Top 13 Easy-to-Grow Plants that will Thrive in your Low-Tech Aquarium

Are you looking to add some natural beauty to your aquarium and, at the same time, improve your water quality and fish health without spending too much time maintaining it?

Check out our Top 13 Easy-to-Grow Plants that will Thrive in your Low-Tech Aquarium.

They are easy to grow, don’t need injected CO2, and don’t need powerful and expensive light. They are considered low light aquarium plants.

Red Flame Sword -Echinodorus Red Flame

Red Flame Sword are easy to grow and a very impactful aquarium plant” due to its colors. It can have green, red or bronze colored leaves which feature an interesting and eye-catching spotted pattern.

Sagittaria subulata

“”Sagittaria subulata is a perennial herb up to 40 cm tall. Leaves are submersed or floating, narrowly linear to ovate, not lobed. Inflorescence floats on the surface of the water…”” more here

Anubias

“”Anubias are considered by many aquarists some of the easiest plants to maintain, since their light and nutrient requirements are very low and also because herbivorous fish will not eat it (with a few exceptions)….”” more here.

Cabomba caroliniana

“”Cabomba caroliniana, commonly known as Carolina fanwort and various other names, is an aquatic perennial herbaceous plant native to North and South America …”” more here.

Ceratophyllum demersum

“”Ceratophyllum demersum, commonly known as hornwort, rigid hornwort, coontail is a species of Ceratophyllum. It is a submerged, free-floating aquatic plant, with a cosmopolitan distribution, native to all continents except Antarctica. It is also a popular aquarium plant ….”” more here.

Dense Elodea / Egeria Densa

“”Egeria densa is an aquatic plant growing in water up to 4 m (13 ft) deep, with trailing stems to 2 m (6.6 ft) or more long …”” more here.

Bacopa caroliniana

“”The leaves of this plant are succulent, smell of lemon if crushed, and are relatively thick. Leaves are oblanceolate and are arranged oppositely on the stem. The flowers are blue, with five petals. It grows to 50–100 cm (20–39 in)…”” more here.

Heteranthera zosterifolia – Stargrass

Java fern

Java fern is one of the most popular plants in the aquarium hobby, due to its aesthetic appeal and ease of care. It can be cultivated in tap water, dim or bright light, with or without gravel. It is more snail resistant and grows better with higher fish loads… more here.

Vallisneria

“”Vallisneria spiralis, also known as straight vallisneria, tape grass, or eel grass is a common aquarium plant”” … more here.

Bolbitis heudelotii 

“”It has dark green, pinnate leaves 15–40 cm long and 15–25 cm broad. It grows submerged. The water in its native habitat is fast-moving over sandy or rocky bottoms, very clean, not very hard and slightly acidic…” more here.

Riccia fluitans

“”Riccia Fluitans can be found floating in ponds, and often forms thick mats on and under the water surface.

It normally grows quickly at the surface. When kept about two to three inches below an ordinary fluorescent bulb or in a pond exposed to full sunlight, it will form dense, bright green mats…”” more here

Amazon Sword

“”Echinodorus, commonly known as burhead[1] or Amazon sword …” read more here.

Conclusion

I hope you like this list of “Easy Plants to Grow”.

If you are looking to start your Planted Aquarium journey, check this article, but if you decided to go with a Low Tech Planted Aquarium, this one will be helpful.

If you have questions or suggestions, reach out to me here.