BACKGROUND PLANTS

Background aquarium plants are aquatic plants that grow tall and large and are perfect for filling out the background of your planted tank. These plants help add a feeling of fullness to an aquascape. Browse our large selection of commonly used background aquarium plants such as Echinodorus (Sword Plants), Ludwigia, Rotala, and other tall great aquatic stem plants!
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Oriental Sword (Echinodorus Oriental) - Windy City Aquariums

Oriental Sword

$7.50
Oriental Swords are a colorful and bold plant hybrid that grows bright pink new leaves. Hybridized by Oriental Aquarium in Singapore, these sword plants grow tall are perfect for mid-...
Dwarf Aquarium Lily Bulb - Windy City Aquariums

Dwarf Aquarium Lily

$5.50
Nymphaea stellata, or the Dwarf Aquarium Lily, is a colorful bulb plant that is well known from its triangular leaves and varying colorations (green, orange, red etc) it develops as it...
Hygrophila Pinnatifida - Windy City Aquariums

Hygrophila Pinnatifida

$6.99
Hygrophila Pinnatifida originates from India. It obtains brown, patched leaves on the surface with a distinctive burgundy color underneath. The leaves can range from brown, purple, red, green, or yellow...
Rotala Indica - Windy City Aquariums

Rotala Indica

$5.99
Rotala Indica is a popular aquatic stem plant that can grow tall and thick making it a suitable background plant in planted aquariums. The tips of the stems can turn...
Guppy Grass - Windy City Aquariums

Guppy Grass

$5.50
Guppy grass, najas grass, or – scientifically – Najas guadalupensis, is a fast-growing plant that is especially great for breeding tanks and shrimp tanks. It provides a good hiding place for fry,...
Purple Cabomba - Windy City Aquariums

Purple Cabomba

$6.99
Purple Cabomba, also known as Red Cabomba or Carolina Fanwort, has feathery, green to purple-grey forked leaves, which are divided into narrow segments and offer an interesting texture that will...
Rotala Wallichii - Windy City Aquariums

Rotala Wallichii

$6.50
Rotala wallichii is a stunning aquatic plant that is found in soft, slightly acidic waters in many parts of South-Eastern Asia. Its leaves are needle-shaped and can vary that from...
Contortion "Giant Corkscrew" Vallisneria - Windy City Aquariums

Contortion "Giant Corkscrew" Vallisneria

$5.99
Vallisneria Americana Asiatica, also commonly known as Contortion "Giant Corkscrew" Vallisneria, is an attractive, easy, beginner-friendly plant with tightly twisted light green leaves and can do well in almost any...
Jungle Vallisneria - Windy City Aquariums

Jungle Vallisneria

$4.50
Jungle Vallisneria (Vallisneria Americana), also known as water celery, eelgrass, tape grass is a well-loved hardy aquarium plant. It can grow several feet tall and grows in any tank conditions, making it...
Rotala sp. Vietnam H'ra - Windy City Aquariums

Rotala sp. Vietnam H'ra

$5.99
Rotala sp. Vietnam 'H’ra' is a beautiful aquatic plant that originates from central Vietnam. It is similar to Rotala Wallichii in terms of care and looks as it also features narrow leaves which...
Ammannia Gracilis - Windy City Aquariums

Ammannia Gracilis

$5.99
Ammannia Gracilis, also commonly known as either Large Ammannia, Red Ammannia, Pink Ammannia, or Delicate Ammannia, is a stem plant, native to West Africa, with thin, elongated, and pointed leaves when grown submerged....
Ozelot Red Sword (Echinodorus 'Ozelot') | Windy City Aquariums

Ozelot Red Sword

$6.99
The Ozelot Red Sword, or Echinodorus "Ozelot Red", is a colorful and bold plant perfect for the mid or background section of an aquarium. It has short stems with large ovoid leaves that display hardy...