Live Plants reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 176 Reddit reviews across 25 subreddits and 57 posts to rank the best Live Plants brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/bettafish, r/Aquariums, r/shrimptank, r/Guppies, r/cornsnakes. Top-rated brands include Aquatic Plants (4.5/5), Pothos (4.7/5), Aquarium Plants (4.9/5).
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Reviews176
Subreddits25
Posts57
Brands38
Products67
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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
(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
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
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."
#5
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."
#6
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."
#7
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."
#8
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."
#9
Vallisneria
4.8
(4)
"Vallisneria"
"Get vallisneria, Amazon swords, anubias or Java fern."
":)"
"Jungle val, amazon sword."
#10
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."
#11
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."
#12
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."
#13
Guppy Grass
5.0
(2)
"Guppy grass"
"Guppy grass"
#14
Frogbit
5.0
(2)
"Floating Plants like Frogbit"
"Egeria densa, javamoss, hornwort, frogbit are good candidates."
#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
Bromeliad
5.0
(2)
"Bromeliads and pothos are my favorites (as well as the easiest to maintain imo)..."
"Pothos, bromeliad, vine."
#17
Duckweed
5.0
(2)
"Duck weed"
"My sister's slider loved to snack on it."
#18
Springtails
4.5
(2)
"I would definitely recommend isopods and springtails."
"Helpful in keeping the substrate clean."
#19
Calathea
4.5
(2)
"Pothos, Snake Plant, Spider Plant, Bamboo, Boston Fern, Peperomia, Calathea, Prayer Plant, Philodendron, Dracaena."
"Calatheas are great plants for enclosures."
#20
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."
#21
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."
#22
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."
#23
Tropica
4.5
(2)
"Does perfectly well submerged, it's actually usually found above the surface in its natural habitat."
"Tropica's substrate is recommended for growing stem plants."
#24
Hornwort
4.0
(2)
"Egeria densa, javamoss, hornwort, frogbit are good candidates."
"Hornwort is good but can overgrow a bit."
#25
Christmas Moss
5.0
(1)
"Christmas moss"
#26
Stringy Moss
5.0
(1)
"Stringy moss"
#27
Marimo Moss
5.0
(1)
"Marimo moss"
#28
Subwassertang
5.0
(1)
"Subwassertang"
#29
Salvinia Minima
5.0
(1)
"Salvinia Minima"
#30
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."
#31
Echinodorus amazonicus
5.0
(1)
"Amazon sword, red flame sword (any type of sword really) Java fern."
#32
Lucky Bamboo
5.0
(1)
"Lucky bamboo and pothos."
#33
Aloe
4.0
(1)
"I have an aloe plant on top of my bird's cage. It's low maintenance."
#34
Ceratophyllum demersum
4.0
(1)
"Hornwort or Java fern grow pretty tall, anubias are fairly easy."
#35
Rotala
4.0
(1)
"Rotala, hygrophilia polysperma, Java moss, Anubias, buce, etc."
#36
Maranta
4.0
(1)
"Marantha, Sansieveria, passionfruit vines, Hoyas, Phalaenopsis orchids."
#37
Chlorophytum comosum
4.0
(1)
"Heres a few that i use in my enclosure : Spider plant : will get munched on but grows really fast."
#38
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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