Varietgated Plant suggestions please

**andyjh** · 02-23-2012, 3:24 PM

Thinking my 75 looks a little too "green", with a lot of amazon swords, dwarf sag and brazilian pennywort. It all grows well, but it's all about the same color. Time for a change. Any suggestions for some variegated plants I can try? I've got medium lighting and co2 injection.

**bgourami320** · 02-23-2012, 4:41 PM

How about Sunset Hygro"Hygrophila polysperma, very pretty or a tiger lotus which is a beautiful red among the green. I also like the Ozelot sword nice green leaf with sploctches of red on it.
Well those are a few of my favorites. Hope you find something interesting for your tank.

**jpappy789** · 02-23-2012, 10:19 PM

You probably wont find variegation in the sense that some garden/house plants have (although there are variegated cultivars of some Lindernia and Anubias)...but you can definitely get some reddish colors from aquatic plants.

In addition to the above I really like Rotala and Ludwigia species for some color.

**unseenone00** · 02-23-2012, 10:25 PM

There are many plants with color variations, try extraplant.us ... Variations of green&red, green&orange, darkgreen&red, all red. Just search, they are not that hard to find online

(My plants from there arrived in great condition) Also look into ferts if you want these colored plants, preferable with some iron for keeping a strong variation of red color.

**James0816** · 02-24-2012, 6:52 AM

How bout Hygrophila difformis variegated.

**ROYWS3** · 02-24-2012, 7:14 AM

There are a few swords that are variegated - marble queen radicans; marble melon; E. "Red Flame". Probably more - these are just a few I know of the top of my head