List of brackish aquarium plant species

Aquatic plants are used to give the aquarium a natural appearance, oxygenate the water, and provide habitat for fish, especially fry (babies) and for invertebrates. Some aquarium fish and invertebrates also eat live plants. Hobby aquarists use aquatic plants for aquascaping.

Mangroves

Black mangrove, Avicennia germinans
Red mangrove, Rhizophora mangle
White mangrove, both Avicennia marina and Laguncularia racemosa

References

Aquariums and fishkeeping

Aquarium types	Freshwater Marine Reef Brackish-water Community Biotope

Aquarium décor and equipment	Airstone Algae scrubber Berlin Method Bog-wood / Driftwood Calcium reactor Deep sand bed Filter Fishcam Fish feeder Heater Lighting Live rock / Live sand Powerhead Protein skimmer Refugium Substrate Sump

Fish terms / types	Algae eater Bottom feeder Coldwater Dither Hardy Painted Tropical

Fish food	Brine shrimp Daphnia Feeder fish Infusoria Shrimp mix Tubifex tubifex

Other concepts	Aquarium fishery Aquascaping Artificial seawater Bath treatment Clean-up crew Disease in ornamental fish Macquarium Project Piaba Quarantine tank Reef safe Spawning triggers

People	Takashi Amano Herbert R. Axelrod Pierre Carbonnier Edward Edwards Philip Henry Gosse Sven O. Kullander William Alford Lloyd Paul Matte Julian Sprung Anna Thynne Charles Haskins Townsend Jeanne Villepreux-Power Robert Warington

Magazines	Aquarium Fish International Koi Practical Fishkeeping Tropical Fish Hobbyist

Companies	Drs. Foster & Smith Eheim Hagen Sera Tetra

Lists	Aquarium diseases Aquarium fish by scientific name Freshwater aquarium fish / amphibians / invertebrates / plants Marine aquarium fish / invertebrates / plants Brackish aquarium fish / invertebrates / plants

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