Plants

44 aquarium plants, from carpets to floaters. Each card says how much light and carbon dioxide a plant asks for and how tall it grows; each page says where every figure came from.

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Alternanthera reineckii 'Mini' Medium CO₂: Required Medium to high light High 5–30 cm Medium
Amazon frogbit Limnobium laevigatum Easy CO₂: Beneficial Medium to high light High – Very fast
Amazon sword Echinodorus grisebachii 'Amazonicus' Easy CO₂: Not needed Medium to high light High – Fast
Anubias 'Coffeefolia' Anubias barteri var. coffeifolia Very easy CO₂: Not needed Low to high light High 10–25 cm Very slow
Anubias nana Anubias barteri var. nana Very easy CO₂: Beneficial Low to high light High 5–10 cm Slow
Anubias nana 'Petite' Anubias barteri var. nana 'Petite' Very easy CO₂: Beneficial Low to high light High 3–6 cm Slow
Bacopa caroliniana Easy CO₂: Not needed Medium to high light High 20–60 cm Medium
Blyxa japonica Medium CO₂: Required Medium to high light High 7–15 cm Medium
Bolbitis Bolbitis heudelotii Medium CO₂: Beneficial Low to high light High 15–40 cm Slow
Bucephalandra Bucephalandra sp. 'Kedagang' Easy CO₂: Not needed Low to high light High – Slow
Cabomba caroliniana Medium CO₂: Not needed Medium to high light High – Very fast
Christmas moss Vesicularia montagnei Medium CO₂: Not needed Low to high light High – Slow
Crinum calamistratum Easy CO₂: Not needed Medium to high light High – Slow
Cryptocoryne 'Petchii' Cryptocoryne beckettii 'Petchii' Easy CO₂: Beneficial Low to high light High 10–20 cm Medium
Cryptocoryne lucens Cryptocoryne x willisii 'lucens' Easy CO₂: Not needed Low to high light High 5–15 cm Slow
Cryptocoryne parva Medium CO₂: Beneficial Medium to high light High – Very slow
Cryptocoryne wendtii Easy CO₂: Not needed Low to high light High – Medium
Duckweed Lemna minor Very easy CO₂: Not needed Low to high light High – Very fast
Dwarf chain sword Helanthium tenellum Medium CO₂: Beneficial Medium to high light High 5–15 cm Fast
Dwarf hairgrass Eleocharis acicularis Easy CO₂: Beneficial Medium to high light High – Medium
Dwarf sagittaria Sagittaria subulata Very easy CO₂: Beneficial Low to high light High – Fast
Echinodorus 'Ozelot' Easy CO₂: Not needed Medium to high light High 20–50 cm Fast
Egeria densa Very easy CO₂: Not needed Medium to high light High – Very fast
Guppy grass Najas guadalupensis Very easy CO₂: Not needed Low to high light High 20–50 cm Very fast
Hornwort Ceratophyllum demersum Very easy CO₂: Not needed Medium to high light High – Very fast
Hygrophila corymbosa 'Compact' Hygrophila corymbosa 'Kompakt' Medium CO₂: Not needed Medium to high light High – Slow
Hygrophila pinnatifida Medium CO₂: Beneficial Medium to high light High 5–40 cm Medium
Hygrophila polysperma Very easy CO₂: Not needed Low to high light High – Very fast
Java fern Microsorum pteropus Very easy CO₂: Not needed Low to high light High – Slow
Java fern 'Windelov' Microsorum pteropus 'Windelov' Very easy CO₂: Not needed Low to high light High 10–30 cm Slow
Java moss Taxiphyllum barbieri Very easy CO₂: Not needed Low to high light High – Medium
Limnophila sessiliflora Easy CO₂: Not needed Medium to high light High – Very fast
Ludwigia repens Easy CO₂: Not needed Medium to high light High – Fast
Monte Carlo Micranthemum tweediei 'Monte Carlo' Easy CO₂: Beneficial Medium to high light High 1–3 cm Medium
Pogostemon helferi Medium CO₂: Required Medium to high light High – Medium
Red root floater Phyllanthus fluitans Medium CO₂: Not needed Medium to high light High – Fast
Rotala 'H'ra' Rotala rotundifolia 'H'ra' Medium CO₂: Beneficial Medium to high light High 20–80 cm Fast
Rotala rotundifolia Easy CO₂: Beneficial Medium to high light High 20–80 cm Fast
Salvinia minima Easy CO₂: Not needed Medium to high light High – Very fast
Staurogyne repens Easy CO₂: Beneficial Medium to high light High – Medium
Tiger lotus Nymphaea lotus 'Red' Medium CO₂: Not needed Medium to high light High – Fast
Vallisneria spiralis Very easy CO₂: Not needed Medium to high light High – Fast
Water lettuce Pistia stratiotes Medium CO₂: Not needed Medium to high light High – Fast
Water sprite Ceratopteris thalictroides Medium CO₂: Beneficial Medium to high light High – Very fast