Varietgated Plant suggestions please

andyjh

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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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
How bout Hygrophila difformis variegated.
 
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
 
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