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| Hygrophila difformis .. Synnema - Family ... Acanthaceae Hygrophila difformis is beautiful and undemanding. A plant for beginners which can help create a balance in the aquarium from the start. Its rapid growth helps prevent algae because the plant absorbs a great number of nutrients from the water. The shortage of micro-nutrients leads to pale leaves, which may be an indication that the aquarium needs fertiliser. In large aquariums its lobed leaves can... View details & Shop online
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| Hygrophila polysperma - Family ... Acanthaceae Hygrophila polysperma is a amphibious plant from the Indo-Malayan region. The aquatic form has an up to 50 cm long stem with opposed leaves very variable in shape and colour. The leaves of the emergent plants are narrower and dark green. It forms bright green tufts which grow towards the surface with good light. Hygrophila polysperma has no particular demands as to bottom, being very sturdy and ad... View details & Shop online
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| Hygrophila polysperma .. Rosanervig - Family ... Acanthaceae Hygrophila polysperma Rosanervig is usually an undemanding plant. But if you want deep-pink leaves you must provide intensive light. The distinctive colouring of the light leaf ribs is probably caused by a virus which prevents chlorophyll from being produced in the cells around the leaf ribs, making them white. However, this virus does not affect other plants in the aquarium.... View details & Shop online
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| Lilaeopsis brasiliensis - Family ... Apiaceae Lilaeopsis brasiliensis is grass-looking small amphibious plant which is very suitable for foreground decoration. The submerged culture is easy, but it is usually quite slow growing. Lilaeopsis brasiliensis can grow in soft as well as in hard water and it accepts a wide light regime, though high light tends to speed up the growth. The emergent culture is especially well suited for paludariua where... View details & Shop online
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| Lilaeopsis sp. .. Mauritius - Family ... Apiaceae Lilaeopsis sp. Mauritius was found by Holger Windeløv in 1992 at Mauritius east of Africa. It was growing submerged with very short leaves. The leaves grow from a horizontal rhizome and new leaves are set for every 2-5 cm. It forms a very nice 'lawn' if it is planted in a pots or otherwise restricted in horizontal growth for example by surrounding rocks. Otherwise it tends to run along the ... View details & Shop online
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| Limnobium laevigatum - Family ... Hydrocharitaceae Limnobium laevigatum is a decorative plant that is particularly suitable for open aquariums. It is also good in traditional aquariums, because the fine, long and decorative roots provide protection to gouramies and other surface fish that like the roots of floating plants. If there are enough nutrients in the water and the light intensity is good, new leaves will appear above the water surface.... View details & Shop online
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| Limnophila aquatica - Family ... Scrophulariaceae An extremely beautiful aquarium plant circled by light-green and finely branched leaves. In the right growing conditions with added CO2 and a nutritious bottom this plant grows fast. In good light it forms horizontal side shoots and becomes attractive and bushy. Most decorative when several stems are planted in a small group. In open aquariums it sometimes sends shoots above the water surface, for... View details & Shop online
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| Limnophila sessiliflora - Family ... Scrophulariaceae Limnophila sessiliflora is a fast growing plant with beautiful light-green filamentous leaves which very much resembles the popular Cabomba species. In contrast to Cabomba, Limnophila sessiliflora does not require much light to grow and thus it can replace Cabomba in situations where this light demanding plant does not thrive well. Limnophila sessiliflora can take up a lot of inorganic nitrogen an... View details & Shop online
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| Lobelia cardinalis - Family ... Lobeliaceae In the nursery this plant is cultivated in marshy conditions, forming dark-green leaves which are purple underneath. In aquariums the leaves turn a beautiful shade of light-green. It needs intensive light to thrive. Widely used in Dutch aquariums in so-called 'plant streets'. In open aquariums it grows above the water surface, where it forms very beautiful scarlet flowers and the leaves regain the... View details & Shop online
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| Ludwigia arcuata - Family ... Onagraceae Ludwigia arcuata is a beautiful plant most suitable for open aquaria where it willingly grows above the water. The emergent leaves are much smaller than the larger lanceolate and opposed aquatic leaves. The stem and the leaves are in both cases reddish coloured though most intensively in the emergent form. It often flowers with small golden-yellow flowers and it is easily propagated from the seeds... View details & Shop online
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| Ludwigia glandulosa (perennis) - Family ... Onagraceae Ludwigia glandulosa (perennis) is a rather new aquarium plant although it has been known and described by Linne. It develops whorls of heavy red coloured leaves which require high light intensities to remain beautiful red. It grows quite slowly compared to other Ludwigia species. If Ludwigia glandulosa (perennis) grows too tall you just have to cut off the top which is then replanted in the substr... View details & Shop online
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| Micranthemum umbrosum - Family ... Scrophulariaceae Micranthemum umbrosum is a beautiful plant with small round leaves. It is suitable for small or large aquariums. Relatively demanding in terms of light. CO2 addition is recommended to promote growth. Once the plant starts growing it grows fast, and the shoots have to be pinched out often, which can be planted as cuttings in the bottom. Most beautiful in groups of many stems.... View details & Shop online
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| Microsorum pteropus - Family ... Polygonaceae Microsorum pteropus is a water fern and is found attached to roots and rocks in Nature. The olive green leaves grow from a horizontal rhizome. To begin with the new plant should be attached to the substrate with a thin wire or a rubber band until new anchor roots have been formed. Microsorum pteropus does not require any special attention and survives and even grows at very low light intensities a... View details & Shop online
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| Microsorum pteropus Windeløv - Family ... Polygonaceae Microsorum pteropus Windeløv is indeed among our most popular and prestigious plants. It is an easy plant and grows well under almost any conditions. Though the plant bears a variety name it was found in a natural Microsorum pteropus population on Java. The plant is a protected variety which means it can't be grown comercially without a prior accept from Tropica Aquarium Plants. Microsorum ... View details & Shop online
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| Nesaea crassicaulis - Family ... Lythraceae Nesaea crassicaulis is a beautiful and highly recommended aquarium plant, although it makes relatively high demands on the light. It has red-brown, cognac-coloured leaves. Grows best in soft and slightly acidic water. Make sure the lower leaves get sufficient light, otherwise they turn black and fall off. This plant is similar to Amania species and is often mistaken for them. But in the aquarium i... View details & Shop online
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| Nymphaea lotus (zenkeri) - Family ... Nymphaeaceae Nymphaea lotus (zenkeri) - or the Tiger Lotus - is recognised to be among the most graceful aquarium plants. It is a quite variable species and the leaf colour may vary from bright green over red-brown to red-violet. It is without comparison the most suitable Nymphaea species for aquarium purposes because it sets numerous water leaves before floating leaves are produced. When floating leaves are p... View details & Shop online
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| Riccia fluitans - Family ... Ricciaceae Riccia fluitans is an aquatic liverwort. Its body is formed by the thallus which is fork-shaped. Its colour is emerald to deep green - the lighter forms usually grow in bright light. Riccia fluitans often forms thick mats on the surface of the water, but in the mud it takes a terrestrial form with short rhizoids and anchors itself to the bottom. Riccia was formerly used in breeding tanks for fish ... View details & Shop online
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| Rotala rotundifolia (indica) - Family ... Lythraceae The Latin name means the plant with the round leaves. But this only applies to the marsh variety, which has circular leaves. In aquariums Rotala rotundifolia has long, thin leaves. Unlike other Rotala species it is relatively undemanding, although it needs good light to produce red leaves. It forms side shoots willingly, becoming compact and bushy. This also means that it is hard for light to reac... View details & Shop online
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| Rotala wallichii - Family ... Lythraceae Rotala wallichii is a demanding plant that develops red shoot tips in good light conditions. The most decorative effect can be achieved by planting a large number of stems in a group. R. wallichii is a good foreground plant, and suitable for small aquariums because it is easy to prune if it grows too large. CO2 addition boosts growth considerably. It also prefers soft, slightly acidic water... View details & Shop online
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| Sagittaria subulata - Family ... Alismataceae Sagittaria subulata is common and widespread in South and North America. It is a modest plant and therefore a good starter plant, though it prefers a relatively fine substrate. The narrow leaves it placed in a rosette and tubers are sometime set on the offshoots. Placed in the foreground it soon develops a dense cover from offshoots. For years Sagittaria subulata maintains its low growth form but ... View details & Shop online
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| Salvinia natans - Family ... Salviniaceae Salvinia natans is a floating fern that grows quickly if there is sufficient nutrition and light. Light leaves are a sign of a shortage of micro-nutrients. Thin the plant to stop it taking light from the plants at the bottom. Salvina varieties have small hairs on their leaves, making them water resistant. Helps prevent algae by shading parts of the aquarium and using nutrients in the water. Grows ... View details & Shop online
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| Samolus valerandi - Family ... Primulaceae Samolus valerandi is an amphibious plant with leaf rosettes consisting of 7-14 leaves. The leaves are light green, oval and broadened, 10 cm long and 3-4 cm wide with a narrow base. Samolus valerandi is very ornamental as a foreground plant, in shallow aquariua, or alternatively, as a swamp plant in terraria. Samolus valerandi benefits from a nutrient rich substrate - though it is not conditional ... View details & Shop online
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| Vallisneria americana .. gigantea - Family ... Hydrocharitaceae Vallisneria americana gigantea - the current and therefore correct name is Vallisneria americana var. americana Michaux - is a vigorous but also space-requiring plant. Several varieties are sold in the shops but most of them are cultural forms with more or less variation in leaf morphology. Most forms can produce leaves of up to two metres in length and even in rather deep tanks these will reach t... View details & Shop online
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| Vallisneria americana .. natans - Family ... Hydrocharitaceae Vallisneria americana natans is a very easy aquarium plant. It prefers hard, alkaline water and a fine nutrient rich substrate. Vallisneria americana natans is fast growing and propagates from the rhizome. As for many other aquarium plants, the maximum size depends much on the size of the aquarium. Therefore, this relatively large plant can also be used in the background of small aquaria where it ... View details & Shop online
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| CocoCave with plants - An assortment of three plants growing on a coconut shell, providing a natural hiding place for tropical fish. A wonderful addition to any tropical aquarium, plants may include Anubius barteri var. nana, Microsorum pteropus Windeløv and Vesicularia dubyana. Selection may vary.... View details & Shop online
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