North American Biotope
The freshwater streams, swamps, and rivers of North America are rich with botanicals that shape their ecosystems. This collection brings together regionally inspired botanicals like oak leaves, magnolia, alder cones, oak twigs, and fern fronds—materials that mirror these natural litter beds, root tangles, and seasonal leaf falls in temperate and subtropical habitats. These botanicals help aquarists recreate the environments for native North American species like:
- Rainbow Shiners (Notropis chrosomus) in cool, clear water creeks
- Pygmy Sunfish (Elassoma evergladei) in still, tannin-stained Everglade swamps
- Darter species that thrive among leaf-strewn riffles and shallow streams
By layering these natural materials, you create the same foraging, spawning, and sheltering opportunities that these fish encounter in the wild.
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Duckweed | Lemna minor or Spirodela polyrhiza
Mango Leaves | Mangifera indica
Persian Walnut Leaves | Juglans regia
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Giant Hairgrass | Eleocharis vivipara
Italian Vallisneria | Vallisneria spiralis
Pearlweed | Micranthemum micranthemoides
Pygmy Guava Leaves | Psidium cattleianum
Baby Tears | Hemianthus glomeratus
Water Sprite | Ceratopteris thalictroides
Taiwan Moss | Taxiphyllum Alternans
Banana Plant | Nymphoides Aquatica
Giant Hairgrass | Eleocharis montevidensis
Jungle Vallisneria | Vallisneria americana
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NEW! Texas Live Oak Bark | Quercus fusiformis
Guppy Grass | Najas guadalupensis

















































