CULTIVATED TO PERFECTION
TISSUE CULTURE AQUARIUM PLANTS BY ULTUM NATURE SYSTEMS
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Free of algae, pests and pesticides
Tissue culture aquarium plants are cultivated in a closed, sanitary laboratory to ensure quality control. Cultivation via in-vitro methods eliminates the possible the disruption of natural eco-systems from wild aquarium plant harvesting.
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Divide and conquer
A single cup of tissue culture aquarium plants yields more and offers more coverage in the aquarium. Depending on the species, tissue culture plants are typically more generous than their potted counterparts!
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Plenty of choices
The availability of species is growing rapidly. Many popular aquatic plant forms and species are now readily available and we are adding to our catalog every year.
Preparation and Usage Guide
TISSUE CULTURE PLANT LINEUP
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Alternanthera Lilacina
A popular aquarium plant known for its vibrant magenta and purplish hues. To achieve its best appearance, it requires medium to high lighting, nutrient-rich substrate, and CO2 injection.
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Alternanthera Reineckii 'Mini'
A compact version of the popular plant, perfect for nano tanks, Dutch-style aquascapes, and larger groups in planted aquariums. It thrives with CO2, nutrient-rich substrate, and medium to high lighting to maintain its vibrant violet-red appearance.
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Alternanthera Reineckii 'Rosaefolia'
A variation of Alternanthera Reineckii, is known for its bold colors and distinctive white venation on its leaves. To thrive, this aquarium stem plant requires high-quality lighting and CO2 injection, and it has the potential to bloom small flowers above the water's surface.
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Alternanthera Reineckii 'Rosanervig'
An aquatic stem plant with pink leaves and pale veins, ideal for midground or background placement in planted tanks. It thrives with CO2 injection and proper nutrient supply, though it requires careful handling due to its delicate stems and may need regular pruning to control its growth.
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Ammannia Towuti
An aquatic plant prized for its striking, vibrant red coloration and delicate leaf structure, making it a stunning addition to freshwater aquariums. Its unique appearance and moderate care requirements make it a sought-after choice for aquascaping enthusiasts.
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Anubias Barteri
A popular aquatic plant suitable for various aquatic environments. It can thrive in both low and high-tech setups and makes a great midground or background plant, with slightly longer stems compared to Anubias Nana.
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Anubias Coffeefolia
A unique Anubias variant with ribbed, offset-colored leaves, ideal for beginner aquarists. It thrives when attached to hardscape material in larger aquariums, offering a distinctive aquatic plant that's almost indestructible and unappealing to herbivorous fish.
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Anubias Gabon
A part of the Anubias family, adapts to various environments, including aquariums and terrariums. With slightly longer stems than Anubias Nana, it's suitable for the midground and background of a planted tank. This plant benefits from attaching its rhizome to hard surfaces, requires minimal lighting, and can optionally use CO2 for faster growth.
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Anubias Heterophylla
A classic Anubias species, suitable for aquariums and emersed setups. Its large, green leaves and forgiving nature make it a great choice for all skill levels, and it thrives in various tank conditions when attached to hardscapes.
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Anubias Minima Dragon Claw
it's well-suited for beginners, effortlessly adapting to various tank conditions and versatile in placement, be it attached to driftwood or hardscape. This aquatic plant adds an intriguing and exotic touch to aquariums, making it a prized choice for aquascaping enthusiasts
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Anubias Nana Golden
A variation of the Anubias Nana, is an excellent selection for novice enthusiasts due to its uncomplicated maintenance and resilience. It flourishes in both aquarium and terrarium environments, showcasing its adaptability, and thrives when attached to hardscape materials.
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Anubias Nana Petite
An Anubias variations in the realm of planted aquariums, renowned for its diminutive, lush green leaves. Its robust and virtually indestructible nature makes it an ideal choice for both newcomers and experienced aquarists, while its effortless maintenance and adaptable growth suit a variety of aquarium styles.
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Anubias Nana Pinto
Also known as Anubias Nana Marbled White, is a variant Anubias species, prized for its striking marbled white and green leaves. This slow-growing plant adds a unique and eye-catching element to aquariums, ranging from nano tanks to larger setups, requiring more light than its Anubias counterparts to truly showcase its captivating coloration against dark aquascaping elements and other aquatic flora.
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Anubias Nana Snow White
A small, nearly pure white, rounded leaves offer a unique and enigmatic aesthetic in planted tanks. While the stability of this mutation remains uncertain, with patience and consistent care, it may develop marbled white leaves that create a beautiful contrast with other solidly colored aquatic plants.
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Anubias White Rose
An aquatic plant prized for its delicate white or cream-colored leaves. This variation of Anubias adds a touch of elegance to freshwater aquariums, creating a captivating contrast against darker elements and other green aquatic plants.
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Bacopa Amplexicaulis
Also known as Bacopa Caroliniana and Water Hyssop, is a hardy and popular choice for beginner aquarium enthusiasts. This aquatic plant features bright green leaves, grows well in various tank conditions, and can produce purplish-blue flowers above the water's surface when allowed to grow emergent.
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Bucephalandra Brownie Phoenix
A Bucephalandra species known for its shimmering brownish-green shades, offering an attractive contrast and textural interest in planted aquariums. Ideal for the mid-ground, it thrives under low to medium lighting, and when paired with CO2 injection and regular care, it forms a lush, dense appearance.
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Bucephalandra Green Wavy
Also known as Buce Green Wavy, is a readily available and attractive Bucephalandra species in the planted aquarium hobby. It features rich green, ruffled leaves and does best with CO2 injection and nutrient-rich conditions for optimal growth and iridescent coloration.
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Bucephalandra Kedagang
A unique variant within the Bucephalandra plant family, characterized by its rarity and petite size, featuring slightly curved, densely growing leaves. This undemanding and beginner-friendly aquatic plant thrives in clumps in a planted aquarium, particularly under lower lighting, and should be attached or wedged onto hardscape elements like driftwood and rocks to prevent rot by avoiding covering the stem and rhizome during planting.
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Bucephalandra Kedagang Round Mini
A smaller, dark green aquarium plant with iridescent undertones. It's ideal for nano and larger tanks, thriving in low to medium light, and benefits from CO2 injection for faster growth when attached to hardscape materials.
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Bucephalandra Red Mini
A petite-leafed plant displays a range of red, bronze, green, and purple hues, influenced by different factors. As a slow-grower, Buce Red Mini is a coveted addition for Bucephalandra enthusiasts, and, like all Bucephalandra, it thrives when attached to aquarium driftwood or nestled among hardscape features.
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Bucephalandra Velvet
A small to medium-sized aquatic plant known for its vibrant color variations. This beginner-friendly plant can be attached to hardscape elements and left undisturbed for optimal growth.
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Cardamine Lyrata
An Asian marsh plant that forms a clover-like pattern. With high light and CO2, it creates a low, dense bush of foliage ideal for aquascaping, especially when planted in groups. It can also be grown floating, providing coverage for fry, shrimp, or skittish fish.
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Ceratopteris Thalictroides
Also known as Water Sprite, is an easy-to-care-for plant suitable for beginners, offering a decorative, fine-leafed appearance with quick growth. It thrives in a range of conditions and is commonly used in breeding tanks and goldfish aquariums.
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Cryptocoryne Affinis
A highly sought-after species known for its distinct appearance, with smooth dark green leaves, colored undersides, and light veins. It's a coveted choice among Cryptocoryne enthusiasts but has become less available due to its challenging propagation compared to other species like Cryptocoryne Wendtii and Beckettii.
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Cryptocoryne Affinis Red
Hails from Malaysia, featuring smooth green leaves with a deep reddish-brown border. Its size varies with tank conditions, thriving in stable environments with strong lighting and CO2, but it prefers consistency once placed. Cryptocoryne enthusiasts find this species highly coveted.
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Cryptocoryne Albida Red
A rare Cryptocoryne with intense pink coloration. It's a slow grower suitable for low-tech or high-tech tanks with low to medium lighting, and CO2 can enhance its growth.
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Cryptocoryne Axelrodi
A mid-ground plant with narrow, greenish-brown leaves that adapt to their environment. It's a great choice for aquascapes and adds texture and contrast to the aquarium.
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Cryptocoryne Balansae
This plant is best placed decisively since moving it may cause Crypt melt, and it's ideally suited for the mid to background of larger planted aquariums. Once established, it's relatively low-maintenance, but it thrives in fully established tanks with CO2 injection, high-quality planted aquarium soil, and ample lighting.
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Cryptocoryne Beckettii
A mid-ground plant with reddish, ruffle-textured leaves that contrast well with green plants. It grows well submerged with low to moderate lighting and doesn't require CO2, although it can enhance growth.
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Cryptocoryne Beckettii 'Petchii'
A smaller version of Cryptocoryne Beckettii, is characterized by slender dark green to olive brown leaves with a purple underside. While its exact coloration depends on tank conditions, it's sensitive to water parameter changes and may experience "Crypt melt" if moved. It requires calcium, CO2, phosphate, iron, and nitrate, and can be grown submerged or emersed.
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Cryptocoryne Crispatula Tonkinensis
A less common Crypt species with long, thin leaves, found along Southeast Asian streams and rivers. It's easy to care for and suitable for beginners, despite its different appearance from more common Crypts.
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Cryptocoryne Ferruginea Sekadauensis
A rare Cryptocoryne species, thriving in both submerged and slightly emersed conditions with varying shades of greens and browns. Best suited for experienced hobbyists, this plant is presumed to work well in the midground of planted aquariums, requiring a stable environment with low to medium lighting, quality aquatic nutrients, and possibly CO2 injection for optimal growth.
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Cryptocoryne Lucens
A midground plant known for its slender light green foliage, suitable for beginner to intermediate aquarists. It requires a nutrient-rich substrate, CO2 injection, and should be allowed to establish a healthy root system before propagating or relocating.
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Cryptocoryne Lutea
A midground aquatic plant with vibrant, wavy leaves, making it suitable for beginners. It thrives in a quality substrate without the need for high light, CO2, or extensive fertilization, and it can be grown submerged or emersed. Propagation is straightforward by separating and replanting new plantlets.
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Cryptocoryne Mioya
A low-maintenance, less common Crypt species with slender, ruffled-edged leaves that can range from bright green to copper brown. While it can benefit from high-quality substrate and optional CO2 and fertilizers, it is suitable for beginners and can grow well without these extras.
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Cryptocoryne Nurii
Known as 'Rose Maiden' in the aquarium hobby, this plant, similar in ease of care and appearance to Cryptocoryne wendtii, produces runners over time, extending a network of new growth across the substrate, even at a considerable distance from the parent plant.
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Cryptocoryne Parva
A rare and small species of Cryptocoryne, a genus of aquatic plants commonly found in Southeast Asia. This plant is characterized by its small size, typically growing to only 1-4 inches in height, and its subtle, muted green coloration.
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Cryptocoryne Pink Flamingo
An aquatic plant variety famous for its vibrant pink hue and remarkable adaptability to diverse water conditions. Its easy care, versatility, and resilience make it an excellent choice for aquarists of all levels, including beginners, and it thrives in a range of tank sizes, adding a splash of color to any aquarium.
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Cryptocoryne Schulzei
A rare Malaysian variation, boasts varying growth patterns, leaf sizes, and hues from green to brown. Suited for experienced Cryptocoryne enthusiasts, it's crucial to establish strong roots before considering any relocation or propagation due to its specific care needs and unpredictable growth.
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Cryptocoryne Spiralis Red
A popular aquarium plant known for its striking red leaves, which intensify under high light and nutrient conditions. This relatively low-maintenance plant thrives in soft, acidic water with a nutrient-rich substrate, and it can grow up to 20 inches in height, making it an ideal choice for aquascaping layouts and as a beautiful background plant.
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Cryptocoryne Undulatus
A Cryptocoryne variant, displays varying colors based on the tank environment. It's forgiving and suitable for a wide range of planted aquariums, with care similar to Anubias and Bucephalandra.
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Cryptocoryne Walkeri
An ideal choice for beginners, thriving in low to moderate light without the need for CO2. This plant propagates through runners that can be cut and replanted to achieve good coverage, with individual stems planted about one inch apart.
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Cryptocoryne Wendtii 'Brown'
A beginner-friendly plant that grows slowly, suitable for both submerged and emerged conditions. It thrives in low to medium lighting, and while not requiring CO2, it will help speed up growth if used.
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Cryptocoryne Wendtii 'Green Gecko'
An excellent choice for beginner aquarists, known for its adaptability and varying shades of green. While it's slow-growing and undemanding, providing it with quality LED lighting, CO2, and nutrient-rich substrate can result in robust growth. Propagation is straightforward by separating and replanting new plantlets.
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Cryptocoryne Wendtii 'Green'
A common Crypt and a popular choice for beginner aquarists. Its moderate growth rate makes it suitable for both submerged and emersed growth, and propagation is as simple as cutting new plantlets from the mother rhizome.
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Cryptocoryne Wendtii 'Indo Brown'
A low-maintenance plant ideal for beginners, with varying brown tones on its leaves. It has a moderate growth rate and can be propagated by cutting and replanting new plantlets growing from the mother plant.
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Cryptocoryne Wendtii 'Tropica'
A dark-leaved variant of Crypt Wendtii that grows well submerged or emersed. It has a moderate growth rate and can be propagated by separating new plantlets from the mother rhizome.
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Cryptocoryne Willisii
A unique Crypt variant with bright green, grass-like leaves that develop into dense bunches over time. It's a slow starter but reproduces readily from the mother rhizome, making it suitable for both submerged and emersed growth.
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Cryptocoryne Yujii
A new and rare variant of Cryptocoryne that grows at a moderate rate and can be cultivated both submerged and emerged. To propagate, trim off new plantlets growing from the mother rhizome.
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Echinodorus Aflame
A rare and coveted aquatic plant with leaves that can range in color from green to purple to deep red, depending on tank conditions, and enhanced with iron dosing for deeper hues.
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Echinodorus Hadi Red Pearl
A unique Amazon Sword plant with green leaves and red accents. It's suitable for both beginners and experienced aquarists with larger tanks.
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Echinodorus Horemanii Red
An aquarium sword plant with red and green leaves. It should be planted in a quality substrate, and it can adapt to various tank conditions.
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Echinodorus Magdalenensis
Also known as Helanthium Qudricostatus Var. Magdalenensis, is a hardy aquatic plant with light green sword-shaped leaves. It's suitable for the mid-ground or foreground of planted aquariums and can form dense tufts when given the right conditions. This plant can produce small white flowers when well-cared for.
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Echinodorus Ozelot Red
A hybrid in the Echinodorus family, features large reddish-brown leaves with dark spot markings. It's a beginner-friendly and undemanding aquatic plant suitable for various aquarium conditions, whether grown emersed or submerged, requiring planting in quality substrate to thrive.
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Echinodorus Quadricostatus
Also known as Helanthium Quadricostatus, is a beginner-friendly and attractive aquarium plant with slender, light green leaves that create a striking contrast in planted tanks. This low-growing plant readily spreads via runners, making it suitable for both beginners and experienced hobbyists, although regular pruning is necessary to control its expansion.
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Echinodorus Red Diamond
A aquarium plant known for its bold ruby-red foliage, making it an excellent choice as a centerpiece or for Wabi Kusa displays. This medium-sized Amazon Sword is hardy and versatile, thriving in various aquarium conditions with a preference for medium to high lighting to enhance its vibrant red leaves.
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Echinodorus Reni
A member of the Echinodorus family, is a compact and easy-to-care-for aquarium plant with striking reddish-brown leaves. Standing at 5-10 inches tall, it offers a beautiful red-toned contrast in planted tanks and thrives with nutrient-rich substrate and adequate LED lighting, while CO2 supplementation can enhance its growth and vitality.
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Echinodorus Rose
A smaller but colorful hybrid of aquatic sword plants, known for its green, red, and bronze hues. It's a beginner-friendly plant that should be planted in quality aquarium soil, and it adapts well to various tank conditions, requiring occasional pruning and simple propagation.
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Echinodorus Tenellus
A grass-like aquatic plant favored for its carpeting effect in aquariums, similar to Dwarf Hair Grass and Micro Swords. It readily propagates through runners and is an easy-to-maintain choice, making it suitable for the foreground, midground, or even as a short background plant in smaller tanks, either as a standalone or in groups.
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Eleocharis Parvula
Also known as hair grass, is a common choice for a foreground carpet in planted tanks. This fast-growing plant spreads through runners and requires regular maintenance to control its growth and maintain your desired aquascape.
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Eleocharis Vivipara
Known as spike-grass, is a common aquatic plant found in ponds, lakes, and slow-moving streams. It features long, slender stems topped with small, brown spike-like flowers and serves as a vital food source and habitat for various aquatic animals and insects.
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Eriocaulon Cinereum
A rare aquatic plant known for its unique hedgehog-like appearance, featuring sharp foliage sprouting from its mid-point. While it's a challenging plant to maintain, it thrives in soft water with nutrient-rich substrate, high lighting, CO2 injection, and a consistent nutrient supply, making it a coveted choice for experienced aquarists looking to create a stunning midground display in planted tanks.
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Eusteralis Stellata
Also known as Pogostemon Stellata, is an aquarium plant that can exhibit a range of colors, from green to red. Regular pruning encourages bushy growth, and it benefits from high lighting and nutrient levels for vibrant colors. CO2 can speed up growth but is optional.
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Glossostigma Elatinoides
Often called Glosso, is a popular and relatively easy-to-grow foreground carpeting plant for aquariums. While it can thrive in low-tech setups, it spreads faster with CO2 injection and nutrient-rich substrate, and it may need regular trimming once established.
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Gratiola Viscidula
A newcomer in the planted aquarium hobby, known for its bright green thorn-like leaves. This easy-to-care-for plant is ideal for the midground or trimmed low for a foreground choice, thriving with clean water and quality lighting.
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Hedyotis Salzmannii
A South American aquatic plant, is similar in appearance to Bacopa Monnieri. It features bright green stalks and leaves and is generally easy to grow in a variety of aquarium conditions. It can be grown submerged or emersed and is propagated through cuttings that root easily in the substrate.
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Helanthium Tenellum Broad Leaf
Also known as Echinodorus Tenellus, is a grass-like aquatic plant popular for its carpeting abilities. It's easy to care for, spreads through runners, and works well as a foreground or midground choice in various aquarium sizes. While high lighting and CO2 injection are not mandatory, they promote faster growth, and regular trimming is essential once established.
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Hemianthus Callitrichoides 'Cuba'
A tiny carpeting plant that creates lush foregrounds in aquascapes, particularly in Iwagumi-style layouts. While it requires patience due to its slow root system, the dry start method can help establish its growth for a rewarding and beautiful aquascape.
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Homalomena Sekadau South
A rare aquatic plant with a similar care profile to Bucephalandra. It can thrive in low lighting conditions but is slow-growing and susceptible to algae in excessive light.
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Hottonia Inflata
Known as the American water feather, its elegant, snowflake-like shoots, boast a rich and vibrant green color. It thrives in medium to strong lighting, benefits from CO2 and nutrients, and is ideal for mid to background placement in the aquarium, making it a captivating showpiece.
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Hydrocotyle Sibthorpioides
With its clover-like leaves, is versatile for foreground, midground, or background placement. Minimal care is needed, but regular trimming is essential to prevent overgrowth.
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Hydrocotyle Tripartita
Often known as Hydrocotyle Tripartita Japan, is a popular aquarium plant with clover-shaped foliage. It's suitable for the midground or background and prefers medium to high lighting, CO2 injection, and proper fertilizer for dense, ornamental growth.
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Hygrophila Araguaia
is a unique aquatic stem plant with narrow reddish-brown leaves. While slightly finicky in care, it's gaining popularity among planted aquarium enthusiasts and can develop a purple hue with optimal conditions. This versatile plant can be grown submerged or emerged in various setups and is ideal for creating a mid-ground bush-like tuft in aquariums.
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Hygrophila Corymbosa Compacta
A compact variation of Hygrophila Corymbosa with lush, closely-set leaves that can display green, pink, or orange hues based on growth conditions. This easy-to-care-for plant is ideal for medium-light aquariums with nutrient-rich soil, and while CO2 injection is optional, it can enhance its appearance and growth rate. Propagation is straightforward: just cut and replant a shoot in a quality substrate.
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Hygrophila Difformis
Also known as Water Wisteria or Water Sprite, is a fast-growing, beginner-friendly stem plant with bright green foliage that adapts to various tank conditions. It's excellent at nutrient absorption and suited for midground and background positions in a planted aquarium, but regular pruning is essential to keep it in check.
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Hygrophila Pinnatifida
A rare aquatic plant with green and bronze leaves on top and a striking deep red underside. Its care isn't overly demanding, making it an excellent choice for aquascapes, and it can be attached to hardscapes for added visual appeal in the aquarium.
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Juncus Repens
An aquatic plant resembling a hybrid of stem and rosette varieties. It's low-maintenance, adaptable to various conditions, and can display hints of red-brown with good lighting. Propagation involves trimming and replanting the stems.
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Lagenandra Meeboldii 'Red'
A hardy plant with broad, colorful leaves that can thrive in quality aquarium lighting conditions. While it doesn't produce runners, it can be propagated by splitting and replanting its thick rhizome into aquarium soil.
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Lagenandra Thwaitesii
A rare aquarium plant from Sri Lanka, features upright, slender leaves with a unique dark green base and a hint of silver sheen. It's a slow grower, remaining small for some time, reaching about 17 inches when fully grown, suitable for the mid or background of an aquarium.
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Lilaeopsis Novaezelandiae
Also known as Micro Sword, is an excellent carpeting plant for beginners, resembling a dense grassy lawn when grown in aquariums.
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Limnophila Heterophylla
An easy-to-care-for stem plant suitable for both beginners and low-tech aquariums. It thrives in various conditions and can be grown submerged or emersed, making it an excellent background choice. Regular trimming ensures its healthy growth.
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Littorella Uniflora
Also known as Shoreweed, is an interesting and easy-to-maintain plant with round, pointed leaves that can be grown submerged or emersed. It adapts to various tank conditions, including colder water, and propagates through runners for a slow but unique foreground carpet in your aquarium.
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Lobelia Cardinalis
Originally from North America, transforms into a striking light green aquatic plant when used in aquariums, making it a versatile choice for the midground or background, depending on the tank size. It can also thrive in outdoor garden pond setups and produces vibrant scarlet red flowers when grown above the water's surface.
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Ludwigia Arcuata
Also known as Needle leaf Ludwigia, features delicate green and red leaves. This easy-to-care-for plant adds movement and dimension to your aquarium, but its coloration depends on water conditions, requiring regular trimming.
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Ludwigia Peruensis Diamond
Also known as Diamond Ludwigia, is a less common but striking variation with leaves that can range from green to gold, orange, or red depending on its environment. It adds vibrant color variation to planted tanks, especially when planted in bunches of 10-12 stems.
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Micranthemum 'Monte Carlo'
A popular choice for carpeting the foreground of planted aquariums. It's known for its ease of care and adaptability to a range of aquarium conditions, making it suitable for both beginners and experienced aquarists.
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Micranthemum Micranthemoides
A classic choice for planted tanks due to its bright green color and suitability for creating dense bushes in nano setups. It's a versatile, undemanding plant that's great for hobbyists with some experience.
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Myriophyllum Mattogrossense
A decorative reddish stems and bright green leaves, is a fast-growing, low-maintenance plant suitable for the aquarium background. Its fan-shaped leaves shine in good lighting conditions, making it a great choice for beginners.
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Piptospatha Ridleyi
A rare Aroid, exhibits unique shades of green and leaf markings. It can be grown both emersed and submerged, preferring low to medium light and low flow conditions to avoid algae growth on its leaves, similar to Anubias and Buce.
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Pogostemon Deccanensis
A relatively new addition to the hobby, offers delicate, light green needle-like leaves that add a charming touch to the midground or background of planted aquariums. To thrive, it needs quality LED lighting, CO2 injection, nutrient-rich substrate, and regular fertilization, with frequent pruning to maintain its appearance and encourage bushy growth.
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Pogostemon Erectus
A vibrant, neon-colored stem plant suitable for contrast with other aquarium plants, especially under intense lighting conditions. It thrives with proper nutrients and regular trimming.
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Pogostemon Helferi 'Downoi'
known as 'Downoi,' is a compact and distinctive aquatic plant native to Thailand. With proper care, it can create a lush foreground carpet in your aquarium when given good lighting and quality substrate.
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Pogostemon Stellatus Dassen
A challenging yet stunning aquarium stem plant known for its orange and pinkish-red leaves. It requires soft water, nutrient-rich substrate, CO2, and diligent nutrient dosing for optimal growth and maintenance.
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Proserpinaca Palustris
A unique stem plant with saw-toothed leaves, its color varies with lighting and nutrients, ranging from bright reds to light greens. Commonly used for background coverage, especially in Dutch-style planted tanks.
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Ranunculus Inundatus
A creeping aquatic plant from Australia that requires high lighting and CO2 for low growth. It grows quickly when conditions are right, needing regular trimming to maintain its appearance.
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Riccia Fluitans
Also known as Crystalwort, is a versatile aquatic plant known for its delicate, light green appearance. It can be used as a floating plant, attached to hardscape, or as a carpet in aquariums.
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Rotala Bonsai
Offers dense, compact growth with the potential for reddish tips under proper lighting. Regular trimming promotes a lush appearance in planted aquariums, and it does well with CO2, rich fertilization, and substrate.
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Rotala Ceylon
Also known as Rotala Pink, is a robust stem plant that exhibits pink or light green coloration depending on the lighting intensity. It's ideal for creating a dense background in planted aquariums.
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Rotala H'Ra
Akin to Rotala Rotundifolia with narrow, creeping leaves, and under ideal conditions, it boasts intense red and pink hues, making it a great choice as a background plant in nano tanks or midground in larger setups.
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Rotala Macrandra
A highly sought-after aquatic plant known for its striking red to magenta hues. It's a demanding plant requiring quality lighting, CO2, and soft water for optimal growth, but the vibrant colors make it a rewarding addition to larger planted aquariums.
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Rotala Macrandra Mini Red
A prized species known for its distinctive leaf shape and vibrant red to magenta coloration. It's perfect for the background in nano tanks or midground in larger aquariums, but it requires intense lighting, CO2, soft water, and micronutrients for optimal growth and deep colors.
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Rotala Manipurensis
A rewarding plant with narrow leaves and warm orange tones, suitable as a background plant in nano aquariums or a midground choice in larger tanks. It's similar to Rotala Sp. 'Green' and thrives in ideal conditions with quality lighting.
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Rotala Mexicana Bangladesh
A versatile plant with fine leaves that exhibit vibrant green to red shades. It thrives with moderate care, requiring good lighting, CO2 injection, and nutrient-rich substrate for optimal growth.
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Rotala Nanjenshan
A hybrid of Rotala Rotundifolia and Rotala Wallichii, known for its thin leaves and bushy appearance. It demands high-quality lighting, CO2 injection, and care to thrive. It should be planted with smaller, non-aggressive fish, and regular pruning is necessary.
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Rotala Rotundifolia
A well-known aquarium stem plant from Southeast Asia with various color variations. It's a fast-growing and relatively easy-to-maintain plant, making it a great choice for aquarists looking to fill their tank with lush vegetation.
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Rotala Sunset
A rare and demanding aquarium stem plant known for its vibrant purple leaves, but it requires specific conditions like CO2 injection, high lighting, and nutrient-rich substrate to showcase its coloration.
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Sagittaria Subulata
Hailing from South America is an excellent foreground plant due to its compact growth and ease of care. Regular pruning is essential to prevent it from growing too tall or sending shoots to the water's surface. It propagates through horizontal runners and doesn't require specific lighting or CO2 injection. Simply trim and replant portions for propagation.
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Staurogyne Repens
Often abbreviated as S. Repens, is a favored midground plant known for its compact, bushy growth and vibrant green color, suitable for both nano and larger aquariums. Care requirements, including lighting, nutrients, and CO2, significantly influence its appearance, and it can also be used as a foreground plant with regular pruning to achieve the desired look.
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Utricularia Graminifolia
A unique bladderwort family plant that can thrive submerged or emersed, making it versatile for aquascaping. It prefers soft water, low to medium lighting, and nutrient-poor substrate, and it's well-suited for experienced hobbyists.
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