Background Aquarium Plants

Common Name: Rotalia ramosior Sunset, Rotala sp Sunset, Ammannia Sulawesi, Rotala Sunset Rotala Sunset is a beautiful species that commonly gets co...

Common Name: Rotala Macrandra The Rotala Macrandra - Red, commonly known as the Giant Red Rotala, is a beautiful red plant from Asia. The species ...

Common Name: Eriocaulon Sp. Dong Ha Eriocaulon Sp. Dong Ha is still a rare commodity in the aquarium hobby. While beautiful, this plant is not easy...

Common Name: Cryptocoryne Wendtii Brown Indo  Cryptocoryne Wendtii Brown is a common and popular plant, perfect for beginners. This Crypt is charac...

Common Name: Hygrophila Odora Hygrophila Odora is a unique plant that displays a unique leaf shape. Being a marginal species, Hygrophila Odora can ...

Common Name: Water Sprite Water Sprite is a popular stem plant that is extremely easy to care for and suitable for beginners. It can grow very tall...

Common Name: Hydrocotyle Japan Mini Hydrocotyle Tripartita Mini is a smaller variation of the regular Hydrocotyle Tripartita, sometimes referred to...

Common Name: Ludwigia Palustris Red  Ludwigia Palustris Red is a beautiful plant with beautiful pale red leaves that displays unique oval edges. T...

Common Name: Echinodorus Red Wild Grass Echinodorus Red Wild Grass is a beautiful variant originating from South America. On the smaller side at ar...

Common Name: Penthorum Sedoides, Ditch Stonecrop Penthorum Sedoides is an interesting plant originating from North America. Penthorum Sedoides, som...

Common Name: Aflame Sword The Aflame sword is a highly sought after Echinodorus that's considered quite rare in the hobby. Some argue that that th...

Common Name: Water Hyssop, Moneywort Used in Ayurvedic tradition of India. Will rot if not enough light Moneywort is a popular back or mid-ground s...

Anubias Nana grown on stone Anubias Nana is one of the most popular aquatic plants in the hobby. If you're new to planted tanks and want to try gro...

Common Name: Rotala Wayanad Rotala Wayanad is a newer species of Rotala that stays relatively small and is suitable for nano planted aquariums. It ...

Echinodorus Yeni is a rare aquatic sword species that has beautiful red veins on short, round leaves. Like most Echinodorus species, Echinodorus Y...

Common Name: Crypt Pontederiifolia Crypt Pontederiifolia is a unique variant of Cryptocoryne that can be identified by the long stems and arrowhead...

Common Name: Red Cardinal Plant Cardinal plant is a marsh plant native to the US.  It can be found growing along streams, rivers and water ways.  T...

Common Name: Long Eames The Ludwigs Brevipes, commonly known as the Long Eames, grows along the southeastern American coast, in boggy areas. It’s a...

Common Name: Rotala Rotundifolia This species of Rotala grows in the shallow waters and wet ground of its native Vietnam. With moderate light, it ...

Common Name: Polygonum sp Sao Paulo Polygonum sp. 'Sao Paulo’ is a stunning plant hailing from Brazil. Little is known about this particular speci...

Common Name: Small Bear Sword Tissue Culture Echinodorus Small Bear Sword is the smaller variety of its cousin, Echinodorus Big Bear. Like most aq...

Common Name: Limnophila Vietnam Limnophila Vietnam is a unique aquatic stem plant that features slender leaves that fan out into a star shape along...

Common Name: Rotala Wallichii Rotala Wallichii is a popular stem plant with thin fragile leaves that can create luscious forests of green and red w...

Common Name: Rotala Macrandra, Rotala Yellow  Rotala Macrandra Yellow is a beautiful aquarium plant that is highly enjoyed by enthusiasts. Like mo...

Common Name: Cuphea Annagalloidea Often misnamed and mixed-up with Rotala sp "Araguaia" or Bacopa sp "Red", this small but high maintenance stem p...

Common Name: Water Hyssop, Lemon Bacopa, Giant Red Bacopa Lemon Bacopa is a lovely midground stem plant with delicate, flower-like clusters of li...

Common Name: Anubias Minima  Anubias are extremely easy plants to grow and can survive a wide range of water parameters. The Anubias Minima has lo...

Common Name: Bacopa Australis Bacopa Australis is a relatively new plant in the aquarium hobby.  Its less common compared to the other well known B...

Common Name: Echinodorus Leopard, Leopard Sword Echinodorus Leopard is a unique Amazon Sword plant that features bold green color with spots throug...

Common Name: AR Rosaefolia AR Rosaefolia is one of many variants of Alternanthera Reineckii. This variety grows taller and have more elongated leav...

Common Name: Anubias Congensis, Anubias Afzelii Anubias Congensis is fast becoming a favorite among planted tank geeks. This is an extremely easy ...

Riccia Fluitans Common Name: Crystalwort Riccia is a well recognized floating plant, made popular by the renowned aquascaper Takashi Amano.  It can...

Limnophila sp. "Vietnam" is a relatively rare aquatic stem plant that stays on the smaller side and exhibits bush-like growth habits. It is still ...

Common Name: Alternanthera Lilacina  The Alternanthera Reineckii 'Lilacina' is a beautiful variety of Alternanthera Reineckii. The stems are a stri...

Common Name: Aponogeton Ulvaceus MadagascariensisThe Aponogeton Ulvaceus Madagascariensis is a distinctive bulb plant native to Madagascar. This va...

Common Name: Alternanthera Reineckii Ocipus, Alternanthera Ocipus  Alternanthera Ocipus is a rare aquarium stem plant in the planted tank hobby. We...