Best live plants on Reddit
176 reviews from r/bettafish, r/Aquariums, r/shrimptank and 23 more subreddits
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#1
Aquatic Plants
4.5
(61)
"The big crinkly leaves are stunning and add a unique touch to my aquarium."
"Hygrophila corymbosa is beautiful and very easy to prune and turn into a bush."
"Pogostemon octopus is basically unkillable and creates a forest of stems and leaves for fish to hide."
"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."
"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."
"Hornwort grows like crazy and is easy enough to trim and replant."
#2
Pothos
4.7
(17)
"Pothos is the best choice, in my terrarium there is also hoya, maranta, syngonium, philodendron, bromeliad, monstera minima and monstera monkey."
"Pothos. I have pothos in mine and they are thriving."
"Pothos, Snake Plant, Spider Plant, Bamboo, Boston Fern, Peperomia, Calathea, Prayer Plant, Philodendron, Dracaena."
"Pothos, snake plants are really good and sturdy !!"
"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."
#3
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."
#4
Java Moss
4.9
(7)
"Java moss. Lovely for adding little decorative touches on hardscape, grows fine in low light."
"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."
#5
Java Fern
4.6
(5)
"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."
"If you have those Java Ferns planted in the substrate, get them out."
#6
Snake Plant
4.0
(5)
"Pothos, Snake Plant, Spider Plant, Bamboo, Boston Fern, Peperomia, Calathea, Prayer Plant, Philodendron, Dracaena."
"Pothos, snake plants are really good and sturdy !!"
"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."
#7
Vallisneria
4.8
(4)
"Vallisneria"
"Get vallisneria, Amazon swords, anubias or Java fern."
":)"
"Jungle val, amazon sword."
#8
Spider Plant
4.0
(4)
"Pothos, Snake Plant, Spider Plant, Bamboo, Boston Fern, Peperomia, Calathea, Prayer Plant, Philodendron, Dracaena."
"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."
#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
Dracaena
4.0
(3)
"Pothos, Snake Plant, Spider Plant, Bamboo, Boston Fern, Peperomia, Calathea, Prayer Plant, Philodendron, Dracaena."
"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."
#11
Bromeliad
5.0
(2)
"Bromeliads and pothos are my favorites (as well as the easiest to maintain imo)..."
"Pothos, bromeliad, vine."
#12
Frogbit
5.0
(2)
"Floating Plants like Frogbit"
"Egeria densa, javamoss, hornwort, frogbit are good candidates."
#13
Guppy Grass
5.0
(2)
"Guppy grass"
"Guppy grass"
#14
Duckweed
5.0
(2)
"Duck weed"
"My sister's slider loved to snack on it."
#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
Cryptocoryne
4.5
(2)
"Cryptocorynes"
"Crypts are very pretty and don't require too much light just don't put them in a shady spot."
#17
Calathea
4.5
(2)
"Pothos, Snake Plant, Spider Plant, Bamboo, Boston Fern, Peperomia, Calathea, Prayer Plant, Philodendron, Dracaena."
"Calatheas are great plants for enclosures."
#18
Springtails
4.5
(2)
"I would definitely recommend isopods and springtails."
"Helpful in keeping the substrate clean."
#19
Bucephalandra
4.5
(2)
"Bucephalandra is an epiphyte like anubias and requires low light."
"I’ve had good luck with plants like buce, frogbit, Anubias, Java fern."
#20
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."
#21
Hornwort
4.0
(2)
"Egeria densa, javamoss, hornwort, frogbit are good candidates."
"Hornwort is good but can overgrow a bit."
#22
Anacharis
5.0
(1)
"Anacharis"
#23
Rotala Indica
5.0
(1)
"Extremely easy to grow with no added fertilizers: Rotala indica"
#24
Aquarium Plants
5.0
(1)
"I love how easy plants make maintaining the aquarium."
#25
Boston Fern
5.0
(1)
"Pothos, Snake Plant, Spider Plant, Bamboo, Boston Fern, Peperomia, Calathea, Prayer Plant, Philodendron, Dracaena."
#26
Lucky Bamboo
5.0
(1)
"Lucky bamboo and pothos."
#27
Osmocote Plus
5.0
(1)
"Hope you put some fertilizer or root tabs in the gravel! Use osmocote plus, it's killer"
#28
Isopods
5.0
(1)
"I would definitely recommend isopods and springtails."
#29
Amazon Hornwort
5.0
(1)
"Hornwort have been growing really quickly in a friend tank"
#30
Bamboo
5.0
(1)
"Pothos, Snake Plant, Spider Plant, Bamboo, Boston Fern, Peperomia, Calathea, Prayer Plant, Philodendron, Dracaena."
#31
Tropica
5.0
(1)
"What I would suggest is going to your local store and looking at the tropica 1, 2 grow cups."
#32
Egeria Densa
5.0
(1)
"Egeria densa, javamoss, hornwort, frogbit are good candidates."
#33
Echinodorus amazonicus
5.0
(1)
"Amazon sword, red flame sword (any type of sword really) Java fern."
#34
Water Wisteria
5.0
(1)
"I have 30 plants or so and this one grows the best. So easy to propagate."
#35
Sansevieria
5.0
(1)
"I'd recommend any sturdy plants that can handle being slept, climbed, and landed on. I've found snake plants FANTASTIC for them."
#36
Salvinia Minima
5.0
(1)
"Salvinia Minima"
#37
Philodendron
5.0
(1)
"Pothos, Snake Plant, Spider Plant, Bamboo, Boston Fern, Peperomia, Calathea, Prayer Plant, Philodendron, Dracaena."
#38
Subwassertang
5.0
(1)
"Subwassertang"
#39
Marimo Moss
5.0
(1)
"Marimo moss"
#40
Stringy Moss
5.0
(1)
"Stringy moss"
#41
Christmas Moss
5.0
(1)
"Christmas moss"
#42
Prayer Plant
5.0
(1)
"Pothos, Snake Plant, Spider Plant, Bamboo, Boston Fern, Peperomia, Calathea, Prayer Plant, Philodendron, Dracaena."
#43
Thai Moss
5.0
(1)
"Thai moss"
#44
Pearl Weed
5.0
(1)
"Pearl weed"
#45
Aponogeton madagascariensis
4.0
(1)
"I just got some aponogeton madagascariensis and I'm hoping they get massive."
#46
Java Plant
4.0
(1)
"As for for plant Java of any type is good."
#47
Chlorophytum comosum
4.0
(1)
"Heres a few that i use in my enclosure : Spider plant : will get munched on but grows really fast."
#48
Maranta
4.0
(1)
"Marantha, Sansieveria, passionfruit vines, Hoyas, Phalaenopsis orchids."
#49
Rotala
4.0
(1)
"Rotala, hygrophilia polysperma, Java moss, Anubias, buce, etc."
#50
Ceratophyllum demersum
4.0
(1)
"Hornwort or Java fern grow pretty tall, anubias are fairly easy."
#51
Anubis
4.0
(1)
"You could maybe put a tall Anubis there"
#52
Aloe
4.0
(1)
"I have an aloe plant on top of my bird's cage. It's low maintenance."
#53
Ceratocephala
4.0
(1)
"Watersprite is another easy one. It puts off a lot of baby plants."
#54
Hoya
4.0
(1)
"Four Hoya (macrophylla, Rosita, crassipetiolata, Rangsan splash)"
#55
Jade Pothos
4.0
(1)
"I ended up with the following: Two large jade pothos (in spite of the apparent toxicity, no signs of issues so far)"
#56
Campanula
3.0
(1)
"Campanula : will get eaten to shreds so ur best bet is to 'protect' the middle part of the plant."
#57
Indoor Plants
3.0
(1)
"I don't recommend giving access to live plants (indoor plants) even though some are not toxic."
#58
Money Tree
3.0
(1)
"Money tree (that he loves to chomp so we have very few leaves)"
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