Species Catalogue

Striking background plant with long, narrow, wavy green leaves. Grows from a large bulb and can reach impressive heights. Very tolerant and long-lived. Low maintenance.

Stunning lily with red-spotted leaves. Grows from a bulb and alternates between broad, flat pads and long petioles reaching the surface. Remove surface leaves to keep it compact.

Bolbitis heudelotii (African Water Fern) is a large, impressive aquatic fern from African rivers with deeply pinnate, translucent dark-green fronds that can reach 40–50 cm. Like Java Fern, the rhizome must be attached to hardscape and not buried. It thrives in moderate flow and benefits from soft water; hard, alkaline water stunts growth. Its bold, architectural texture makes it a dramatic midground to background accent plant.

Alternanthera lilacina is a vibrant stem plant prized for its striking purple-to-lilac coloration on the undersides of its leaves, which intensifies under high light. It features narrow, lance-shaped leaves and a compact growth habit, making it ideal for creating colorful midground focal points in planted aquariums.

A vibrant stem plant from South America prized for its deep red to purple undersides. It requires moderate to high light and CO2 injection to maintain its color and healthy growth. Often used as a midground accent plant in planted tanks.

Alternanthera reineckii 'Mini' is a compact cultivar of the classic red stem plant, producing smaller leaves and a more restrained growth habit that makes it more useful in nano tanks and detailed midground positions than the standard form. Its leaves display striking magenta-red to deep purple-red coloration on the undersides, creating vivid contrast against green plants. Iron supplementation and CO2 are key to maintaining intense colour.

Alternanthera reineckii Pink is a vibrant stem plant prized for its striking pink to red coloration on the undersides of its leaves, which intensifies under high light. This medium-sized plant features narrow, lance-shaped leaves and a bushy growth habit, making it ideal for creating colorful midground focal points in planted aquariums.

Alternanthera reineckii Purple is a vibrant stem plant prized for its deep purple to reddish coloration on the undersides of its narrow, lance-shaped leaves. This mid-ground plant exhibits striking color intensity under high lighting and CO2 supplementation, making it a popular choice for aquascapers seeking dramatic visual contrast. Its compact growth habit and vivid hues make it ideal for creating focal points in planted aquariums.

Rosanervig is a striking cultivar of Alternanthera with green upper leaf surfaces crossed by vivid pink-white veining, while the undersides remain deep red-pink. The contrasting vein pattern is unique in the aquatic plant world and makes it a focal accent in Dutch and Nature Aquarium layouts. Requires good light and CO2 for the best colour expression.

Amazon frogbit is a floating plant with round, slightly spongy leaves that provide excellent surface cover and diffuse lighting. Its dangling white roots absorb excess nutrients and provide refuge for fry and small shrimp. It grows rapidly in good light.

The amazon sword is a staple background plant in community aquariums, producing broad lanceolate leaves that provide shelter for fish. It is a heavy feeder that benefits greatly from root tab fertilisers. Given adequate nutrients and moderate light, it will grow large and produce runner plantlets.

A beautiful stem plant that produces elongated, lance-shaped leaves with an olive-green to reddish-pink coloration. Under intense light and CO2 supplementation the leaves turn a rich red-orange, creating striking contrast with green plants. A staple in competition Dutch aquascapes.

Delicate golden-orange stem plant with narrow leaves. Distinctive warm colour. Needs good nutrition and CO2 to maintain colouration.

Robust Ammannia with olive-green to reddish leaves. Easier than most Ammannia species. Good stepping stone to harder red plants.