–Moderate Low tech
Midground

Echinodorus 'Reni'

Echinodorus sp.
LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Medium

A compact sword with pink-red young leaves.

Shrimp Nano 20+ gal
E' green
Advanced
Midground

Eriocaulon 'Vietnam'

Eriocaulon sp.
LIGHT Very high
CO₂ Required
GROWTH Medium

A larger starburst pipewort prized in aquascaping.

Shrimp Nano 10+ gal
EC green
Advanced
Midground

Eriocaulon cinereum

Eriocaulon cinereum
LIGHT Very high
CO₂ Required
GROWTH Medium

A small starburst rosette pipewort for soft-water high-tech tanks.

Shrimp Nano 10+ gal
Fairy Moss
Easy Low tech
Floating

Fairy Moss

Azolla caroliniana
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'
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
LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Fast

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

Shrimp Nano 2+ gal
Glosso
Moderate
Foreground

Glosso

Glossostigma elatinoides
LIGHT Very high
CO₂ Required
GROWTH Fast

A classic, fast-growing carpeting plant with small, tongue-shaped leaves.

Shrimp Nano 10+ gal