ForegroundAnubias nana ‘Petite’
Anubias barteri ‘Petite’
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Very slow
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
Curated collection · 41 plants
Low-light aquarium plants
Quiet forms that remain useful without intense lighting. Use these profiles as a shortlist, then compare mature size, feeding behavior, and maintenance before planting.
Plants in Low-light aquarium plants
Foreground
ForegroundBucephalandra
Bucephalandra spp.
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Growth
- Very slow
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Beneficial
MidgroundJava fern ‘Trident’
Leptochilus pteropus ‘Trident’
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Slow
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
MidgroundCryptocoryne wendtii
Cryptocoryne wendtii
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Slow
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
BackgroundAmazon sword
Aquarius grisebachii
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Moderate
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
MidgroundAnubias barteri
Anubias barteri
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Very slow
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
ForegroundAnubias nana
Anubias barteri
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Very slow
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
MidgroundAnubias ‘Coffeifolia’
Anubias barteri ‘Coffeifolia’
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Very slow
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
MidgroundAnubias hastifolia
Anubias hastifolia
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Slow
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
ForegroundAnubias ‘Pangolino’
Anubias barteri ‘Pangolino’
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Growth
- Very slow
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Beneficial
MidgroundJava fern
Leptochilus pteropus
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Slow
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
MidgroundJava fern ‘Windeløv’
Leptochilus pteropus ‘Windeløv’
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Slow
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
MidgroundNarrow-leaf Java fern
Leptochilus pteropus ‘Narrow’
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Slow
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
ForegroundJava fern ‘Petite’
Leptochilus pteropus ‘Petite’
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Very slow
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
ForegroundJava moss
Ectropothecium barbieri
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Moderate
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
ForegroundFlame moss
Taxiphyllum sp. ‘Flame’
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Slow
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Beneficial
MidgroundCryptocoryne lutea
Cryptocoryne walkeri
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Slow
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
BackgroundCryptocoryne balansae
Cryptocoryne crispatula var. balansae
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Moderate
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
MidgroundCryptocoryne beckettii
Cryptocoryne beckettii
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Slow
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
MidgroundCryptocoryne undulata
Cryptocoryne undulata
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Moderate
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
BackgroundCryptocoryne spiralis
Cryptocoryne spiralis
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Slow
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
MidgroundCryptocoryne pontederiifolia
Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Slow
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
ForegroundCryptocoryne ‘Brown’
Cryptocoryne crispatula var. albida ‘Brown’
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Slow
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
BackgroundCryptocoryne usteriana
Cryptocoryne usteriana
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Slow
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
BackgroundBroad-leaf Amazon sword
Aquarius grisebachii ‘Bleherae’
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Moderate
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
BackgroundVallisneria spiralis
Vallisneria spiralis
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Fast
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
BackgroundGiant vallisneria
Vallisneria australis ‘Gigantea’
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Fast
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
MidgroundLudwigia ‘Super Red’
Ludwigia palustris ‘Super Red’
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Moderate
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Beneficial
BackgroundDwarf hygrophila
Hygrophila polysperma
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Very fast
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
MidgroundWater wisteria
Hygrophila difformis
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Very fast
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
BackgroundAsian ambulia
Limnophila sessiliflora
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Very fast
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
MidgroundJapanese cress
Cardamine lyrata
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Fast
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
MidgroundWater violet
Hottonia palustris
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Moderate
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
ForegroundDwarf water clover
Marsilea hirsuta
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Slow
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
ForegroundDwarf hairgrass
Eleocharis parvula
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Moderate
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
ForegroundMarsilea crenata
Marsilea crenata
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Slow
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
FloatingGiant duckweed
Spirodela polyrhiza
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Very fast
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
MidgroundAponogeton crispus
Aponogeton crispus
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Fast
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
BackgroundOnion plant
Crinum thaianum
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Growth
- Moderate
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Optional
MidgroundAfrican water fern
Bolbitis heudelotii
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Growth
- Slow
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Beneficial
ForegroundMini Bolbitis
Bolbitis heteroclita ‘Difformis’
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Growth
- Very slow
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Beneficial