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I am not looking for "recommendations," per se, I am just genuinely curious what people's favorite plants are! So, what are your favorite aquarium plants, and why? For me, I am going to separate this into two categories (but you may answer however you like!): favorite based on my own personal experience, and based solely on looks. For my own experience, I would definitely say the ludwigia spp. All my attempts to grow have been successful! Trimming has never caused a detriment, they look nice (with a wide variety, especially for color!) I've split plants and they've adjusted well to being emersed for a little bit of time, too. Overall for a beginner like me, it has been a blessing and a treat. For looks, I cannot pick just one... but I narrowed it down to three. My absolute favorite background plant for looks is hydrocotyle polysperma. I know it is a basic plant, and is incredibly invasive in many areas, but it is so pretty, fluffy, delicate, and whimsical to me. I just adore it! For midground and foreground plants, my favorites have to be barclaya longifolia and heteranthera reniformis. I know heteranthera reniformis is technically a marsh / marginal pond plant, but when it can be grown submersed successfully, it looks so stunning. Barclaya longifolia (common name: Orchid Lily) is a bizarre color that adds so much diversity to an aquarium, especially dutch style! It's dark-red, nearly brownish grey color is very attractive to me, as the color makes it look dead but the texture and liveliness of the leaves adds such a lovely contrast. Let me know your favorite aquatic plants! You can name as many or as few as you'd like! -
I have a planted 29 gallon tank with a collection of 15-20 guppies and I keep getting babies but they always get eaten so I got more plants for the fry to hide in and when I see one I put it in a breeder box so I can feed a lot of high protein foods and I was wondering if anyone had any tips on taking care of the fry. -
Ask questions or give tips on aquascaping. Please be kind and not harsh if someone needs help. Thanks☺ -
I've been seeing more and more people post terrible news about their pets freezing to death due to major power outages. I thought the community here could offer some of their best tips to help our fellow hobbyists and keepers get through this super scary time. I've seen people using car batteries although I wouldn't know exactly how to set that up. Also those portable car jumper/battery things seem like a good option. I'm lucky enough to have power up here in Washington but my family in Texas isn't so lucky. (They don't keep fish or aquaria though).
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