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Nitella gracilis is native to the British Isles and North America. It is a plant much more suited to cold water, bat it is an adaptable plant that soon acclimatises to the tropical aquarium.

It is a delicate, pretty plant that has no roots, nevertheless, it grows rapidly in an aquarium that’s well illuminated, and it is a great oxygenator. It’s much better suited to aquariums containing little fish, but it also provides an outstanding refuge plant if grown in reasonably dense clumps. It is also helpful when breeding egg-layers, as it could be laid flat along the bottom of the aquarium and retained with little round stones to supply a natural egg trap, and protection for fry when they hatch.

Here is a plant of delicate fern-like beauty, and also the thin abundant leaves, which are attached to a central stem, form a ideal spawning plant. It floats naturally just below the surface, which is perfect as a protection for young livebearers, and should you use them to catch the eggs of spawning fish you need to plant in a thick cluster.

If utilized usually, the stem ought to be stripped within the exact same manner as Cabomba prior to planting.

Myriophyllum alterniflorum is a British species, and like all of the Myriophyllums it requirements constant replanting and pruning.

Myriophyllum pinnatom is a species from North and South America, and it is a red-bronze colour. M. lippuroides is a species from North America that’s likely to turn red or brownish-red if subjected to strong and ample lighting, this most likely is the reason for its typical name ‘red myriophyllum’.

Ludwigia is not a true aquatic, but is truly a bog plant. The leaves are comparable in shape to privet leaves, and lots of light is essential for growth. Should you plant it in a shady component of the aquarium, the leaves will droop.

It’s effortlessly propagated by snicking off a piece of plant just where the leaves join the stem, and you are able to see the young tendrils shooting. You are able to then plant the cutting within the regular way.

Ludwigia palustris is the only British species.

Ambulia is a similar type of plant to Cabomba, the primary differences being in the shape of the leaf. The distinction is that the fan-shaped leaves of Cabomba form a semicircle, but the leaves of Ambulia form a complete circle.

The smaller leaves are bunched rather close together, making it one of the perfect spawning plants. Of Indian origin, it has been a well-sought-after plant for aquarium use since 1932.

It could be propagated by cuttings. Smallish shoots snipped off from where they join the primary stem make the very best plants.

This is a species that has the appearance of a terrestrial plant, and it is specially interesting for the reason that it is the only aquatic of the genus. The leaves sprout from a central stem not unlike the foliage of antirrhinum, except that the colouring is a lot lighter.

It propagates from cuttings snipped off just below a node with outgrowing root tendrils on the stem.

Fontinalis gracilis is a plant with long tendril like stems engrossed in tiny pale green leaves. This is a native plant that loves to affix itself to submerged stones, or pieces of waterlogged wood, but it’s not too effortlessly discovered in our streams.

Nevertheless, it is a plant which will do well within the tropical aquarium, and once established it’ll spread rapidly to supply an outstanding medium for fish that spawn on plants at the bottom of the aquarium.

If Fontinalis gracilis is taken from a stream it’ll be discovered to harbour numerous tiny water creatures, generally Crustacea, and even though these creatures supply outstanding pickings for the adult Siamese fighter, it’s safer to wash the plant thoroughly prior to introducing it into your aquarium.