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Aquarium plants
The 74 aquarium plants in the BlubHub database. Each entry lists the light needs, the temperature range and how demanding the plant is — from species that cope with low light to ones that want CO₂.
Values are mainstream hobbyist guidance, not gospel — always watch what your own animals need.
74 of 74 species
African water fernBolbitis heudelotii
Amazon frogbit (floating)Limnobium laevigatum
Amazon swordEchinodorus grisebachii
AmbuliaLimnophila sessiliflora
Anacharis (elodea)Egeria densa
AnubiasAnubias barteri
BacopaBacopa caroliniana
Balansae cryptCryptocoryne balansae
Banana plantNymphoides aquatica
Blyxa japonicaBlyxa japonica
Brazilian pennywortHydrocotyle leucocephala
BucephalandraBucephalandra sp.
Cabomba (fanwort)Cabomba caroliniana
Cardinal flower (lobelia)Lobelia cardinalis
CaulerpaCaulerpa prolifera
Chaetomorpha (refugium algae)Chaetomorpha sp.
Christmas mossVesicularia montagnei
Crinkled aponogetonAponogeton crispus
Crinum calamistratumCrinum calamistratum
CryptocoryneCryptocoryne wendtii
Downoi (little star)Pogostemon helferi
Dragon’s breath algaeHalymenia sp.
Duckweed (floating)Lemna minor
Dwarf baby tears (HC Cuba)Hemianthus callitrichoides
Dwarf cryptocoryneCryptocoryne parva
Dwarf hairgrassEleocharis parvula
Dwarf hygrophilaHygrophila polysperma
Dwarf pennywortHydrocotyle tripartita
Dwarf sagittariaSagittaria subulata
Flame mossTaxiphyllum sp.
Glossostigma carpetGlossostigma elatinoides
Gracilaria (red macroalgae)Gracilaria sp.
Halimeda (money plant)Halimeda sp.
HornwortCeratophyllum demersum
Hygrophila pinnatifidaHygrophila pinnatifida
Java fernMicrosorum pteropus
Java mossTaxiphyllum barbieri
LudwigiaLudwigia repens
Ludwigia palustris (super red)Ludwigia palustris
Madagascar lace plantAponogeton madagascariensis
Marimo moss ballAegagropila linnaei
Mato Grosso milfoilMyriophyllum mattogrossense
Mermaid’s fanUdotea sp.
Micro swordLilaeopsis brasiliensis
Monte Carlo carpetMicranthemum tweediei
Parrot featherMyriophyllum aquaticum
PearlweedHemianthus micranthemoides
Phoenix moss (fissidens)Fissidens fontanus
Pogostemon erectusPogostemon erectus
Pogostemon stellatus (octopus)Pogostemon stellatus
Pygmy chain swordHelanthium tenellum
Red mangroveRhizophora mangle
Red root floaterPhyllanthus fluitans
Red rotala (macrandra)Rotala macrandra
Red tiger lotusNymphaea zenkeri
Riccia (crystalwort)Riccia fluitans
Rice paddy herbLimnophila aromatica
RotalaRotala rotundifolia
Salvinia (floating)Salvinia natans
Scarlet temple (AR)Alternanthera reineckii
Sea grapes (ornamental macroalgae)Botryocladia sp.
Sea lettuce (ulva)Ulva lactuca
Shaving brush plantPenicillus capitatus
Star grassHeteranthera zosterifolia
StaurogyneStaurogyne repens
Temple plantHygrophila corymbosa
VallisneriaVallisneria sp.
Water cloverMarsilea hirsuta
Water hyacinth (floating)Eichhornia crassipes
Water hyssop (moneywort)Bacopa monnieri
Water lettuce (floating)Pistia stratiotes
Water spriteCeratopteris thalictroides
Water wisteriaHygrophila difformis
Weeping mossVesicularia ferriei
In the BlubHub app you link your inhabitants to this database and see the care info next to your own water parameters.