They do however provide shelter and make the tank look beautiful if you buy the right plants and position them well. Some people say they don’t look good, but there are some beautiful fake plants available from you to choose from.Ī downside to fake plants is the fact that they do not remove any nitrate from your aquarium, so you still have to do this yourself by doing regular water changes. If you’ve tried many plants and your goldfish keep eating or destroying them I understand you are considering fake plants. Another suitable plant that’s not on this list but commonly sold as oxygen plants for goldfish is called “anacharis elodea” or “waterweeds”. If I had to choose from the plants in this list, adding stems of Hornwort would be my pick. If you’re keeping goldfish in a bowl or small tank I really would recommend adding oxygen plants. The plant would die off and I had to buy a new oxygen plant every month. When I first bought my 2 goldfish I had no prior fishkeeping experience and the store employee recommended an oxygen plant to provide my fish with air. I could not find any good pictures and I have not grown Moneywort myself, so I want to show you this video of Cory explaining the beauty of this plant.
When you add this plant to your aquarium, make sure to tie a bunch of stems together and properly weight them down or bury them in the substrate firmly because your goldfish will try their best at digging them up. In the end it can be quite tall and is therefore best suited as a background plant for your aquarium. This plant is a stem plant that grows relatively slow. MoneywortĪ friend of mine recommended this plant as he has grown Moneywort in his goldfish aquarium and seen success. I recommend attaching both the big and small plants to a piece of wood or a rock to keep them in one place. The plant propagates by growing tiny plants at the end of its leaves that eventually fall and float around the tank. It’s a rather slow grower and also can survive without adding liquid fertilizer, especially in a goldfish aquarium as these fish are messy. This plant is a beginner plant that does well in low to medium lighting and does not need additional CO2. That’s great in a goldfish tank because there is nothing to dig up for them. Just like Anubias, this plant does better when the roots are not buried in the substrate. The leaves are strong and goldfish tend to leave them alone most of the time. Ha! The fish on this picture is a molly and not a goldfish! Did I fool you?Īrguably the most popular plant in the hobby is the Java fern. To propagate Hornwort, replant the cuttings when you are giving the plant a trim and it will happily continue to grow. It needs medium lighting and can be planted in the soil or kept without soil as it does not rely on its roots for nutrients.
Hornwort does great in many different situations and can thrive in a variety of different water parameters. The fish will eat the fresh new growth, but because Hornwort is a fast growing plant it still gets the chance to grow in your tank. That’s great, because this means that the goldfish will pretty much leave them alone. While Hornwort has fine and detailed leaves that look like they could taste great in a salad, most fish do not like the taste of it. In nature fish live with many plants and we are trying to replicate this in our aquarium. Live plants clean the aquarium water by taking out nutrients from the water, but they also provide shelter for your fish. Why would you even want to add live plants to a goldfish aquarium if you know beforehand that they will try to eat them? Well, there are many benefits. Therefore I’ve compiled a list of plants that are great for a goldfish aquarium and cross checked this list with many other fishkeepers. I’ve been to the shop many times to purchase new plants for my goldfish, and this can get quite expensive. Trust me when I say that a goldfish will happily eat most aquarium plants available to us.
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