List of marine 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.

Marine algae are also included in this list for convenience, despite the fact that many species are technically classified as protists, not plants.

Brown Macroalgae

Common name	Image	Taxonomy	Care Level	Growth rate	Description	Max size
False Sargassum		Cystoseira sp.	Moderate	Slow		18"
Scroll algae, Potato algae		Padina sp.	Expert	Slow		6"

Green Macroalgae

Common name	Taxonomy	Care Level	Growth rate	Description	Max size
Chaeto	Chaetomorpha sp.	Easy	Fast	Grows as a tangled mass of green filaments. Not particularly attractive, but this species can serve a useful role as habitat for microinvertibrates and an absorber of excess nitrogen and other nutrients. Often kept in a refugium.	24" mound
Blade caulerpa	Caulerpa prolifera	Easy	Fast		6"
Grape caulerpa	Caulerpa racemosa	Easy	Fast		8"
Green calcerous algae	Halimeda sp.	Easy to Moderate	Moderate		10"
Sawblade caulerpa	Caulerpa serrulata	Easy	Moderate		5"
Sea lettuce	Ulva lactuca	Easy	Fast		8" mound

Red Macroalgae

Common name	Image	Taxonomy	Care Level	Growth rate	Description	Max size
Ogo algae		Gracilaria parvispora	Easy	Moderate		10"
Coralline Algae		Order Corallinales	Moderate	Slow	Ubiquitous in well maintained reef aquaria, this algae forms attractive splotches of color encrusted on live rock. Calcium supplementation encourages good growth of coralline algae species.

Mangroves

Common name	Taxonomy	Care Level	Growth rate	Max size
Black mangrove	Avicennia germinans	Moderate	Slow	70'
Red mangrove	Rhizophora mangle	Easy	Slow	80'
White mangrove	Laguncularia racemosa	Expert	Slow	60'

Seagrasses

Turtle grass, Thalassia hemprichii and Thalassia testudinum
Manatee grass, Syringodium filiforme

References

Marine Plants In The Aquarium: An online guide to the identification and care of marine plants and macroalgae in the aquarium. Gulf Coast Ecosystems http://marineplantbook.com

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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