Floating Plants reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 165 Reddit reviews across 17 subreddits and 60 posts to rank the best Floating Plants brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/PlantedTank, r/bettafish, r/Aquariums, r/AquaSwap, r/Aquascape. Top-rated brands include Frogbit (4.1/5), Red Root Floaters (4.3/5), Salvinia (4.1/5).
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Reviews165
Subreddits17
Posts60
Brands42
Products4
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#1
Frogbit
4.1
(27)
"My Betta used to love hanging out in the long roots of amazing frogbit."
"I have some frogbit that i could ship to you! i sell a sandwich bag for $5 :)"
"You gotta go for the frogbit."
"I’ve personally had a really good experience with frogbit."
"I sell a pack of 5 frogbit and 25+ giant duckweed for 10$ including shipping."
"I sell a floater pack with 5 frogbit and 20+ giant duckweed for 10$ shipping included."
"Frogbit and giant duckweed seems to be the hardiest with water flow for me."
"I find salvinia, frogbit and water lettuce don't die or melt at all while on full blast."
"I use duckweed and frogbits."
"Frogbit is also a good choice and will grow long roots."
#2
Red Root Floaters
4.3
(18)
"I really like red root floaters."
"I had a great experience buying red root floaters from BucePlant.com."
"I have red root floaters for sale! $15 priority shipped and you get a sandwich bag full of enough floaters to cover your 5g"
"They're really pretty and their roots are gorgeous."
"Red root floaters!"
"I’ve had good luck with both salvinia and red root floaters!"
"Red root floaters can work."
"Red root floaters."
"I've always liked red root floaters and amazon frogbit."
"Red root floaters are what I use and they have no issue with them."
#3
Salvinia
4.1
(17)
"I have Salvinia for free in Frisco area."
"They are unstoppable!"
"Salvinia Natans (floating fern) and frogbit seems ok"
"I find salvinia, frogbit and water lettuce don't die or melt at all while on full blast."
"I’ve had good luck with both salvinia and red root floaters!"
"I have salvinia in one 5 gal cube. Grows well and has short roots."
"Salvinia is a great one imo."
"Also salvinia is probs my favorite!"
"Salvinia minima, frogbit, giant duckweed"
"I say salvinia, easy to grow, easy to control."
#4
Water Lettuce
4.4
(13)
"Water lettuce! It is really good at bringing down nitrates and ammonia."
"+1 for water lettuce! I got some off etsy."
"I personally love both hornwart and water lettuce."
"I’ve got some Water Lettuce (Pistia Stratiotes) and it’s really good."
"Water lettuce is my personal favorite."
"I find salvinia, frogbit and water lettuce don't die or melt at all while on full blast."
"Just a couple of sprigs water lettuce, hyacinth are easy to toss in."
"Duckweed, Amazon Frogbit, and Water Lettuce are all good options."
"Water lettuce, water spangles, red root floaters."
"I got a huge bunch of water lettuce and Salvinia Minima for such a good price."
#5
Duckweed
3.6
(14)
"I've got duckweed and dwarf water lettuce."
"I use duckweed and frogbits."
"Duckweed is pretty durable in my experience :) reproduces quick too."
"I think it’s great for cover and food."
"I use duckweed, salvinia and frogbit."
"I have LOADS of duck weed."
"Duckweed, Amazon Frogbit, and Water Lettuce are all good options."
"Duckweed does well under lower lighting levels."
"Duckweed. grows super slow and it’s not a big deal."
"Duckweed grows really well and fast (can take over) but I also like water lettuce and frogbit."
#6
Dwarf Water Lettuce
4.3
(7)
"I've got duckweed and dwarf water lettuce."
"Best and Cheap = dwarf water lettuce in my opinion."
"In my experience dwarf water lettuce and dwarf salvinia are the easiest to keep."
"Dwarf water lettuce and floaters dont like alot of flow"
"Dwarf water lettuce might suit your needs!"
"Dwarf water lettuce and/or Amazon frogbit."
"I have dwarf water lettuce. Their roots can get pretty long."
#7
Anacharis
4.3
(7)
"Anacharis. Stuff grows so fast you can watch the cells divide under a microscope."
"Anacharis is by far my favorite!"
"My little dude likes swimming through anacharis."
"Anacharis or hornwort because they’ll be subsurface and they can hide in bunches of them"
"It grows quite well as a floater, and is pretty ambivalent about current."
"Anacharis is good! Mine dropped a ton of dead leaves at first, but it's growing back now."
"Anacharis is a great plant to help fight algae."
#8
Hornwort
4.5
(6)
"I personally love both hornwart and water lettuce."
"You can also try hornwort."
"Hornwart, duckweed, water lettuce. Try and kill it. I dare you!"
"I ordered a few quarts FULL of Hornwort and the aforementioned floaters."
"I know that hornwort is used commonly as a beginner floating plant."
"I float hornwart."
#9
Floating Plants
4.0
(6)
"I need a bit of canopy for my 10g betta tank."
"Whatever will grow in your water. All surface floating plants do this job well."
"My water quality is much easier to maintain with plants, especially floating plants."
"I was looking on Etsy for floaters and would love to try them."
"My poor shrimp tank is overrun w/ floaters. I've honestly started just tossing a handful of mine in the trash every week or so"
"Do you use a fertilizer? Mine keep dying huhu"
#10
Amazon Frogbit
4.0
(6)
"I'd recommend Amazon Frogbit, it grows fast with medium sized roots."
"Duckweed, Amazon Frogbit, and Water Lettuce are all good options."
"Just know a lot of floaters like this *hate* surface agitation."
"I like Amazon Frogbit the best personally."
"My opaline that eats the roots off of my amazon frogbit."
"I’ve had pretty good luck with amazon frogbit."
#11
Azolla
4.3
(3)
"Have the following: - azolla - RRF - salvinia minima - tiger-striped frogbit - giant duckweed."
"Azolla! Small and low, short roots."
"Azolla Carolinia and Azolla Mexicana is cool."
#12
Brazilian Pennywort
4.0
(3)
"Brazilian pennywort, wisteria and water sprite are floated in my betta tank."
"Brazilian pennywort, pretty on its own."
"Some Brazilian Pennywort maybe?"
#13
Anubias
4.5
(2)
"I have had an anubias floating in my tank for a couple of months."
"I currently have some anubias floating in one of my tanks, does that count?"
#14
Water Wisteria
4.5
(2)
"I vouch for water wisteria."
"Water wisteria, hornwort, and duckweed."
#15
Water Hyacinth
4.5
(2)
"If water hyacinth is legal in your country it's *amazing* at dealing with ammonia."
"Guppy grass, Crystal wort, Water hyacinth."
#16
Salvinia Minima
4.5
(2)
"Have the following: - azolla - RRF - salvinia minima - tiger-striped frogbit - giant duckweed."
"I finally got some salvinia minima and Amazon frogbit in a trade."
#17
Pistia
4.5
(2)
"Water lettuce - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistia"
"Pistia stratiotes, Ceratophyllum demersum or Najas guadalupensis should be suitable for covered aquariums."
#18
Water Spangles
4.0
(2)
"I personally like what water spangles (Salvinia minima) look like."
"I'm a cabomba and water spangle fan, and believe in cross breeding these amazing plants to ensure healthy generations."
#19
Water Sprite
4.0
(2)
"Brazilian pennywort, wisteria and water sprite are floated in my betta tank."
"I like water sprite, but its larger."
#20
Floating Plant
4.0
(2)
"Check my profile for the floating plant. Put the plants in the air hose ring so flow won't effect them."
"You can probably use pretty much any floater species"
#21
AquariumPlants.com
5.0
(1)
"I just received an order of salvina from aquariumplants.com and they are awesome and there was a lot more than I expected."
#22
Red Root Floater
5.0
(1)
"I have got red root floater, tiger stripe frogbit and hygroryza aristata."
#23
Tiger Stripe Frogbit
5.0
(1)
"I have got red root floater, tiger stripe frogbit and hygroryza aristata."
#24
Giant Duckweed
5.0
(1)
"Have the following: - azolla - RRF - salvinia minima - tiger-striped frogbit - giant duckweed."
#25
Etsy
5.0
(1)
"I buy mine from Etsy, particularly from a shop called aquarigram, always come healthy and haven't seen any pests on them."
#26
Limnobium laevigatum
5.0
(1)
"I really like Limnobium laevigatum, it grows well and is easy to remove if necessary."
#27
Water Lily
4.0
(1)
"Trying out a water lily along with the typical water lettuce."
#28
Wisteria
4.0
(1)
"Brazilian pennywort, wisteria and water sprite are floated in my betta tank."
#29
Riccia Fluitans
4.0
(1)
"Riccia fluitans works well for me."
#30
Aquariumplants.com
4.0
(1)
"Aquariumplants.com ships extremely well."
#31
Phyllantus Fluitans
4.0
(1)
"My favorite floating plants is Phyllantus fluitans."
#32
Elodea
4.0
(1)
"Elodea and Hornwort should work."
#33
MTS
4.0
(1)
"If you watch how much you feed you should be good to go."
#34
Cryptocoryne
4.0
(1)
"I would try some Cryptocoryne species. They grow in low light and have interesting flowers if grown in shallow water."
#35
Java Moss
4.0
(1)
"You could get some java moss. it might not float a lot but my gourami really likes to munch on it."
#36
Amazonian Frogbit
4.0
(1)
"Amazonian frogbit. Looks unlikely as their roots are fairly long and dangly."
#37
Red Tiger Lily
4.0
(1)
"For me the red tiger lily does the trick, plus is a beautiful plant."
#38
Ricciocarpos natans
4.0
(1)
"Ricciocarpos natans. A floating liverwort that doesn't grow terribly fast."
#39
Dwarf Lilly
4.0
(1)
"The dwarf lilly sends so many leaves to the surface in such a small amount of time."
#40
Guppy Grass
4.0
(1)
"Guppy grass, Crystal wort, Water hyacinth."
#41
Crystal Wort
4.0
(1)
"Guppy grass, Crystal wort, Water hyacinth."
#42
Hygroryza Aristata
4.0
(1)
"Hygroryza Aristata does the best with flow for floating plants."
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