Amazon Sword Plant
(Echinodorus amazonicus)
Description:
        A delicate, beautiful accent plant that can grow 20” in height given proper conditions.  It prefers soft water and medium to high light intensity.  If leaves turn brown, they need more light.
Facts:
• Temperature:  74-84ºF.
• pH: 6.5-7.2
• Size: 20”Propagation: Take cuttings from sideshoots.

Anachris
(Egeria “elodea” densa)
Description:
        A fast growing cold water plant that will do well in warmer water if strong lighting is supplied.  The growth will be thinner in higher temperatures.  In the breeding tank, plant in bunches to capture eggs, and hide fry.
Facts:
• Temperature:  60-75ºF.
• pH: 6.5-7.5
• Size: 11”
• Propagation: Take cuttings from sideshoots.

Bacopa Plant
(Bacopa caroliniana)
Description:
        Bacopa grows fast, but only under lots of full spectrum lighting.  Otherwise this plant is very tolerant and easy to grow.  Use fine gravel and fertilizer.  If light and nutrients are deficient, growth will be thin and pale.
Facts:
• Temperature:  72-82ºF.
• pH: 6.0-7.3
• Size: 16”
• Propagation: Take cuttings from stem.

Chinese Waterfern
(Bolbitis heteroclite)
Description:
        A pseudo-aquatic species that can adapt to larger, soft water aquaria.  A slow growing plant.  Shoots will show new growth only when floating.
Facts:
• Temperature:  75-85ºF.
• pH: 6.0-7.5
• Size: 16”Propagation: Attach new roots to stones or wood.

Crytocoryne
(Crytocoryne walkeri)
Description:
        A beautiful plant with spiked leaves that can adapt to many conditions.  Thinning occasionally, and planting in groups will encourage new growth.  New plants do take time to acclimate.  Strong light will encourage red coloring.
Facts:
• Temperature:  75-85ºF.
• pH: 6.0-7.3
• Size: 4-16”
• Propagation: Separate runners gently.

Green Ludwiga
(Ludwigia repens)
Description:
        This plant can be found in many shades of color, and can tolerate a large range of conditions.  Pruning is necessary.  In weak light, color will be pale.  Fertilizer is a plus.  Ludwiga is a highly recommended species.
Facts:
• Temperature:  68-85ºF.
• pH: 5.5-7.3
• Size: 16”
• Propagation: Stem cuttings, or self propagating.

Hygrophilia
(Hygrophila corymbosa)
Description:
        A fast growing, popular species that needs strong light and prefers soft water.  At a pH below 6.0 leaves turn yellow.  For best growth prune regularly.  After cutting, new sideshoots will develop.
Facts:
• Temperature:  70-82ºF.
• pH: 6.5-7.3
• Size: 16”
• Propagation: Take cuttings from stem and sideshoots.

Java Fern
(Microsorium pteropus)
Description:
        A hardy species suitable for herbivorous fish.  The roots will attach to rocks or wood, never bury them.  Use nylon thread to secure new plants until the roots attach.  Java fern spreads by shoots, leaf, and root.
Facts:
• Temperature:  68-82ºF.
• pH: 5.5-7.0
• Size: 16”
• Propagation: Establish new shoots.

Java Moss
(Vesicularia dubyana)
Description:
        Easy to care for moss used mainly in breeding tanks.  Spreading out densely, it provides cover and privacy, and in time will attach itself to any surface.  Best if used with undergravel filters.
Facts:
• Temperature:  65-85ºF.
• pH: 6.0-7.5
• Size: 11”
• Propagation: Break apart anywhere.

Mexican Watersprite
(Shinnersia rivularis)
Description:
        An easy to care for, fast growing plant.  Regular pruning is necessary, but new growth will be sparse.  Recommended for deeper tanks.  Strong light and higher temperatures will slow growth rate.
Facts:
• Temperature:  65-80ºF.
• pH: 6.5-7.3
•Size: 12”
• Propagation: Cuttings (top), sideshoots.

Onion Plant
(Crinum thaianum)
Description:
        A delicate, beautiful, accent plant that can grow to 5ft. in height in the wild.  An onion like bulb gives this plant its name.  Try this plant when your fish seem to eat any plant in sight.  Recommended for all herbivores.  Do not plant bulbs completely.
Facts:
• Temperature:  70-84ºF.
• pH: 6.0-8.0
• Size: 48”
• Propagation: Plant new bulbs from parent. 

Pondpenny
(Bacopa monnieri)
Description:
        Easily cared for slender plants, requiring strong lighting to keep their fullness.  With inadequate lighting they will grow long and thin.  Recommended for shallow tanks with high light intensity.
Facts:
• Temperature:  70-85ºF.
• pH: 6.0-7.5
• Size: 6”Propagation: Take cuttings from sideshoots.

Red Rotala
(Rotala macrandra)
Description:
        A fragile plant not to be used with active, larger fish, or with snails.  In strong light, color will be red; in weak, green.  Iron rich fertilizer will deepen the red color.  Responds well to water movement.
Facts:
• Temperature:  75-85ºF.
• pH: 6.0-7.0
• Size: 20”
• Propagation: Cuttings (do not crush stems).

Riccia
(Riccia fluitans)
Description:
        This plant is a floating species.  An excellent cover plant that can be useful in shading, in breeding for bubblenest builders, and as a hiding place for babies.  Hardy, but needs fertilizer in nutrient poor water.  Avoid currents.
Facts:
• Temperature:  60-85ºF.
• pH: 6.0-8.0
• Size: 3/4”
• Propagation: Thin and divide plant.

Water Sprite
(Ceraptopteris cornuta)
Description:
        An easily cared for fern that is both rooting and floating.  Use as a floating plant to provide shade.  As a rooted plant it needs more light as it grows to the surface.  Edible to vegetarian animals.
Facts:
• Temperature:  65-85ºF.
• pH: 6.0-7.5
• Size: 12”
• Propagation: Spreads rapidly when floating.

Wisteria
(Hygrophila difformis)
Description:
        A hardy species needing warm temperatures.  In lower temperatures, leaf growth will be shorter.  Plant in groups with high light intensity.  Under low light the lower leaves will not grow or even fall off.
Facts:
• Temperature:  75-85ºF.
• pH: 6.5-7.5
• Size: 16”
• Propagation: Stem cuttings and runner seperation.