| Content | Sagittaria subulata
Characteristics:
Max Size: 5″
Care Level: Easy
Nutrient Source: Root Feeder
Composition: Midground
Parameters
Co2: Not Required, but grows faster with
Light Level: Low
Tank Mates
Great for community fish and creates a nice habitat for bottom dwellers.
Notes
Dwarf Sagittaria is one of the easiest aquarium plants for beginners. They're hardy and undemanding, sprouting runners in the soil. You can densify them in the foreground or place them in spots at the midground of your tank. Providing root tabs will supplement their growth. Higher CO2 and lighting will grow and spread them rapidly.
https://plantedtankmates.com/aquarium-plants-for-beginners/ | Rotala Rotundifolia
Characteristics:
Max Size: 12″
Care Level: Medium
Nutrient Source: Root Feeder + Water Column
Composition: Background
Parameters
Co2: Medium
Light Level: High
Tank Mates
Great for community fish, shrimp and snails
Notes
Rotala Rotundifolia is actually an easy plant to grow, but getting the red colors involves more CO2, lighting and iron dosing. Propagating is at easy as trimming the top and replanting in the soil. A good substrate will help with red colors and growth.
Read more about how to maintain Red Aquarium Plants
See the diagrams on how you can setup CO2 for your aquarium | Anubias barteri
Characteristics:
Max Size: 7"
Care Level: Easy
Nutrient Source: Column Feeder
Composition: Background
Parameters
Co2: None
Light Level: Medium
Tank Mates
Anubias Barteri can be plated in soil or gravel, tied to rocks, driftwood or other substrate
Notes
One of the most popular aquarium plants. It's very hardy and easy to grow. It's a column feeder, so no need for expensive soil but do use liquid fertilizer.
https://plantedtankmates.com/aquarium-plants-for-beginners/ | Subwassertang
Characteristics:
Max Size: 6"
Care Level: Easy
Nutrient Source: Column Feeder
Composition: Foreground
Parameters
Co2: None
Light Level: Low
Tank Mates
All community and nano fish like tetras, rasboras, danios, guppies, gouramis and otocinclus.
Dwarf shrimps love this plant!
Notes
Subwassertang is a tangled, ribbon-like moss that's great for shrimp tanks. Their flat leaves provide lots of surface area to graze and hide. Like all mosses, it's a column feeding plant that can be tied to hardscape or weighed down, but not buried. | Lemnoideae
Characteristics:
Max Size: 0.5"
Care Level: Easy
Nutrient Source: Column Feeder
Composition: Floating
PH: 6.5 - 7.5
Parameters
Co2: None
Light Level: Low
Tank Mates
Shrimp, snails, guppies, gouramis, betta, tetras, rasboras, danios
Notes
Duckweed is one of the most hardy and easy floating plants. Under high lighting, it grows fast and extends its roots several inches into the water column. Shrimp love to rest on the roots and baby fry love to hide in the plants. The floating nature provide some shade and coverage while slowing down surface water movement. Be sure Duckweed does not overgrow and labyrinth fish have some areas to come up and breathe.
https://plantedtankmates.com/aquarium-plants-for-beginners/ | Hemianthus callitrichoides
Characteristics:
Max Size: 2"
Care Level: Hard
Nutrient Source: Root Feeder
Composition: Carpet
Parameters
Co2: Grows best with Co2
Light Level: Medium to High
Tank Mates
Great carpet plants. Good for shrimp and fish laying eggs.
Notes
Dwarf Baby Tears look very similar to Monte Carlo, but smaller and finer in size. Unfortunately, their finer appearance requires a balanced combination of soil, lighting and CO2. They are very demanding initially, but will be less work once established in your tank.
Compare carpet plant options and select the next one for your planted tank
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