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Bucephalandra Catherinae Dark Carpet

Bucephalandra Catherinae Dark Carpet

$10.00
Sarracenia carnivorous plant in a pot with upright green and red-veined pitchers, photographed on a natural background for blackwater bog plant use at Betta Botanicals.

Sarracenia Carnivorous Bog Plants

$15.00
Red Mangrove Propagule with young leaves and roots for blackwater and brackish aquariums, photographed on a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

Red Mangrove Propagule | Rhyzophora mangle

$10.00
A Cryptocoryne Undulata plant potted for use in biotope aquariums, photographed against a natural background at Betta Botanicals

Cryptocoryne Undulata

$8.99
Anubias minima with narrow wavy green leaves and exposed roots, photographed on a natural background for blackwater aquarium use at Betta Botanicals

Anubias minima

$8.00
Potted Anubias congensis aquarium plant with upright green leaves and visible rhizome in a black slotted pot, photographed on a natural background for Betta Botanicals.

Anubias Congensis

From $7.50
Potted Cryptocoryne parva aquarium plant with compact green leaves growing upright in a black slotted pot, photographed on a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

Cryptocoryne Parva

From $6.50
Bare-root Cryptocoryne costata aquarium plant with long, narrow green leaves and visible white roots, photographed on a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

Cryptocoryne Costata

$7.50
A Nepenthes carnivorous plant in a small pot, photographed on a natural background for blackwater and bog plant use at Betta Botanicals.

Nepenthes Carnivorous Plants

$12.00
A Bucephalandra Theia aquatic plant prepared for use in blackwater aquariums, photographed against a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

Bucephalandra Theia

$10.00
A Bucephalandra Mini Phantom plant prepared for use in blackwater aquariums, photographed against a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

Bucephalandra Mini Phantom

$10.00
A Bucephalandra Artemis plant prepared for use in blackwater aquariums, photographed against a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

Bucephalandra Artemis

$10.00
A group of five buce aquarium plants with varying hues of green, red, blue leaves for blackwater aquariums, photographed on a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

Bucephalandra Mix (Pack of 5)

$40.00
Venus Fly Trap carnivorous plant in pot with open traps, photographed on a natural background for blackwater pond use at Betta Botanicals.

Venus Fly Traps | Dionaea muscipula

$13.00
A Cryptocoryne Wendtii Tropica plant potted for use in biotope aquariums, photographed against a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

Cryptocoryne Wendtii 'Tropica'

$9.00
Rotala Blood Red (Rotala rotundifolia ‘Blood Red’) aquarium stem plant with red stems and green-red leaves, photographed on a natural background for Betta Botanicals.

Rotala rotundifolia 'Blood Red'

$5.50
A bare root portion of buce mini boyan for blackwater aquariums, photographed on a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

Bucephalandra Mini Boyan

$10.00
A Bucephalandra Velvet plant prepared for use in blackwater aquariums, photographed against a natural background at Betta Botanicals.

Bucephalandra Velvet

$10.00

Botanical Method, Blackwater, and Biotope Aquarium Plants

In the Botanical Method Aquarium, plants play a vital role. The species we’ve selected are tint-tolerant plants, adapted to thrive in low light and acidic conditions of blackwaters.

Resilient choices such as Anubias, Bucephalandra, Java Fern, Cryptocoryne, and Amazon Swords root into substrates or attach to wood and stone, where detritus and biofilms collect. Their leaves provide cover for fish, their roots oxygenate the substrate, and their steady growth creates foraging zones for shrimp and microfauna.

For aquarists keeping Betta fish, Apistogramma, and other community fish, these plants help recreate the forest streams and shaded tributaries where many of these fish evolved. They are not fast growers, but ideal aquarium plants for the long-term rhythms of a blackwater ecosystem—settling in slowly and rewarding patience with stability.