Plants

Plants

It is a good idea to add live plants to all of your aquarium tanks, for a few reasons: They aid in keeping the water clear, slow the growth of algae, add oxygen to the water and most importantly create a natural surrounding for your fish.

Cambomba caroliniana (Fanwort)

Stem plant. Hardiest Cambomba species. Maintenance: Planted, anchored or free floating. Spawning plant for many barbs and characins.

Family: Cambombaceae
Origin: North America
Height: 30-80cm
Width: 5-8cm
Light requirements: very high
Temperature: 18-26 degrees C.
Hardness: 2-12dH
pH: 6.5-7.2

Ceratopteris thalictroides (Water Sprite)

Maintenance: Planted, achored or free floating. Spawning plant for all larger and foam nest building fish.

Family: Pteridaceae
Origin: Tropical
Height: 15-30 cm
Width: 10-20 cm
Light requirements: High
Temperature: 20-30 degrees C.
Hardness: 2-12 dH
pH: 6.5-7.5

Ceratophyllum demersum (Hornwort)

Rootless stem plants. Hardy. Maintenance: Free floating or ancored. Spawning plant for all fish.

Family: Ceratophyllaceae
Origin: Cosmopoliton
Height: 15-30 cm
Width: 5-25 cm
Light requirements: High
Temperature: 15-30 degrees C.
Hardness: 5-15 dH
pH: 6-7.5

Echinodorus bleheri (Amazon Swordplant)

A big plant. Maintenance: Potted or planted. Spawning plant for fish ho spawn on broad leaves. Particularly useful for larger fish. For example: The Angelfish

Family: Alismataceae
Origin: Brazil
Height: 20-40 cm
Width: 25-40 cm
Light requirements: High-average
Temperature: 22-28 degrees C.
Hardness: 2-15 dH
pH: 6.5-7.5

Limnophila sessiliflora

High stem plant. Maintenance: Planted or Free floaing. Spawning plant for all free spawning characins and barbs.

Family: Scrophulariaceae
Origin: South-East Asia
Height: 15-40 cm
Width: 4-7 cm
Light requirements: Average-high
Temperature: 22-28 degrees C.
Hardness: 3-15 dH
pH: 6-7.5

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