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118 plants found
118 results
Gratiola viscidula
Moderate
Midground

Gratiola viscidula

Gratiola viscidula
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LIGHT High
CO₂ Helpful
GROWTH Medium

A fine-textured stem that creeps and can be trimmed low.

Shrimp Nano 5+ 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
HC Cuba
Advanced
Foreground

HC Cuba

Hemianthus callitrichoides
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LIGHT Very high
CO₂ Required
GROWTH Medium

The smallest carpeting plant available, forming a dense, bright green mat.

Shrimp Nano 5+ 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
Hygrophila lancea 'Araguaia'
Advanced
Midground

Hygrophila lancea 'Araguaia'

Hygrophila lancea
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LIGHT Very high
CO₂ Required
GROWTH Fast

A compact hygro with fine bronze-red leaves for high-tech tanks.

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
Lindernia rotundifolia
Easy–Moderate Low tech
Background

Lindernia rotundifolia

Lindernia rotundifolia
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LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Medium

An easy round-leaved stem with a bright, bushy look.

Shrimp Nano 10+ gal
Lobelia cardinalis 'Small Form'
Easy–Moderate Low tech
Midground

Lobelia cardinalis 'Small Form'

Lobelia cardinalis
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LIGHT Medium
CO₂ Optional
GROWTH Slow

A slow, easy stem with round green leaves and purple undersides.

Shrimp Nano 10+ gal
Ludwigia arcuata
Moderate
Midground

Ludwigia arcuata

Ludwigia arcuata
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LIGHT High
CO₂ Helpful
GROWTH Medium

A fine needle-leaved ludwigia that flushes orange-red.

Shrimp Nano 10+ gal
Ludwigia brevipes
Moderate Low tech
Midground

Ludwigia brevipes

Ludwigia brevipes
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LIGHT High
CO₂ Helpful
GROWTH Medium

A fine-leaved ludwigia that bronzes under good light.

Shrimp Nano 10+ gal
Ludwigia inclinata var. verticillata 'Cuba'
Advanced
Midground

Ludwigia inclinata var. verticillata 'Cuba'

Ludwigia inclinata var. verticillata
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LIGHT Very high
CO₂ Required
GROWTH Medium

A demanding whorled ludwigia in vivid pink and orange.

Shrimp Nano 10+ gal
Ludwigia inclinata var. verticillata 'Pantanal'
Expert
Midground

Ludwigia inclinata var. verticillata 'Pantanal'

Ludwigia inclinata var. verticillata
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LIGHT Very high
CO₂ Required
GROWTH Medium

A stunning but difficult whorled ludwigia in pink and red.

Shrimp Nano 10+ gal
Ludwigia ovalis
Moderate
Midground

Ludwigia ovalis

Ludwigia ovalis
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LIGHT High
CO₂ Helpful
GROWTH Medium

A creeping ludwigia with rounded pink-flushed leaves.

Shrimp Nano 10+ gal
Ludwigia Palustris
Easy–Moderate Low tech
Midground

Ludwigia Palustris

Ludwigia palustris
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LIGHT High
CO₂ Helpful
GROWTH Fast

A stunning, intensely red stem plant that is surprisingly easy to grow.

Shrimp Nano 10+ gal