Care Guides

How to grow Amazon Frogbit: light, surface flow, fertiliser, controlling growth and why frogbit leaves melt, plus comparison with other floating plants.

How to grow Staurogyne Repens: light, CO2, planting, trimming into a carpet and fixing leggy growth, for Indian aquariums.

How to grow a Monte Carlo (Micranthemum tweediei) carpet in India: light, CO2, planting, dry start, trimming, summer heat and fixing melt.

How to grow Anubias barteri, and the differences between var. glabra, coffeefolia and nana: size, looks, placement, care and propagation.

Anubias grows about one new leaf every 2–3 weeks in a low-tech tank. See growth rates for Nana, Petite, Barteri, Coffeefolia and variegated types, and how to speed growth safely.

Egeria Densa, commonly sold as Anacharis or sometimes still labelled Elodea densa, is one of

Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) is one of the fastest-growing floating plants available to Indian aquarists

Dwarf Sagittaria (Sagittaria subulata) is a grass-like carpeting plant that gets far less attention than

Cryptocoryne wendtii is already one of the most trusted low-light plants in the hobby, and

Hygrophila pinnatifida is one of the more unusual stem plants in the hobby, and one

The Amazon Sword (Echinodorus bleheri, sometimes sold as Echinodorus amazonicus) is one of the most

Rotala wallichii is the plant aquascapers reach for when they want a genuine red-to-copper accent