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Best Floating Plants for Freshwater Aquariums (And Why You Need Them)
Water Lettuce floating on the surface of a planted aquarium
  • Buying Guide
  • Floating Plants
July 10, 2026
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Best Floating Plants for Freshwater Aquariums (And Why You Need Them)

A guide to the best floating aquarium plants for nutrient export, shade, and cover, with...
How to Attach Epiphyte Plants to Driftwood and Rock: A Step-by-Step Guide
Bucephalandra Giant Broad Leaf bare-root plant ready to attach to hardscape
  • Aquascaping
  • Epiphytes
  • How-To
July 8, 2026
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How to Attach Epiphyte Plants to Driftwood and Rock: A Step-by-Step Guide

A step-by-step guide to attaching Anubias, Bucephalandra, Java Fern, and moss to driftwood and rock...
Bacopa Caroliniana: The Complete Care Guide for One of the Most Reliable Aquarium Stem Plants
Bacopa Caroliniana stems with rounded green leaves in a planted aquascape
  • Bacopa
  • Care Guide
  • Stem Plants
July 6, 2026
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Bacopa Caroliniana: The Complete Care Guide for One of the Most Reliable Aquarium Stem Plants

Learn how to grow Bacopa Caroliniana with this complete care guide. Discover lighting, CO₂, substrate,...
The Bacopa Care Guide
Bacopa Monnieri stem plant in a planted aquarium
  • Bacopa
  • Care Guide
  • Pillar
July 6, 2026
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The Bacopa Care Guide

A complete care guide to the Bacopa genus: light, CO2, planting, varieties, propagation, and troubleshooting.
Best Background Plants for Your Planted Aquarium
Vallisneria Gigantea background aquarium plant
  • Background Plants
  • Buying Guide
July 3, 2026
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Best Background Plants for Your Planted Aquarium

A roundup of reliable background plants for planted aquariums, from easy Vallisneria to fast-growing Hygrophila...
Best Carpet Plants for Aquariums: Top Picks for Low-Tech and High-Tech Tanks
Micro Sword carpet plant forming a dense green mat in an aquarium
  • Buying Guide
  • Carpet Plants
July 2, 2026
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Best Carpet Plants for Aquariums: Top Picks for Low-Tech and High-Tech Tanks

A roundup of the best aquarium carpet plants for both low-tech and high-tech setups, with...
Why Aquarium Plants Melt After Planting: It’s Not Just About Emersed vs. Submerged Growth
Melted Cryptocoryne with translucent leaves after planting, shown on a white background
  • Plant Care
  • Troubleshooting
July 1, 2026
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Why Aquarium Plants Melt After Planting: It’s Not Just About Emersed vs. Submerged Growth

Emersed-to-submersed conversion is only part of the story. How water chemistry, lighting, CO2, and adaptation...
How to Plant a Water Lily Tuber: Hardy vs Tropical
Sprouted hardy water lily rhizome showing new leaf growth, ready for planting
  • Care Guide
  • How-To
  • Nymphaea
  • Pond Plants
July 1, 2026
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How to Plant a Water Lily Tuber: Hardy vs Tropical

Hardy rhizomes go in at 45 degrees, tropical tubers go in straight up, and neither...
The Cabomba Care Guide: Furcata, Super Magenta and Why Red Cabomba Is Hard
Close up of Cabomba furcata red cabomba showing fine whorled leaves
  • Cabomba
  • Care Guide
  • Pillar
  • Stem Plants
June 29, 2026
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The Cabomba Care Guide: Furcata, Super Magenta and Why Red Cabomba Is Hard

Cabomba furcata is one of the hardest stem plants in the hobby, and Cabomba aquatica...
The Anacharis Care Guide: Growing Egeria densa in Cold and Warm Water
Anacharis Egeria densa growing in a freshwater aquascape
  • Anacharis
  • Care Guide
  • Egeria
  • Pillar
  • Stem Plants
June 27, 2026
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The Anacharis Care Guide: Growing Egeria densa in Cold and Warm Water

Anacharis tolerates colder water than almost any other aquarium plant, which makes it the default...
The Water Wisteria Care Guide: Why Your Leaves Changed Shape
Hygrophila difformis water wisteria showing deeply lobed submersed leaves
  • Care Guide
  • Hygrophila
June 25, 2026
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The Water Wisteria Care Guide: Why Your Leaves Changed Shape

Hygrophila difformis grows two completely different leaves depending on whether it is above or below...
The Red Tiger Lotus Care Guide: Growing Nymphaea in an Aquarium
Red Tiger Lotus Nymphaea zenkeri showing red spotted leaves in an aquarium
  • Care Guide
  • Nymphaea
June 23, 2026
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The Red Tiger Lotus Care Guide: Growing Nymphaea in an Aquarium

How to grow Red Tiger Lotus and other aquarium Nymphaea from bulb — planting depth,...
The Dwarf Baby Tears Care Guide: Carpeting with HC Cuba
Hemianthus callitrichoides Cuba dwarf baby tears forming a dense green carpet
  • Care Guide
  • Carpet Plants
  • Hemianthus
June 22, 2026
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The Dwarf Baby Tears Care Guide: Carpeting with HC Cuba

Hemianthus callitrichoides 'Cuba' makes the finest carpet in the hobby and is genuinely difficult. A...
The Eriocaulon Care Guide: Growing Erio Rosettes in Soft Water
Eriocaulon quinquangulare rosette with maroon base and needle-fine green leaves growing in aquasoil
  • Care Guide
  • Eriocaulon
  • Pillar
June 19, 2026
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The Eriocaulon Care Guide: Growing Erio Rosettes in Soft Water

Eriocaulon are among the most striking foreground plants in the hobby and among the least...
The Hygrophila Care Guide
Hygrophila difformis Water Wisteria aquarium plant
  • Care Guide
  • Hygrophila
  • Pillar
June 17, 2026
Aquarium Plants Factory

The Hygrophila Care Guide

A complete care guide to the Hygrophila genus: light, CO2, planting, varieties, propagation, and troubleshooting.