What Plants ForTropical Fish Tanks

When you are choosing your plants for aquariums it is important to be selective as possible, it’s a smart move, to find out the plants that the fish are familiar with in there earliest place they came from.

 

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 However, this can present a challenge if you if you don’t have this information at hand.

There are some guidelines that are easy to follow, and you don't need to be an aquarium designer to have great looking aquariums. There are five types of plants that are suitable for your fresh water aquarium.

Fresh Water Aquarium Plants 

The water lily, and aponogeton undulates, and kio, are usually used in an outdoor environment, because of their size, they are not really suitable for fresh water aquarium plants.

 Floating plants for example; fairy moss and dricca, are really good; they make a safe nest for the young fish that need to protect themselves in their early stages of their life.

Another consideration is live plant called Rhizomes, the stem is very thick, with leaves that develop on the top. As they the mature and leaves grow as it runs over the surface of the water.

Anubias, and African fern, are related to the Rhizomes, and a simple task to plant, it’s just a question of attaching them to the existing driftwood in your aquarium. 

A very popular plant is the Rosette, it is shaped like a crown, with the roots growing underneath, and the leaves overhead, they germinate by the distribution of runners. Amazon sword, and sagittaria, also produces amazing flowers.

In the family of aquatic plants the Java Moss is very popular, and you may be familiar with the term of Java fern, this is a good first choice it can survive in lots of different ph levels of water, and is a fairly heavy plant. 

The water wisteria is a good choice if you are just starting out, it grows very rapidly, and it can assist in containing the algae content in your aquarium. A word of caution, it has the capability of taking the nutrients from the water. 

A further option is the Anubias nana, you will love this plant almost anybody would be successful in growing this plant, it has the ability to continue to exist in almost any situation, plus it’s very pleasing to the eye. The flowers are below the surface, and most fish won’t eat it. A smart move would be to assign it to a tree root or a stone. 

Lillaepsis is another smart choice especially if your tank is in the sun.

 If you are really ambitious the cryptocoryne beckettii is a challenge however, this plant is very flexi able and grows in underwater situations and obtainable in many beautiful colors.  

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