Plants for a 45-Gallon Paludarium
Posted by Shari Horowitz in Tropical Fish Hobbyist Blog on June 28, 2011 at 6:22 am
By Bill Brissette
The 45-gallon paludarium. Photograph by Bill Brissette.
In order to complete the 45-gallon paludarium, a wide variety of plants, both terrestrial and aquatic, were used. Here is complete list of those plants.
Terrestrial Plants
Liverwort Conocephalum sp.
Bolbitis Davallia Edanyoa difformis
Creeping Fig Ficus pumila
Hemianthus callitrichoides “Cuba”
Red Leaf Hibiscus Hibiscus acetosella
Marcgravia sp.
Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha
Paradrymonia campostyla
Button Fern Pellaea rotundifolia
Little Red Tree Peperomia sp.
Tiny Tears Pilea sp.
Pleurothallis allenii
Rhaphidophora hayi
Mini Pellia Riccardia sp.
Monkey Plant Ruellia makoyana
Schismatoglottis sp.
Pretty in Pink Tolumnia sp.
Aquatic Plants
Anubias Barteri var. “nana”
Anubias Barteri var. nana “petite”
Cryptocoryne wendtii
Dwarf Hair Grass Eleocharis sp.
Weeping Moss Fontinalis antipyretica
Pennywort Hydrocotyle verticillata
Dwarf Pennywort Hydrocotyle tripatita
Amazon Frogbit Limnobium laevigatum
Red Root Floater Phyllanthus fluitans
Dwarf Rotala Rotala rotundifolia
Dwarf Sag Sagittaria subulata
To read the entire article and see the finished paludarium, please click here http://www.tfhdigital.com/tfh/201108/#pg39.
I have been looking at iwagumi aquariums but have had trouble finding the best plants. My aquarium will have minimal fish with three rocks. So basically a minimal aquarium. Any ideas on the best ground covering plant.