Everyday aquatic plant care: trimming, propagation, fertilization, water parameters and maintenance routines for thriving plants.
Plant Profiles True tiger lotus is Nymphaea lotus, not red tiger lotus or dwarf lily. Half-bury the bulb, feed the roots, and trim surface leaves for a 25-30 cm centerpiece.
Plant Profiles Nymphoides hydrophylla 'Taiwan' is a fast, easy lily-like plant with translucent underwater leaves. Care, planting, trimming runners, and why it beats duckweed.
Plant Profiles The Ozelot sword's burgundy spots hide a giant: honest size guidance, green vs red forms, root-feeding schedules, and free propagation via plantlets.
Plant Profiles How to identify, attach, and care for peacock moss (Taxiphyllum sp. 'Peacock') — the blue-green moss shrimp keepers prize for biofilm grazing.
Plant Profiles Pearl moss (Plagiomnium cf. affine) is the upright outlier among aquarium mosses: slow, cool-loving, unmistakable. Parameters, attachment, and scaping covered.
Plant Profiles Pearl weed works as a carpet, bush, or floater — one plant, three roles. Learn planting, trimming each form, CO2 needs, and shrimp-tank uses.
Plant Profiles Pearlweed carpets without CO2, strong light, or pricey soil. This guide covers planting tiny stems, trimming for a carpet, and melt-proof pearlweed care.
Plant Profiles Ruby smartweed care: light, CO2 and iron for copper-magenta color, planting for the 45-degree creeping habit, and how it differs from Persicaria 'Sao Paulo'.
Plant Profiles It ships green and only turns magenta underwater. Full Persicaria 'Sao Paulo' care: light, CO2, nutrients, trimming, and the Kawagoeanum mix-up explained.
Plant Profiles No — burying a java fern’s rhizome rots it within weeks. Here’s what happens day by day, the right way to anchor it, and how to rescue a buried one.