Aquarium plant guide
Low light aquarium plants
Low light aquarium plants grow under standard fluorescent or LED strip lighting without needing high-output fixtures or intense PAR levels. They're ideal for office tanks, room-ambient setups, or anywhere you want greenery without a dedicated planted-tank light. Most low-light plants are also forgiving of inconsistent photoperiods.
75 plants in this category

African Water FernBolbitis heudelotii

Anubias BonsaiAnubias barteri

Anubias ButterflyAnubias barteri

Anubias CaladiifoliaAnubias barteri

Anubias CoffeefoliaAnubias barteri

Anubias Mini CoinAnubias barteri

Anubias Mini CongensisAnubias heterophylla

Anubias MinimaAnubias barteri

Anubias NanaAnubias barteri

Anubias Nana PetiteAnubias barteri

Anubias NangiAnubias 'Nangi'

Anubias PeacockAnubias barteri

Anubias Petite RoundAnubias barteri

Anubias PintoAnubias barteri

Anubias SupernovaAnubias heterophylla 'Supernova'

Balansae CryptCryptocoryne crispatula 'Balansae'

Barteri AnubiasAnubias barteri

Broad Leaf CryptCryptocoryne sp. 'Broad Leaves'

Buce Bukit KelamBucephalandra pygmaea 'Bukit Kelam'

Buce KedagangBucephalandra sp. 'Kedagang'

Christmas MossVesicularia montagnei

Coin Leaf AnubiasAnubias barteri

Compact MoneywortBacopa monnieri 'Compact'

Congo AnubiasAnubias heterophylla

Corkscrew ValVallisneria asiatica

Costata CryptCryptocoryne albida 'Costata'

Creeping BacopaBacopa australis

Crypt NuriiCryptocoryne nurii

Crypt ParvaCryptocoryne parva

Crypt Wendtii TropicaCryptocoryne wendtii 'Tropica'

Dwarf Chain SwordHelanthium bolivianum 'Quadricostatus'

Dwarf Four Leaf CloverMarsilea crenata

Dwarf SagittariaSagittaria subulata

Flame MossTaxiphyllum sp. 'Flame'

Giant ValVallisneria gigantea

Golden Coin AnubiasAnubias barteri

Golden Nana AnubiasAnubias barteri

Gracilis AnubiasAnubias gracilis

Green Wendtii CryptCryptocoryne wendtii 'Green'

Guppy GrassNajas guadalupensis

Hastifolia AnubiasAnubias hastifolia

Indian Guppy GrassNajas indica

Java FernMicrosorum pteropus

Java MossTaxiphyllum barbieri

Lemon BacopaBacopa caroliniana

Lucens CryptCryptocoryne × willisii

Marimo Moss BallsAegagropila linnaei

Mi Oya CryptCryptocoryne wendtii 'Mi Oya'

Mini BolbitisBolbitis heteroclita 'Difformis'

Mini Water CloverMarsilea minuta

Narrow Leaf AnubiasAnubias barteri

Narrow Leaf Java Fern MiniMicrosorum pteropus 'Narrow Mini'

Needle Leaf BuceBucephalandra sp. 'Needle Leaf'

Peacock MossTaxiphyllum sp. 'Peacock'

PelliaMonosolenium tenerum

Petchii CryptCryptocoryne becketii 'Petchii'

Philippine AnubiasSchismatoglottis prietoi

Pink Panther CryptCryptocoryne wendtii 'Pink Panther'

Red BacopaBacopa caroliniana 'Red'

Red Wendtii CryptCryptocoryne wendtii 'Red'

Retrospiralis CryptCryptocoryne retrospiralis

Soft Leaf Java FernMicrosorum pteropus

Spiky MossTaxiphyllum sp. 'Spiky'

Sri Lanka CryptCryptocoryne sp. 'Sri Lanka'

Stringy MossLeptodictyum riparium

Striped AnubiasAnubias barteri

Taiwan MossTaxiphyllum alternans 'Taiwan'

Temple Plant 53BHygrophila corymbosa 'Siamensis 53B'

Usteriana CryptCryptocoryne usteriana

Water SpriteCeratopteris thalictroides

Water WisteriaHygrophila difformis

Wavy Green BuceBucephalandra pygmaea 'Wavy Green'

Weeping MossVesicularia ferriei 'Weeping'

Willisii CryptCryptocoryne × willisii

Windelov Java FernMicrosorum pteropus 'Windelov'
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