| Description | 2.5” | Floating | Easy
Co2: No | Light: Low | 3” | Carpet | Easy
Co2: No | Light: Medium
Root Feeder | 4” | Foreground | Advance
Co2: High | Light: High | 2.5” | Foreground | Easy
Co2: No | Light: Low
Column Feeder | 12” | Background | Advance
Co2: High | Light: High
Root Feeder | 6” | Foreground | Easy
Co2: No | Light: Low
Column Feeder |
| Content | Limnobium Laevigatum
Characteristics:
Max Size: 2.5"
Care Level: Easy
Nutrient Source: Column Feeder
Composition: Floating
PH: 6 - 7.5
Parameters
Co2: None
Light Level: Low
Tank Mates
Shrimp, snails, guppies, gouramis, betta, tetras, rasboras, danios
Notes
Frogbit 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/ | Lilaeopsis brasiliensis
Characteristics:
Max Size: 3"
Care Level: Easy
Nutrient Source: Root Feeder
Composition: Carpet and Foreground
Parameters
Co2: Optional
Light Level: Medium to High
Tank Mates
Great carpet plant. Creates a lush looking lawn. Closely resembles grass
Notes
Microsword is one of the easiest carpet plants for beginners. They’re relatively hardy and look like real lawn grass. Plant clusters about 1.5” - 2” apart and allow them to infill. They have runners that spread over the surface and shoot roots down into the substrate. When planting, angle into the substrate at a diagonal to minimize uplifting.
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See the diagrams on how you can setup CO2 for your aquarium | Glossostigma Elatinoides
Characteristics:
Max Size: 4"
Care Level: Advance
Nutrient Source: Root Feeder
Composition: Foreground
Parameters
Co2: Low - High
Light Level: High
Tank Mates
Low foreground plants are great for invertebrates and bottom feeders to graze and hide.
Notes
This is another popular carpeting plant in aquascaping. The leaves are bigger than Dwarf Baby tears and their requirements are nearly identical. To create a strong perspective, you can place the larger Glossostiga Elatinoides in the front and the smaller Dwarf Baby Tears further back.
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See the diagrams on how you can setup CO2 for your aquarium | Aegagropila linnaei
Characteristics:
Max Size: 2.5"
Care Level: Easy
Nutrient Source: Column Feeder
Composition: Foreground
Parameters
Co2: None
Light Level: Low
Tank Mates
Shrimps can graze on Marimo Moss balls.
Notes
Very slow growing and easy to maintain. You can rinse to clean and shape it back into a ball with your hands. Another option is to tear it apart and place on wood, rocks and hardscapes.
https://plantedtankmates.com/aquarium-plants-for-beginners/ | Rotala Wallichii
Characteristics:
Max Size: 12″
Care Level: Advanced
Nutrient Source: Root Feeder + Water Column
Composition: Background
Parameters
Co2: High
Light Level: High
Tank Mates
Great for community fish, shrimp and snails
Notes
Rotala Macrandra provides outstanding red colors, but it is very demanding when it comes to nutrients. The conditions must be perfect which includes a good substrate, iron and trace dosing, high lighting and CO2. The PH for this plant should not exceed 7.0 as it prefers softer and acidic waters.
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See the diagrams on how you can setup CO2 for your aquarium | Vesicularia montagnei
Characteristics:
Max Size: 6"
Care Level: Easy
Nutrient Source: Column Feeder
Composition: Background
Parameters
Co2: None
Light Level: Low
Tank Mates
Shrimps can graze and keep Java moss clean of algae. In return, baby fry love to nest and hide in it.
Notes
Christmas moss is a great alternative to Java Moss. It's another rootless plant where nutrients are not absorbed from the substrate but rather the water column. This is probably one of the most hardy and versatile plant species you can ever grow. You can tie or glue them to rocks and wood and let them create a nice foreground. Some will tie them to shaped mesh and mimic a carpet appearance on the ground.
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