How to Plant Hornwort in an Aquarium and Whether It Should Float or Root
# How to Plant Hornwort in an Aquarium and Whether It Should Float or Root You’ve probably heard hornwort called the ultimate beginner plant, and there’s truth to that. But…
How to Plant Aquarium Plants in a Fish Tank Without Them Floating Away
# How to Plant Aquarium Plants in a Fish Tank Without Them Floating Away There’s nothing quite as frustrating as spending an afternoon carefully planting your tank only to wake…
The 10 Best Floating Aquarium Plants Ranked by Someone Who Has Tried Them All
# The Great Floating Plant Debate: Our Definitive Ranking of Surface Species That Actually Matter Right, this one got properly heated. We spent the better part of three sessions arguing…
Dwarf Water Lettuce and the Nano Tank Version Nobody Tells You About
# Dwarf Water Lettuce and the Nano Tank Version Nobody Tells You About I’d been running my first nano tank for about three months when I spotted this tiny floating…
Hornwort and the Floating Stem That Grows an Inch a Week Without Trying
# Hornwort and the Floating Stem That Grows an Inch a Week Without Trying I picked up my first bunch of hornwort because it was cheap, not because I had…
Duckweed and the Plant Everyone Warns You About for Good Reason
# Duckweed and the Plant Everyone Warns You About for Good Reason I made the mistake exactly once. A mate handed me a small plastic bag with what looked like…
Red Root Floaters and the Only Surface Plant That Gives You Actual Colour
# Red Root Floaters and the Only Surface Plant That Gives You Actual Colour I’ve kept a lot of floating plants over the years. Started with the usual suspects when…
Amazon Frogbit vs Regular Frogbit and Whether the Difference Actually Matters
# Amazon Frogbit vs Regular Frogbit and Whether the Difference Actually Matters I’ve been staring at two nearly identical floating plants for the better part of twenty minutes, trying to…
Water Sprite and the Floater That Works Just as Well Planted in Substrate
# Water Sprite: The Floater That Works Just as Well Planted in Substrate I picked up my first water sprite cutting from a bloke on Craigslist who was practically begging…
Riccia and the Floating Plant That Aquascapers Decided Should Live Underwater
# Riccia and the Floating Plant That Aquascapers Decided Should Live Underwater I discovered Riccia fluitans the way most people do: I was looking for something completely different and ended…
Frogbit and Why Every Shrimp Keeper Ends Up With a Bucket of the Stuff
# Frogbit and Why Every Shrimp Keeper Ends Up With a Bucket of the Stuff I started keeping cherry shrimp in a 25-litre cube with a handful of Java moss…
Water Lettuce and the Floater That Looks Brilliant Until It Takes Over
# Water Lettuce and the Floater That Looks Brilliant Until It Takes Over I’ve been keeping water lettuce in various tanks for about three years now, and I still haven’t…
Hornwort and the Floating Stem Plant That Grows Whether You Want It to or Not
# Hornwort and the Floating Stem Plant That Grows Whether You Want It to or Not I bought my first bit of hornwort for three pounds fifty from a local…
Salvinia and the Surface Plant That Blocks Light Better Than Any Lid
# Salvinia and the Surface Plant That Blocks Light Better Than Any Lid I’ve been keeping planted tanks for eight years now, and I thought I understood surface coverage until…