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Aquarium plants & Breeding Fish
Plants play an important role in breeding many types of fish and protecting fry. Choosing the right plants for your fish depends on the growing habits and leaf structure of the plant, and the breeding habits of the fish.
Here are some examples: (Click on the images for a larger view)
Cabomba caroliniana Spawning plant for many barbs and characins. Suitable for cold water fish. Needs bright light.
Hornwort, Ceratophyllum demersum Rootless, floating stem plant. This hardy, easy to grow plant can be anchored to the substrate, (but it will never grow roots), or allowed to float. Great spawning plant for all fish and gives hiding places for females and fry.
Water sprite, Ceratopteris Planted or floating, suitable for larger fish and bubble-nest builders. Easy to care for plant.
Large broad leaf plant suitable for large fish who like to lay eggs on large flat surfaces, such as Angelfish
Stem plant with small leaf whorls, moderate light, grows planted or floating and suitable for free-spawning fish in cooler water
Stem plant with thick lacey growth that needs bright light. Suitable for larger free spawning fish.
Tall growing stem plant with thick, feathery leaf clusters. Requires bright light. Spawning plant for all free-spawning characins and barbs.
Stem plant that needs moderate to bright light, planted or floating, can be used in cool water, suitable for fish that like to spawn on smaller leaf surfaces such as Chessboard cichlids
Stem plant with soft, fine-plumed leaves. Needs moderate to bright light and suitable for small free spawning fish.
Floating plants for bubble-nest builders and Killifish: Water lettuce Duckweed Riccia Water hyancinth
Java moss Provides a thick mossy cushion on the tank bottom or attached to wood or rock. Free spawning fish such as barbs, characins, and rainbow fish respond well to it. Requires only low to moderate light. |
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Queen Sword, Radican Sword
