Echinodorus "Rubin" (Rubin Swordplant) features elongated leaves and hues ranging from dark red to brown-red and green. The young leaves in particular have an intense red tone, which forms a great contrast to the light leaf veins. With its leaves up to 60cm long, Echinodorus Rubin is a relatively large sword plant, which is suitable as a solitary plant for larger aquariums.

    Origin: America
    Height: 20-30cm
    Growth: medium
    Layout: background
    Temperature: 15 - 30 °C
    pH: 5 - 7
    CH: 0 - 21
    Difficulty: easy
    Light requirement: medium - high
    Propagation: rhizome division, separation from daughter plants

Cryptocoryne parva is the smallest Cryptocoryne currently known. It usually needs more light than many other Cryptocoryne species. It grows slowly and has very narrow leaves. Cryptocoryne parva is planted in the ground with little spacing and develops a coherent and low carpet after a few months. Due to its slow growth, it is also very well suited for setting accents in the foreground when planted individually.

• Origin: Asia
• Height: 3 - 5 cm
• Type: carpeting plant
• Growth: slow
• Plan: foreground
• Temperature: 22 - 26 °C
• pH: 5 - 8
• CH: 1 - 18
• Light demand: medium
• Difficulty: medium
• Propagation: stolons
• CO2 required: no
   

Instructions for planting:
Only open the container just before planting. Gently remove the plant from the container and rinse the roots free of the gel or liquid. Small residues of the nutrient solution are not a problem. After rinsing, the plant should be quickly placed in the water so that it does not dry out.

In Vitro: Grown in the laboratory and guaranteed free from pathogens, snails, algae and vermin.

Hydrocotyle tripartita "Japan" originally comes from Japan, as the name suggests, and is a creeping or hanging plant. It is one of the most popular aquatic plants in aquaristics and stands out with its light green color and clover-like leaf shape. Hydrocotyle tripartita grows very quickly and does not require much care. With good lighting it grows creeping and compact and makes a wonderful groundcover or accent in the foreground and middle ground.

•     Origin: Japan
•     Height: 3 - 8 cm
•     Type: carpeting plant
•     Growth: fast
•     Plan: foreground - middle ground
•     Temperature: 18 - 29 °C
•     pH: 5 - 8
•     CH: 3 - 15
•     Propagation: stolons
•     Difficulty: easy
•     Light requirement: medium
•     CO2 required: no
•     Emersed growth possible: yes
   

Instructions for planting:
Only open the container just before planting. Gently remove the plant from the container and rinse the roots free of the gel or liquid. Small residues of the nutrient solution are not a problem. After rinsing, the plant should be quickly placed in the water so that it does not dry out.

In Vitro: Grown in the laboratory and guaranteed free from pathogens, snails, algae and vermin.

This attractive Cryptocoryne variety with dark, hammered leaves is named after the 'Tropica' plant nursery. When growing free-standing, the leaves are 10-20 cm long and almost lie above the ground. The plant is well suited for smaller aquariums and requires little light. Like most Sri Lankan cryptocorynes, this one grows well in hard water.

• Origin: Sri Lanka
• Height: 10 - 20+ cm
• Type: Rosette plant
• Growth Speed: Slow
• Layout: foreground, middle ground
• Temperature: 22 - 30 °C
• pH: 6 - 8
• Light requirement: low
• Difficulty: easy
• Propagation: off-shoots

Bucephalandra are among the most beautiful epiphytes known in aquaristics. Characteristic of the Bucephalandra is the growth along a rizome and the leaves, which are often speckled with white dots, which, depending on the species, can be green to bright red in color and can have a wide variety of shapes.It belongs to the Aracaea genus (araceae) and naturally occurs only on the island of Borneo. Bucephalandra are therefore endemics, i.e. plants that can only be found in a small, delimited area.
 

In the aquarium, Bucephalandra can be attached to roots, wood or coconuts. They grow particularly well on porous rock such as lava, but thanks to their adhesive roots they can also cling to smooth rock such as slate or granite. You can tie or glue this epiphyte onto the hardscape or place it in crevices. Bucephalandra are very slow-growing and do very well with little light and small amounts of fertilizer.

•     Origin: Borneo
•     Height: 10-20cm
•     Type: rhizome plant, epiphyte
•     Growth speed: slow
•     Plan: foreground - middle ground
•     Temperature: 10 - 28 °C
•     pH: 6 - 8
•     CH: 2 - 12
•     Light requirements: low
•     Propagation: rhizome division
•     CO2 necessary: no
   

Instructions for planting:
Only open the container just before planting. Gently remove the plant from the container and rinse the roots free of the gel or liquid. Small residues of the nutrient solution are not a problem. After rinsing, the plant should be quickly placed in the water so that it does not dry out.

In Vitro: Grown in the laboratory and guaranteed free from pathogens, snails, algae and vermin.