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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