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    Explore 15 plants with care guides covering light, CO2, placement and propagation

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    Java fern (Microsorum pteropus) with broad green leaves growing from a rhizome attached to driftwood in a planted aquarium

    Java Fern

    Microsorum pteropus

    Beginner
    CO2: Not needed
    Low light
    Low
    35 cm
    Slow
    Java moss (Taxiphyllum barbieri) growing as a dense mat of irregular, loosely branching green fronds in an aquarium

    Java Moss

    Taxiphyllum barbieri

    Beginner
    CO2: Not needed
    Low light
    Low
    10 cm
    Medium
    Amazon sword (Echinodorus grisebachii) growing submersed as a large rosette of long, narrow green leaves rooted in aquarium substrate

    Amazon Sword

    Echinodorus grisebachii

    Beginner
    CO2: Not needed
    Medium light
    Medium
    50 cm
    Medium
    Red root floater (Phyllanthus fluitans) at the water surface, showing small round leaves with red edges and short red roots hanging beneath

    Red Root Floater

    Phyllanthus fluitans

    Beginner
    CO2: Not needed
    Medium light
    Medium
    3 cm
    Medium
    Hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum) stems with dense whorls of fine, forked needle-like leaves

    Hornwort

    Ceratophyllum demersum

    Beginner
    CO2: Not needed
    Low light
    Low
    100 cm
    Fast
    Dwarf hairgrass (Eleocharis parvula) forming a short green lawn of fine grass blades across an aquarium foreground

    Dwarf Hairgrass

    Eleocharis parvula

    Intermediate
    CO2: Beneficial
    High light
    High
    10 cm
    Medium
    Anubias barteri with thick, dark green oval leaves growing from a rhizome attached to driftwood in an aquarium

    Anubias

    Anubias barteri

    Beginner
    CO2: Not needed
    Low light
    Low
    30 cm
    Slow
    Amazon frogbit (Limnobium laevigatum) floating at the surface with round green leaves and long white roots trailing into the water

    Amazon Frogbit

    Limnobium laevigatum

    Beginner
    CO2: Not needed
    Low light
    Low
    5 cm
    Fast
    Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) floating at the surface, showing a rosette of ribbed, velvety pale-green leaves and a dense root mass below

    Water Lettuce

    Pistia stratiotes

    Beginner
    CO2: Not needed
    Medium light
    Medium
    15 cm
    Fast
    Salvinia minima floating at the surface, showing paired oval leaves covered in fine water-repellent hairs

    Salvinia

    Salvinia minima

    Beginner
    CO2: Not needed
    Low light
    Low
    2 cm
    Fast
    Marimo moss ball (Aegagropila linnaei), a dense velvety green sphere of filamentous algae resting on aquarium substrate

    Marimo Moss Ball

    Aegagropila linnaei

    Beginner
    CO2: Not needed
    Low light
    Low
    12 cm
    Slow
    Pearl weed (Micranthemum micranthemoides) with small bright green leaves in whorls on fine stems in a planted aquarium

    Pearl Weed

    Micranthemum micranthemoides

    Beginner
    CO2: Beneficial
    Medium light
    Medium
    25 cm
    Fast
    Guppy grass (Najas guadalupensis) forming a dense tangle of fine, narrow bright green leaves on brittle stems

    Guppy Grass

    Najas guadalupensis

    Beginner
    CO2: Not needed
    Low light
    Low
    90 cm
    Fast
    Vallisneria spiralis with long ribbon-like green leaves rising from the substrate at the back of a planted aquarium

    Vallisneria

    Vallisneria spiralis

    Beginner
    CO2: Not needed
    Low light
    Low
    100 cm
    Fast
    Azolla (Azolla filiculoides) forming a dense mat of tiny overlapping fronds on the water surface, flushed red at the edges

    Azolla

    Azolla filiculoides

    Beginner
    CO2: Not needed
    Medium light
    Medium
    2 cm
    Fast