Aquarium Supply Store V7

Supplying Your Freshwater and Saltwater Reefing Needs

A Great Selection of Freshwater and saltwater aquarium books.

From books on marine life and corals to Takashi Amano planted aquascapes. We carry a large supply of books for your aquarium fish that will make you make you a astute fishkeeper. Have fun reading your aquarium fish books!

Co2 Equipment

Controllers-WaterTesters-Test Kits

Testing the water of you saltwater or freshwater aquarium is important. Use these aquarium test kits and controllers to moniter the water parameters in your freshwater or saltwater aquarium.

Odd or Rare Aquarium Plants For Sale

Here is a collection of hard to find rare aquarium plants for sale. Swome of these are quite hard to grow an in aquarium without co2 while others are easy tank plants.

A Coldpack

cold pack

At least one Coldpack is reccommended for the Summer months.

Plants do not ship well in extremes of weather.
Please note it may be 70 degrees in your location and 90 degrees here

Please add @ least one to each Aquarium Plant order .

Baby Tears / Micranthemum umbrosum or Hemianthus micranthemoides

Aquatic Plant Baby Tears 10 +

Hemianthus micranthemoidesis nice ornamental plant in small aquaria which looks much like a 'mini' Egeria. It is fast growing and requires therefore relatively high light and a nutrient rich substrate. It is also a valuable plant in terraria where it forms a beautiful carpet at the land water interphase. The plant is easily reproduced by cutting offthe apex which is replanted in the substrate. Hemianthus micranthemoides is often sold for Micranthemum umbrosum and a widespread synonym for Hemianthus micranthemoides is Micranthemum micranthemoides.

Author:

Tropica

Baby Tears ( (Hemianthus micranthemoides) ) This plant makes a stunning foreground plant creeping along the front of your fish tank
Featured in many Takashi Amano aquariums
This is the light green upright plant.
This plant can also be used as a background plant growing straight up
Prefers high light such as metal halide or power compacts but can be grown under regular lighting
This plant will take off with co2
( 10-30 Freshwater plants )
May be either plant
Flourishes with co2 but not necessary

Blyxa japonica Dwarf ?

Blyxa japonica Dwarf ? Aquarium plant

Blyxa japonica Dwarf
Rare Aquarium plant
Needs High lighting and co2
1 plant

Eriocaulon sp ( Araguaia Starplants )

Eriocaulon sp

Possibly on of the hardest to find plants around
there are over 400 species of this plant and only 30 them are found outside of Japan.
This little gem is a slow grower but is an awesome plant. I just aquired this one and have great hopes for it. It stays small and is a great grassy plant. Check out the picture here http://www.aquajapan.com/encyc/plants/stem/eriocaulon/sp0001_01.jpg or
http://www.rva.ne.jp/gallery/matogrosso_keyari.htm
Sorry folks looks like this one isn't going to reproduce any time soon.
Needs co2 to flourish

Glossostigma elatinoides Grade b

Aquatic Plant Glossostigma elatinoides

Japanese Takashi Amano has inspired many aquarium owners to keep Glossostigma elatinoides.
This plant prefers co2 and high lighting. If high lighting is used it will grow thousands of runners giving it a carpet like appearance.
Use it with ricca fluitans to hold the ricca down.
Bunch freshwater aquarium plant
Needs high lighting like metal halide or power compacts and co2

Lobelia cardinalis

Lobelia cardinalis potted

In the nursery this plant is cultivated in marshy conditions, forming dark-green leaves which are purple underneath. In aquariums the leaves turn a beautiful shade of light-green. It needs intensive light to thrive. Widely used in Dutch aquariums in so-called “plant streets”. In open aquariums it grows above the water surface, where it forms very beautiful scarlet flowers and the leaves regain their colour. Can be used in garden ponds.

Author:

Tropica

Low to medium light freshwater aquarium plant

Marimo balls ( Cladophora aegagropila ) RARE

Marimo balls (Cladophora aegagropila)

Sale

These rare oddities are only found in nature in in a lake found in Japan where it is considered a national treasure.
These moss balls can get huge over 1 ft but would take many years to accomplish this.
This is one of the few types of good/benefical freshwater algae.
Slow grower under low or high lighting easy to grow plant
1 Plant

Marsilea quadrifolia / Marseilea crenata

Marsilea quadrifolia

SALE

Marsilea quadrifolia
Sometimes called poor mans glossostigma, because it is an easier to plant to have in an aquarium.
Does not require the high lights of glossostigma or the co2 but grows in a similar shape

Micro Echinodorus tenellus ( Micro Chain sword)

Aquarium Plant Micro Echinodorus tenellus 1 plant

Micro Echinodorus tenellus ( Micro Chain sword)
Great forground plant in your fish tank. It does not need co2
It grows in a chain producing sprouts ever 1/4 of an inch.
This will provide a carpet effect in your aquarium making a great aquascape for your friends and family to enjoy.
Can get red tips with higher lighting and potassium
Easy to care for and hard to find.
Fish and snails will love playing in this plant this plant.
Prefers higher lighting such as power compacts or metal halide
Needs co2 to potassium to get the nice redness.
1 plant

Nymphaea daubenyana

Aquatic Plant Nymphaea daubenyana

This is the red plant bottem left in the picture.
This is one of the most beautiful plants around and is an easy plant to grow with no special requirements.
This plant can be grown under high or low lighting.
It makes an awesome addition to any tank.
It ocassionally sends runners up to the top of the tank but generally maintains low lilly like pads.