Best live plants on Reddit
159 reviews from r/bettafish, r/Aquariums, r/cornsnakes and 21 more subreddits
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#1
Aquatic Plants
4.5
(64)
"The big crinkly leaves are stunning and add a unique touch to my aquarium."
"Pogostemon octopus is basically unkillable and creates a forest of stems and leaves for fish to hide."
"Hygrophila corymbosa is beautiful and very easy to prune and turn into a bush."
"I love Amazon sword, and they usually have it there :) it roots well and has blessed me with many baby Amazon swords ❤️"
"Guppy grass grows fast and does great."
"Shinnersia rivularis is awesome."
"I started with one plant and probably have about 20 with how many babies it puts out!"
"Super fast growing, some species of elodea can grow up to 5+ inches a day in the right conditions."
"The Tiger Lotus is big and red, adding something special to the tank."
"I had good luck with willow leaf when I started out."
#2
Pothos
4.7
(11)
"I have golden pathos in mine and it’s held up the best... they are very hardy even not in tanks."
"Pothos, snake, broms, inch plant. It's also okay to mix fake and real."
"Pothos is the best, by far. It's hardy, it grows fast, it doesn't care about light or heat or humidity."
"Hard to kill. Doesn’t need a ton of light or water. Just water it when it starts to look slightly wilty."
"Golden pothos seem to do very well, and my snake plant has been doing amazing as well."
"Pothos is pretty much bulletproof."
"Pothos and peperomia obtusifolia."
"Pothos is the only plant my pac hasn’t destroyed in his tank, get a big hearty one to up your chances of it surviving the violence of your frog."
"IME my A. geniculata has some pothos in her enclosure, she enjoys webbing the leaves together."
"I have a pothos growing wild in mine."
#3
Aquarium Plants
4.9
(10)
"The tank is going to look great with the right plants!"
"Java fern, java moss, and anubias are easy plants for beginners."
"Anubias and Java fern are fool proof."
"Stargrass grows well and provides excellent coverage in aquariums."
"Rotala Rotundifolia is easy to maintain and adds beautiful color to the tank."
"Ambulia is a great choice for tall green stem plants that thrive in aquariums."
"Java moss is easy to care for and grows quickly."
"Christmas moss is perfect for creating a natural look."
"Java ferns and anubias plants are great beginner plants that feed directly from aquarium water."
"Flame moss adds a beautiful texture to my aquarium."
#4
N/A
4.3
(10)
"My gray tree frog has been in his enclosure for over 5 years now and there’s never been a problem with the plants."
"It's easy and you can plant more just with cuttings."
"Golden pothos and spider plants are tough and don’t have special light requirements."
"The bromeliads mounted on the enclosure wall have faired the best."
"Pothos tend to be pretty hardy and grow well."
"Sweet potato can be included in their meals."
"Squash is another healthy choice."
"Spinach is a great option for their diet."
"I’d recommend putting fresh veggies in each day that they can eat."
"Be sure to look up conure safe plants."
#5
Philodendron
5.0
(8)
"Philodendron Silver Sword is a bit pricey but beautiful."
"Philodendron Prince of Orange is sturdy and beautiful."
"Philodendron Micans is beautiful but can be hard to find."
"Lemon Lime Philodendron is very easy to source and grows like crazy."
"Heart Leaf Philodendron is easy to source and grows well."
"Philodendron Brazil is pretty and grows like crazy."
"Philodendron Birkin is beautiful and easy to keep alive."
"My philodendron brasil has loved the humidity inside my girl’s tank! It has grown quite quickly too."
#6
Anubias
4.8
(8)
"The easiest are java fern and anubias! They can survive in low-co2, and low-light!"
"All the types of Anubias"
"Anubias (most varieties)"
"I always love Anubias, 10/10. I also really like hornwort, it’s extremely fast growing..."
"Anubius"
"I have an Amazon sword I believe and a couple of Anubias and Java ferns."
"Anubias, Java Fern, Java moss are all good and can be glue to rocks so harder for turtles to rip up."
"I would say Anubis it is fairly durable."
#7
Java Moss
4.8
(6)
"Java moss!! Easy and fast!"
"Mosses like Java Moss"
"Java moss"
"Egeria densa, javamoss, hornwort, frogbit are good candidates."
"I have a bunch of easy plants that don’t require much light..."
"Anubias, Java Fern, Java moss are all good and can be glue to rocks."
#8
Java Fern
4.8
(4)
"The easiest are java fern and anubias! They can survive in low-co2, and low-light!"
"Java Ferns"
"Java fern"
"Anubias, Java Fern, Java moss are all good and can be glue to rocks."
#9
Epipremnum aureum
5.0
(3)
"I also have a golden pothos in my one cresties tank and it's been fine."
"Pothos are pretty hardy and mine have survived being stepped on, dug up by a cat and thrown down the stairs."
"A personal favourite of mine is epipremnum, it's hardy and thrives in the temperatures/humidity."
#10
Vallisneria
4.7
(3)
"Get vallisneria, Amazon swords, anubias or Java fern."
":)"
"Jungle val, amazon sword."
#11
Tropica
4.7
(3)
"Does perfectly well submerged, it's actually usually found above the surface in its natural habitat."
"Does not require substrate, making Java Fern ideal for bare bottom tanks."
"Tropica's substrate is recommended for growing stem plants."
#12
Spider Plant
3.7
(3)
"Spider plant, wandering jew and bromeliads do really well in that humidity."
"A big one people usually say is the classic spider plant."
"The spider plant was destroyed in a couple of days."
#13
Snake Plant
3.3
(3)
"Favorite live plants include sansevierias (snake plants), bromeliads, philodendrons, ivy..."
"Add "Snake plant" aka "mother-in-laws tongue" as another hearty plant that can take a lot."
"I would avoid snake plants. They like dry environments."
#14
Bromeliad
5.0
(2)
"Bromeliads and pothos are my favorites (as well as the easiest to maintain imo)..."
"Pothos, bromeliad, vine."
#15
Tradescantia
5.0
(2)
"Tradescantia Zebrina is an awesome foliage plant."
"They're basically impossible to kill, they're pretty, they're nontoxic and they grow fast."
#16
Frogbit
5.0
(2)
"Floating Plants like Frogbit"
"Egeria densa, javamoss, hornwort, frogbit are good candidates."
#17
Duckweed
5.0
(2)
"Duck weed"
"My sister's slider loved to snack on it."
#18
Monstera
4.5
(2)
"I have a snake plant, elephant ear and monstera in my WTF enclosure. They lovvvve the monstera."
"I have a pothos and a monstera in my enclosure that are loving it in there."
#19
Springtails
4.5
(2)
"I would definitely recommend isopods and springtails."
"Helpful in keeping the substrate clean."
#20
Hornwort
4.0
(2)
"Egeria densa, javamoss, hornwort, frogbit are good candidates."
"Hornwort is good but can overgrow a bit."
#21
Dracaena
3.5
(2)
"You may want to hang the big plant out the top, as I believe it's dracaena and can't be submerged long term."
"The dracaena is still in there but it gets pretty covered in poop and has to be hosed off regularly."
#22
Echinodorus amazonicus
5.0
(1)
"Amazon sword, red flame sword (any type of sword really) Java fern."
#23
Lucky Bamboo
5.0
(1)
"Lucky bamboo and pothos."
#24
Ceratophyllum demersum
4.0
(1)
"Hornwort or Java fern grow pretty tall, anubias are fairly easy."
#25
Rotala
4.0
(1)
"Rotala, hygrophilia polysperma, Java moss, Anubias, buce, etc."
#26
Maranta
4.0
(1)
"Marantha, Sansieveria, passionfruit vines, Hoyas, Phalaenopsis orchids."
#27
Chlorophytum comosum
4.0
(1)
"Heres a few that i use in my enclosure : Spider plant : will get munched on but grows really fast."
#28
Campanula
3.0
(1)
"Campanula : will get eaten to shreds so ur best bet is to 'protect' the middle part of the plant."
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