All Aquatic Plants

Blackwater habitats around the globe mainly contain emergent plant growth - but a few aquarium appropriate plants have adapted to life in tannin stained waters. Our selection of H2O Plants here are a few of our favorites which we've grown over the years in our blackwater, biotope, and botanical method aquariums. We HIGHLY recommend signing up for back-in-stock notifications as we sell out of these quickly. Care should be taken to research how CO2, Light, and Nutrients are absorbed by plants in tinted water - we have a number of blogs on this topic we encourage you to read through!

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A bare root Amazon Sword plant in a blackwater aquarium with green leaves planted in dark substrate at Betta Botanicals.

Amazon Sword | Echinodorus Amazonicus
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A bare root Anubias Barteri in a blackwater aquarium with green leaves planted in a dark substrate at Betta Botanicals.

Anubias Barteri
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A rooted anubias coffeefolia with vibrant green leaves in a blackwater aquarium with dark substrate at Betta Botanicals.

Anubias Coffeefolia
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A rooted anubias nana with vibrant green leaves in a blackwater aquarium with a dark substrate at Betta Botanicals.

Anubias Nana
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a rooted anubias nana golden with lime green leaves in a blackwater aquarium with a dark substrate at Betta Botanicals.

Anubias Nana Golden
$11.99
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A 4oz portion of Azolla Caroliniana for blackwater aquariums with green leaves and black roots at Betta Botanicals.

Azolla Caroliniana
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A rooted banana plant with speckled green leaves in a blackwater aquarium with dark substrate at Betta Botanicals.

Banana Plant | Nymphoides Aquatica
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Aquarium gift card by Betta Botanicals, for betta fish tanks, botanical aquariums, and blackwater aquariums.

Betta Botanicals Gift Cards
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A compostable tan bag of Betta Tea aquarium tannins with three betta tea bags for aquariums by Betta Botanicals.

Betta Tea™ - Blackwater Botanical Tea Bags
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A bare root cryptocoryne balansae with a quarter for scale against a white backdrop for use in blackwater aquariums at Betta Botanicals.

Cryptocoryne Balansae
$7.99
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A rooted cryptocoryne spiralis with tall green leaves in a blackwater aquarium with dark substrate at Betta Botanicals.

Cryptocoryne Spiralis
$7.99
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A rooted portion of Cryptocoryne undulata with lime green and brown leaves in a blackwater aquarium with a dark substrate at Betta Botanicals.

Cryptocoryne Undulata
$8.99
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A rooted Cryptocoryne Wendtii Tropica plant with green hammered leaves for blackwater aquariums at Betta Botanicals.

Cryptocoryne Wendtii 'Tropica'
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A rooted portion of Cryptocoryne Wendtii red with ruffled red foliage in a blackwater aquarium with a dark substrate at Betta Botanicals.

Cryptocoryne Wendtii (Red, Green, or Brown)
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Dwarf water lettuce by Betta Botanicals, for planted tanks, betta fish tanks, and botanical aquariums.

Dwarf Water Lettuce
$7.00
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Giant Water Lettuce by Betta Botanicals, for fish tanks, aquariums, and blackwater biotope aquariums.

Giant Water Lettuce
$7.00
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A rooted green ozelot echinodorus plant in a blackwater aquarium with a dark substrate at Betta Botanicals.

Green Ozelot Sword | Echinodorus Ozelot 'Green'
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A rooted portion of Italian Vallisneria with tall lime green leaves in a blackwater aquarium with a dark substrate at Betta Botanicals.

Italian Vallisneria | Vallisneria spiralis
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A rooted java fern plant with tall lime green leaves in a blackwater aquarium with dark substrate at Betta Botanicals.

Java Fern | Microsorum pteropus
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A portion of Singapore Java Moss Vesicularia dubyana in a growing cup against a dark background for use in blackwater aquariums at Betta Botanicals.

Java Moss | Vesicularia dubyana
$9.49
$9.49
A potted Anubias Nana Petite with small green leaves in a blackwater aquarium with dark substrate at Betta Botanicals.

Potted Anubias Nana Petite
$11.49
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A rooted red flame sword in a blackwater aquarium with green leaves speckled with red to brown spots in a blackwater aquarium with dark substrate at Betta Botanicals.

Red Flame Sword | Echinodorus sp. 'Red Flame'
$8.99
$8.99
A rooted Red Melon Sword with amber colored leaves and green stems in a blackwater aquarium with dark substrate at Betta Botanicals.

Red Melon Sword
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A rooted Red Ozelot Sword with green speckles leaves in a blackwater aquarium with a dark substrate at Betta Botanicals.

Red Ozelot Sword | Echinodorus Ozelot sp. 'red'
$8.99
$8.99

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Two dried Nipa palm husks with a smooth, dark brown surface, ideal for blackwater aquariums and bioactive enclosures from Betta Botanicals.

Nipa Palm Pod | Nypa fruticans
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Build Your Ecosystem

Aquarium botanicals have varying levels of durability, which is predictive of the leafs waxy coating and the seed pods woody composition. All types are equally important to the botanical aquarium as they build different layers of the ecosystem.