Sophora alopecuroides, commonly known as grass, alpine rush and grass, is an aquatic herb. There are stolons, basal leaves, long and narrow as strips, and the length of leaves varies with the depth of water level. The leaves are green and translucent, standing in the water. Strong adaptability to water quality, like weak alkaline water quality, do not like high temperature, cold resistance, like light.
2. Elephant ears
Elephant ears are also aquatic plants, which are found in south-central North America and Mexico. It has strong adaptability and is more suitable for planting in large aquariums alone. Blunt heart-shaped leaves, 20-25cm long and10-15cm wide. Floating leaves with long stems grow, but only need to be subtracted to maintain the growth of leaves in water. White flowers can bloom on the water and bear fruit after artificial pollination. Shoot lateral propagation. The water temperature is 22-28℃.
3. Red eggs
Red egg is a highly adaptable aquatic plant, native to southern Brazil. The height can reach 40-50 cm. Mature leaves are reddish, 30-40 cm long and 4-5 cm wide, with obvious veins and wrinkled edges. The ornamental effect is excellent under strong light, but the fertilizer supply needs to be strengthened under strong light. You can't blossom in the water. It can be propagated by using descendants of petioles or new buds of roots. The water temperature is 22-28℃.
4. Crown grass
Crown grass is also an aquatic plant. Its petiole is stout, its leaves are wide and long, and its plant height is over 60 cm. It is a magnificent large aquatic plant. Native to Brazil, similar to the terrestrial Brazilian wood, it should be planted in a large aquarium. Suitable for growth in weak acid and neutral water, like warm and light. The water temperature should be above 24℃, and 26-28℃ is the most suitable.
5. Tiger ears
Saxifraga is also a kind of aquatic plants, and dicotyledonous plants are also quite aquatic plants. This kind of water grass is a variety of Saxifraga, which is famous for its fantastic pink color in the aquarium world. Its water plants are no different from water plants and saxifrage, but the growth rate is slow, and sometimes water plants can show pink genes, which is somewhat different from saxifrage. Pink tiger ears are easy to survive in aquarium culture, but it is not easy to be beautiful.