My Top 10 Easy Beginner Aquarium Plants

Getting easy beginner aquarium plants can increase your chances of succeeding with a planted aquarium. These low tech beginner plants don't need as much lighting and nutrients. You can have a beautiful planted aquarium that has less stress and work. Choosing the right plants for your planted aquarium can make or break your success with live aquarium plants. Here are the top 10 easiest aquarium plants that are great for beginners.
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Guppy Grass
Amazon Sword
Anubias
Java Fern
Vallesneria
Hornwort
Ludwigia
Java Moss
Water Wisteria
Dwarf Hair Grass
Choosing easier plants for your fish aquarium can increase your odds of having a successful planted tank. These plants are the easiest plants to grow in freshwater aquariums. Low tech aquarium plants demand less light and nutrients to grow. This means you don’t need as special of parameters for them to excel.
More advanced aquarium plants demand a nutrient rich substrate, higher lighting, and higher levels of C02. All these specialized parameters amounts to you needing more expensive equipment. You don’t need this high end equipment to do well with planted aquariums. There are low tech easy beginner aquarium plants that demand less.

[@PalmerAquatics]

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[@christopherbegg6686]

Hey Chris I love watching

[@johnfranz8531]

got my fist tank. Super excited.Really wanting a natural environment, so I really enjoyed your live plant spot. I'll be following your Chanel.

[@michellemoeckel4770]

Great video Chris. Lots of good tips and information.

[@Lauraetcetera]

I'd love an updated tour of the tanks; what a dream house you have with all of those set up! And so lucky to have a mate that is also into the hobby!

[@tommidrab83]

Wow i want to hang out at you place , seems like a really relaxed calming space. Love it !! 😊😊😊

[@Bilbo365]

Great video Chris! Thank you for all the info.

[@PalmerAquatics]

Hey Bilbo! Whats your next tank setup??

[@Bilbo365]

@PalmerAquatics My next setup is building a rack of 10 gallons to expand breeding corydoras, and guppies. What about you?

[@slowjamcdub]

Great video thank you!!

[@RinRin610]

I really liked the extra detail you have at the end! And that you ACTUALLY put the links in the description

[@PalmerAquatics]

I KNOW RIGHT HAHAHA

[@EireFirst2024]

Love your videos man.

[@jimmyhfishes]

Thanks for the list bro

[@J.Olivers_Guppies-Aquatics]

Great video!!!

[@TheSwiftCreek2]

Just checking by the channel to see if there's been any new videos. Life must be busy. Good luck, looking forward to your next video.

[@user-vu2zh8pv2r]

Thank you so much for this video. I am new to this hobby and picked up a small 14gallon cube tank. Hopefully i am doing this right, but i am starting the tank with plants before fish. My choices for plants (based on this list and my preferences) to start with are: Dwarf Hair Grass (instead of colored pebbed ontop of the substrate and Amazon Swords instead of a plastic decoration. Wish me luck! 10) Dwarf Air Grass 0:40 09) Water Wisteria 0:58 08) Java Moss 1:20 07) Ludwigia 1:45 06) Hornwort 2:14 05) Vallesneria 2:48 04) Java Fern 3:58 03) Anubian 4:22 02) Amazon Sword 5:25 01) Guppy Grass 6:17

[@robertwaldner9357]

Awesome video u outdo urself every time, the hornworth just doesn't grow in my tank ive had it for a few months now

[@E.R.aquatics]

Nice I like your vlog.

[@georgeballentine1045]

Good to know

[@tktropicals4997]

Great video. I can't seem to keep plants alive for more then 2 weeks. Water conditions are good and I do a once a week 10% or so water change. Also, I have 3 yo yo fish who love to dig and they dig up some of the plants. Java Fern I don't know why when I had them they grew green algae on them and the the the roots had orange stuff on them. Tank gets only 5 hours of from the tank light cause the room has natural light esp in the afternoon. I have soil and sand substrate.

[@wallyandjilly375]

Palmer never misses!

[@fartrellcluggins]

Miss you my guy!

[@markkrok5071]

I see alot of care guides on fish , do you have one on the Grammodes cichlid , 5 star General ?

[@braddishner8597]

I picked up a 20 extra tall. Basically stacked ten gallons in size. I have jungle val and java fern. What else grows tall?

[@dwilddalok1460]

I have only sand in my 100 gal tank can I add the fluval stratum on top or do I have to take it

[@daniellew2438]

Wow um thank you. I haven’t been successful yet

[@brendalemay8384]

Jungle Val - It is coming out my ears and I have it in every aquarium. You want some?

[@tannerbroadwell5488]

I never had luck with java ferns for some reason which I don’t understand since all of my anubias plants have grown a ton in the same aquarium and I attached them to the same rocks and driftwood pieces

[@PaulShuffleburg]

Starting a tank for my daughter from watching your videos

[@MontyRead]

which plants are best for aggressive goldfish? apparently mine eat everything except java moss

[@Jacob-ri4ji]

What Temperature does the water need to be? I want to start a tank downstairs. The temp gets down to 60* in winter.

[@jasonkramer137]

Hi Chris are you still selling Aquarium plants and if so what's the best way to get ahold of you to get some thank you

[@user-bm1tl2ni9p]

Hi I got a 5ft by 5ft 24in deep pool pond is that ok for a tiger shovelnose

[@CambridgeAquatics]

Hey where is the best place to put a wave maker to have more agitation in my aquarium

[@Mike-xf1vy]

do you have any videos where you stay on point?

[@alyssagonzales9694]

My dad has fish in planted aquariums and is helping me. But I'm doing research to get a betta (he's not interested in them) Are these easy plants for a beginner AND a betta fish? Or are there plants to avoid?

[@noobguy57]

I've never been able to get dwarf hairgrass to grow in any of my tanks. It's always died before ever sending out a runner.

[@TroyRossberg]

I see you frequent some of the stores in MN on some of your videos posted, assuming you are from the cities in Minnesota. Any chance you would be interested in selling some live plants or any live barrier fish? I'm looking for guppies, Swordtails & Platy's. I live in Saint Cloud & make several trips to the cities.

[@tkaiser2086]

What kind of light would you put on a 120 gallon tank. 4’x2’x2’. Also would you use fluval stratum and put sand on top of it or just fluval stratum by itself.

[@PalmerAquatics]

For a big tank like that I would do two 48 inch lights. I would get high quality ones because that’s a DEEP tank.

[@tkaiser2086]

Any recommendations. Also I’ve been reading you have to replace the stratum after a couple years. Is that true?

[@Isles61]

Does the glue harm the fish?

[@debasishkhasnabis184]

Hi there , I have a 6 inch Jag and I want to determine it's gender. How can I send the pictures to you ?

[@johngallea5288]

How do I buy plants from you

[@akvasvet]

👍😊👍👍😊👍 👍😊👍

[@infinitewolf2653]

Hey do you sell plants online cause you sure have alot of plants

[@TookieandTangoShow]

I just posted a video of my new aquarium. What kind of fish should I add?

[@alysnowieee]

weekends is 💦

[@MacJank7]

Your light link isn’t specific. What are your favorite all around plant lights?

[@PalmerAquatics]

You caught me on that! So… there’s tons of really good brands.. AquaIllumination, Fluval, UNS, ETC. but if we’re talking budget lights.. 6500k shop lights or Beamswork

[@MacJank7]

@@PalmerAquatics I currently have Barrina 6500k LEDs in my 20 aquarium fish room and the plants are doing decent. I tried an Aqueon 36” and was garbage for what it cost. I might try something different to supplement the 6500k LEDs which are tough to beat…12 for about $45 on Amazon in the 36” or 48” with daisy chaining capability.

[@carlosseptiencuevas1613]

😅​@@PalmerAquatics

[@dmoneyhustler1486]

R.I.P Chris. 1972-2023 We will forever remember the good things you have done for the aquatic community!

[@LabraaShark]

Did he die??

[@JustinSarkis]

@@LabraaShark No, he didn’t. He’s in recent videos on the BRS Fresh channel.

[@zerohero6602]

RIP Chris.

[@AnthonysFishyFriends]

😂😂😂

[@pikepage173]

Question: could you recommend an aquarium manufacturer? The reviews on Aqueon at Petco are scary. The 55 gallons all bowing and leaking. Trying to get into this hobby and buy some plants with a 55 gallon but don’t know who to trust. I’ll test it for leaks but they all seem to be of poor quality. Top Fin is supposedly worse than Aqueon. You have many glass boxes and wood appreciate your help. Thank you

[@PalmerAquatics]

That’s because the reviews are only from people that are unhappy. All of the happy people are not leaving reviews. Standard 55 gallon aquariums are some of the strongest of all the tanks in the hobby. There’s a couple of sizes that are known to almost never leak. The 20 gallon tall is one of them. The standard 55 gallon aquarium is one of them.

[@user-iu4nw7dj4o]

I can’t find any information on El Nino Fern

[@user-iu4nw7dj4o]

Never mind, I just found out it has a different name AKA Bolbitis heteroclita 😂

[@CODMinfintiti]

They plant eatch other on the weekend just in case you wanted to ask what they do on the weekends 😊😅

[@BaMSense23]

😂😂

[@luigigreen9823]

Wheres water sprite?!

[@abby9954]

Hey Chris do you know what happened to Ruby??? She does not make videos anymore???? Do you ever hear from her????

[@Mommy_Aquatics]

Anyone know why he’s gone from KZbin & TikTok?

[@thehairywoodsman5644]

water sprite, pearl weed ...any rotalla .....

[@PalmerAquatics]

Pearlweed should have been on this list haha

[@scottdaniels3033]

Why does no one talk about potting soil in a hi-tech tank?

[@edmorris1437]

No Duckweed in the top 10?

[@PalmerAquatics]

No floaters in this one. Top floaters list coming soon

[@Dachsjager]

Unrelated to this video but his black blasting sand snail safe

[@PalmerAquatics]

Yes

[@Dachsjager]

Thanks@@PalmerAquatics

[@trenamarie9820]

Even when I had a high tech tank I couldn’t get dwarf hair grass to grow well. In the low tech tank I have now Java fern would never really grow for me.

[@PalmerAquatics]

Yeah it can be difficult in some setups

[@hhqwepoi]

I watched your dirt tank set up and saw you put lived fishes to cycle your tank. I have a question, can I put a peace of meat or a dead fish instead to cycle my tank?

[@PalmerAquatics]

No don’t do that. I would use fish food if you don’t have fish. Just put a little bit into your aquarium once every couple days with filtration running.

[@hhqwepoi]

@@PalmerAquatics thank u ❤️

[@SnarkyRC]

I'd grab some Dr. Tim's liquid ammonia chloride instead of using fish food. It works great for cycling aquariums and there's no rotting food residue.

[@hhqwepoi]

@@SnarkyRC I want too, but I can't find it in Vietnam

[@davidleach4689]

Red tiger lotus is easy to grow

[@ameliaskyye]

definitely! added mine a week ago and it’s already growing well

[@davidleach4689]

@@ameliaskyye if it detaches from the bulb don’t throw the bulb away it can sprout another plant with a smaller bulb

[@ameliaskyye]

@@davidleach4689 ah ok! ty!

[@cindycinderellatron]

why do you always say you'll link vids in the description when they're never their lmao

[@worldserpent731]

Uh, is this you? kzbin.info/www/bejne/o17bfqyIhd-mZ6M Does this person have the right to upload this on his channel? Kinda confused me, I clicked on the channel link and it wasn't your channel, lol.

[@DashDrones]

How come you're not married yet dude? It's clear you're meant for each other in that animal house!

[@christopherbegg6686]

Literally Chris I don't know want to know what you and your girlfriend from another my name is Chris as well

[@PalmerAquatics]

Heyyyy! Whats your next tank?

[@jenniferp.4057]

What about plants and underground filters?

[@iainaquariumagic]

Great upload. Hugs from England 🇬🇧 at aquariumagic 👍

[@PalmerAquatics]

God bless!