Large leaves= easy to keep.

[Stan510]

As I've picked up in four years of intense water plant culture is the general idea of my title. Most of the large leaved aquarium plants are easy to keep..and the smaller leafed are the hardest to keep-right? Swords,Java ferns,Anubias..E-Z. Monte Carlo to tiny leafed Rotala are hard,impossible without Co2 or near impossible.
So my advice..go big!

 

[connorlindeman]

Fastest growing plant known to man = very very small. DUCKWEED

 

[Stan510]

In general..large leaved plants in aquariums are easy to keep. When newbies look over...the Swords,the Crypts,the Aponogetons...Banana Plants...EZ.

 

[Sgooosh]

In general..large leaved plants in aquariums are easy to keep. When newbies look over...the Swords,the Crypts,the Aponogetons...Banana Plants...EZ.

sort of this for me.
I can keep all plants well, but the small-leaved plants get eaten by something
probably harlequin rasboras>

 

[AmyKieran]

Another suggestion for large leaf plant = Nomaphila stricta

Really nice big leaf plant

 

[Stan510]

That's another plus- large leafed plants are rarely 100% eaten. Small leafed stem plants? Rainbow's make salad out of them.

 

[TwoTankAmin]

Have a look here for easy plants. Ignore the small leafed ones
https://tropica.com/en/plants/search/?mode=search&sew=&dif=Easy&pgr=&ori=&use=

 

[Stan510]

Some of those are too tasty to survive Rainbow fish and Barbs like Roselines. Others? Moss?..are growable but are they truly easy? C'mon,no.
I agree that the larger the Crypt leaves the easier it is to grow and hardier too.
Swords..You could include Jungle Val. Easiest of the Vals and ..big leafed.

 

[Back in the fold]

I love Banana Plants but they don't love me back. Still, I bring another one home every so often to watch it wither.

 

[Stan510]

Most of my plants are large leafed I noticed one day. Hence the post. Pearlweed was a great exception to the point,I sold it all off. Too much pruning and also..the roots could not hold the plant as it got some size..so it floated like a Macys balloon one day.

 

[connorlindeman]

Most of my plants are large leafed I noticed one day. Hence the post. Pearlweed was a great exception to the point,I sold it all off. Too much pruning and also..the roots could not hold the plant as it got some size..so it floated like a Macys balloon one day.

Intersting that the roots couldnt hold. My pearl wed has very strong deep roots.

 

[TwoTankAmin]

Tropica was the world leader in growing and selling aquarium plants before there was an internet.

Mr. Holger Windeløv, founder of Tropica Aquarium Plants, started as a fish tank hobbyist who became increasingly interested in growing aquatic plants for his own use and for fellow hobbyists.

He then started to develop greenhouse facilities and sell the plants he produced, creating the company named Tropica Aquarium Plants in 1970.
Every year since then, Holger Windeløv has been travelling to explore for new plants - sometimes to exotic locations such as chalky, crystal-clear springs in South America, or murky, muddy ponds in Southeast Asia, and sometimes to extensive collections of aquatic plants, nurseries, and meetings with aquarists throughout the world.

In 2004, the company was sold to JPS Clemens, due to a generational change and the new owners established a new nursery garden in 2007 as the base of a long-term strategy.

https://tropica.com/en/articles/about-tropicas-founder/

So if they say the plants are easy to grow, I am pretty sure they are. I have used their fertilizers for over 20 years now.

If you are referring to the two varieties of moss balls at the top of the list they are about as easy to keep as I have had. All you need to do is to turn them every week so they hold their round shape. Or you can uncall them and attach them to things. They used to be popular to use at fish events in small tanks. They suck up excess nutrients. Plus they are not a moss, they are a form of algae.

The easy plants list about 17 swords and over a dozen crypts. Plus some of the plants were developed or "created" by Holgar andd/or Tropica.

 

[Lynnzer]

It's probably something I do wrong but large leaf plants I have, tend to attract Black Beard Algae.
My Amazon Swords for instance get strung up with it easily. I dip in bleach solution to kill it and have added CO2 bubbler as I think CO2 also minimises BBA.

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[jaylach]

It has been ages since I've done live plants but am considering a few. When I used to do live the biggest issue I saw was trying to keep plecos from destroying them.

 

[Sgooosh]

Another suggestion for large leaf plant = Nomaphila stricta

Really nice big leaf plant

wow those are so pretty, it looks edible!

Tropica was the world leader in growing and selling aquarium plants before there was an internet.


https://tropica.com/en/articles/about-tropicas-founder/

So if they say the plants are easy to grow, I am pretty sure they are. I have used their fertilizers for over 20 years now.

If you are referring to the two varieties of moss balls at the top of the list they are about as easy to keep as I have had. All you need to do is to turn them every week so they hold their round shape. Or you can uncall them and attach them to things. They used to be popular to use at fish events in small tanks. They suck up excess nutrients. Plus they are not a moss, they are a form of algae.

The easy plants list about 17 swords and over a dozen crypts. Plus some of the plants were developed or "created" by Holgar andd/or Tropica.

is there a way to reform marimo algae balls after being neglected for a year>