Live Aquarium Plants

The pink underside of the leaves of Alternanthera reineckii 'Pink' provides an effective contrast to the many green plants in an aquarium - partic...

Vibrant pink leaves with light nerves characterise this vigorous culture form. The plant has a compact form of growth and the stalk does not grow a...

Anubias barteri var. glabra from West Africa is a beautiful plant with long, narrow leaves. 10-20 cm tall with a rhizome, from which the leaves dev...

Madagascar lace plant is a striking aquatic bulb with open, lattice-like leaves. Allow generous space for it as a solitary feature in a larger plan...

Bacopa caroliniana originates from US and has been used as an aquarium plant for many years. Stems become 10-30 cm long and 3-4 cm wide, branching ...

Bacopa caroliniana originates from US and has been used as an aquarium plant for many years. Stems become 10-30 cm long and 3-4 cm wide, branching ...

This culture form of the stalk plant Bacopa Monnieri is more compact and, under good light conditions, almost a creeping plant. By pinching off all...

Cardamine lyrata is actually a marsh plant from Japan. But it is also a familiar aquarium plant which thrives under water with 20-50 cm long stems....

Cladophora aegagropila is not really a plant, but a ball of algae from 3-10 cm wide. It is a decorative exception from the rule about avoiding alga...

Cryptocoryne beckettii 'Petchii' is a small variety of Cryptocoryne beckettii from Sri Lanka, which has beautiful, slightly fluted leaf margins, 10...

Cryptocoryne crispatula var. balansae is from Southern Thailand where there are limestone mountains, and the water can be very hard. Like many othe...

This beautiful variation of Cryptocoryne nurii was found growing in the wild in Malaysia around 1970. In the aquarium hobby it became popular under...

This Cryptocoryne from Sri Lanka used (mistakenly) to be called Cryptocoryne nevillii, but this is the name of a species that has never been used i...

Heteranthera zosterifolia from South America is an extremely beautiful plant, which forms a lot of side shoots and thus quickly forms a bushy plant...

Hydrocotyle sp."Japan" is the popular name of the plant in different plant forums. It is a variant of Hydrocotyle tripartita from South-East Asia. ...

This plant originates from South America and stems become 25-60 cm long with 10 cm long leaves. Under water Hygrophila costata has relatively narro...

Hygrophila odora 'Difformis' adds bright green, bushy foliage to the middle or rear of a planted aquarium. Trim the stems regularly to encourage br...

Hygrophila pinnatifida originates from India. It obtains brown, patched leaves on the surface with a distinctive burgundy colour underneath. It for...

Hygrophila polysperma from South-East Asia is one of the hardiest aquarium plants available. What to know Stems becomes 25-40 cm and 4-8 cm wide. I...

Hygrophila corymbosa 'Siamensis 53B' is a variety of Hygrophila corymbosa 'Siamensis'. This Hygrophila 'Siamensis 53B' forms an incredible amount o...

Hygrophila corymbosa 'Siamensis 53B' is a variety of Hygrophila corymbosa 'Siamensis'. This Hygrophila 'Siamensis 53B' forms an incredible amount o...

Leptodictyum riparium is a slender, upright moss that tolerates both high and low temperatures. Leptodictyum riparium is often called "stringy moss...

Lilaeopsis brasiliensis from South America can grow very compact, but a "lawn effect'' (4-7 cm tall) is only achieved at high light intensity. When...

Limnophila sessiliflora is a pretty and undemanding plant from South-East Asia. A great alternative to Cabomba, which doesn't require a lot of ligh...

This cosmopolitan stem plant turns red easier and is smaller than the well-known Ludwigia repens ’Rubin’.Each stalk becomes 2-4 cm wide and 10-30 c...

Variety of Ludwigia repens from North America with striking dark red leaves and stalk. Stems from 20-50 cm and 4-6 cm wide. It provides a great col...

Marsilea hirsuta is a carpet-plant from Australia. A fascinating plant, usually delivered with leaves like a four-leaf clover. After a transitional...

Hemianthus callitrichoides is one of the smallest aquarium plants in the world, and creeps over the bottom with millimetre-sized, round leaves. Hem...

Micranthemum tweediei 'Monte Carlo' originates from Argentina. It has compact, round and fresh light green leaves on creeping stalks and creates a ...

Microsorum pteropus 'Narrow' is a Java fern with slender leaves, typically 10–20 cm long. Its compact form is useful for smaller aquariums and for ...

Microsorum pteropus grown on Mangrove wood (size XL).Microsorum pteropus is a water fern from Asia, 15-30 cm tall. To be grown on a root or stone, ...

Microsorum pteropus grown on wood. Microsorum pteropus is a water fern from Asia, 15-30 cm tall. To be grown on a root or stone, attached with fish...

Aquarium plant from tissue culture in closed cup. The Asian Monosolenium tenerum is an attractive liverwort, 2-5 cm high, which looks most like a g...

This bamboo-looking stem plant is not a grass. It comes from Asia, where it often grows in rice fields.The growth is upright, but the plant branche...

Myriophyllum matogrossense originates from Mato Grosso in the Rio Amazonas, Brazil. It has decorative and feather-like, reddish stems (30-60 cm lon...

The Indian Pogostemon deccanensis forms compact groups of bright green, conifer-like stems, 15-40 cm tall and 1-3 cm wide. Pogostemon erectus is su...

Riccardia Chamedryfolia, now available in Tropica’s 1-2-Grow! range, is a distinctive liverwort moss that brings intricate texture to aquascapes. K...

Rotala indica 'Bonsai' forms compact groups of short, rounded leaves, making it useful in smaller aquariums. Stronger light can bring reddish colou...

The Latin name means "the plant with the round leaves'', but this only applies to the marsh variety, which has circular leaves. Rotala rotundifoli...

Sagittaria subulata from South America is an ideal, undemanding foreground plant whose short runners form a compact group.Place individual plants 2...

Schismatoglottis prietoi can resemble Anubias, with 3-8 cm long, elliptic leaves. Growth is faster, though, and it grows best planted in the bottom...

Aquarium plant from tissue culture in closed cup. Taxiphyllum barbieri 'Bogor Moss' from South-East Asia is a hardy plant which makes few demands o...

Aquarium plant from tissue culture in closed cup. Asian Flame moss got its name from its form of growth. Tight, vertical and softly undulating shoo...

Growth of Mini Taiwan moss is horizontal and overhanging, like a mini version of 'Weeping moss'. Attaching to branching wood or vertical rock will ...

Utricularia graminifolia from Asia belongs to the bladderwort family. All the plants in this family are insect eating, perennial water and marsh pl...

Vallisneria sp. Gigantea from Asia is an easy plant that grows fast, suitable for large aquariums. In most aquariums the leaves grow so long that t...

Vallisneria spiralis 'Tiger' from Asia is an excellent plant for beginners, growing in virtually all light and water conditions. The name 'Tiger' i...

Aquarium plant from tissue culture in closed cup. A moss speciality from Brasil, 1-3 cm tall, called "Christmas tree moss'', because of its side br...