You set up your planted tank with care. You chose healthy-looking stems and rosettes from the store, arranged them thoughtfully, and filled the tank with water. Then, within days — sometimes hours — the leaves begin to yellow, soften, and dissolve. The plants you were so excited about are melting away before your eyes. This…

Bringing new aquarium plants home is one of the more exciting moments. You have found the right species, imagined how they will look in your tank, and you are ready to plant them. But before anything goes into the water, there is one step that many beginners skip — and that many experienced aquarists wish…

Floating plants are among the most underrated additions to any aquarium. They sit at the water’s surface, draw nutrients directly from the water column, and create a living canopy that benefits nearly every creature beneath them.  Whether you keep tropical fish, shrimp, or a community tank, the right floating plant can transform both the health…

Willow moss (Fontinalis antipyretica) is an effective freshwater moss plant very commonly planted in aquariums for plenty of reasons. Just like many other aquarium mosses, it decorates the aquarium while providing hiding places, oxygen, and a surface for laying eggs. So, how do you grow and care for willow moss in a fish tank? You…

Plants need light to perform photosynthesis, but not all of them require 12 hours of lighting. The quality of the light is what matters. When looking for plants that grow in your fish tank, you want to consider the amount of light they require. If you’re planning to place the aquarium in a poorly lit…

Do you want an ideal house garden? Turning an old aquarium into a garden is a resourceful way to repurpose it. An aquarium has the best humid environment suitable for planting herbs such as oregano and basil. Making a greenhouse from an aquarium involves a step-by-step cleaning process to the planting process. To make a…

Water lettuce is a floating freshwater plant that grows mainly in streams, ponds, and lakes. The plant has broad, fuzzy, parallel-veined leaves similar to those of lettuce. That is why water lettuce is also called water cabbage. You can also grow it in an aquarium to cover the aquarium water surface against sunlight and algae…