Tag Archive: tropical

Jan 24

Auriga Butterflyfish Care

Threadfin Butterflyfish

The Auriga Butterflyfish or Threadfin Butterflyfish, is a beautiful marine fish that comes from tropical locations in the wild. This saltwater fish is great for beginners and is easy to care for! These fish have gorgeous coloration of white, yellow and black. They have a black band that runs from the top of their heads …

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Jan 11

Dwarf Hairgrass

Dwarf Hairgrass

Dwarf Hairgrass is an aquarium favorite! Just because it makes great foreground and will give any aquarium that natural feel. Care level for this plant is moderate as well as lighting. You should have at least 2 watts of light per gallon. I would also recommend using aquarium fertilizer to keep your plants healthy, I …

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Jan 10

Brazilian Sword

Brazilian Sword

The Brazilian Sword is a freshwater Rosette plant that comes from tropical locations in America. Care level for this plant is moderate because it does required bright lights. It comes from the Araceae family and reaches a height of  about 16 inches. Brazilian swords are extremely slow growers and should be placed in the middle …

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Aug 25

Anubias barteri

Anubias is an awesome aquarium plant that is very hardy! They have green arrow shaped leaves and can grow up to a foot in width. In the wild they come from Western Africa. When placing Anubias barteri in your aquarium I do not recommend planting it in your gravel substrate. If you have gravel, you …

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Aug 05

Vallisneria

There are several different variations of vallisneria currently available on the market such as Vallisneria americana, vallisneria spiralis and vallisneria natans. The many variations of vallisneria are often referred to as jungle val, vallis and eel grass. Most of it’s variations are very similar and as a result they are often mislabelled. Jungle val will …

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Aug 05

Pogostemon Helferi

Pogostemon helferi is a relitively new plant in the planted aquarium hobby and has grown in popularity over the past few months. Pogostemon helferi is so new that there are little to no common names for them so people usually just call it pogo or pogostemon. One of the reasons this tropical plant has grown …

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Aug 04

Anacharis

The Anacharis is a beautiful freshwater aquarium plant. They are also known as the Brazilian Waterweed. Anacharis have bright green leaves and are great for beginners. This plant can be housed in tropical or coldwater fish tanks. Anacharis can be planted in the substrate with it’s roots, but it can also grow when floating freely. …

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Aug 04

Sagittaria subulata

Sagittaria subulata is a tropical aquarium plant that is very popular in the aquarium trade as it remains relitively low to the substrate and can be grown into a very thick carpet if the right conditions are provided. Sagittaria subulata is commonly named ‘dwarf sagittaria’ or ‘dwarf sag’ due to it’s small size. Dwarf sag …

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Aug 04

Ludwigia repens

Ludwigia repens is probably one of the most popular aquarium plants on the market as it grows at an unbelievably fast rate and can develop a striking red coloration to the underside of it’s leaves in optimal conditions. Ludwigia repens is most often referred to as ‘red ludwigia’ or just simply ‘ludwigia’ although many different …

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Jun 20

ZEBRA Pleco

The Zebra Pleco catfish is a freshwater tropical fish that presents very unique colors. They have bold black stripes running across a white body with a black stripe running over the body from one pectoral fin to the other. Unfortunately, the Zebra Pleco becomes too large for most home aquariums. They have a sucker mouth …

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