The aquarium plants of the selection criteria and principles used in landscaping as aquarium plants, not only requires good varieties, but also in carefully selected before planting, the general selection criteria and principles are:

1. Leaf: To select leaves are angry, leaf intact, colorful and unique to meet the color of grass.

2. The petiole: In the same plants, the leaves intact, petiole short and tender, new shoots and more, there is no moss attached. Petiole short as possible, the more short-throw of the plants, ornamental plants in the aquarium will be higher.

3. Grass posture: A complete grass posture, avoid buying tip, leaves, roots, stems have scars, ulcers, tumors or broken plants.

4. Age: Select sprout better than the old plants, leaves many of the old plants, transplants easily injured; And leaves little sprout, its vitality, were injured in the migration process is not easy.

5. The roots: Plants Shuozhuang to choose plants, roots and more stable and robust stem diameter, tall lush, Zhang Liqiang, good shape, leaf color, normal plants.

6. Tuber: Tuber plants, tubers should be selected large, full, complete, smooth skin, lesions were no injuries, and must be with the buds, if no leaf buds of the tubers, indicating necrosis of the internal organization may not survive, should not be optional.

7. Equipment and home landscape position to consider: The purchase of plants species, first need to consider whether you plan to use aquarium system for plants grown in carbon dioxide assisted, if do not intend to buy carbon dioxide system, you should avoid purchasing some of the fast type aquatic plants, because plants can cause rapid growth of carbon dioxide in water quality caused by the consumption of a large number of minor fluctuations in pH occur, so you should buy some of the slow growth and growing demand for lower plants, such as: Crown grass, iron crown class, Yung class and so on. Also select their own plants should also take into account the conditions of the device configuration, the configuration capabilities of the device according to the selection of different sizes and length of light required to match the types of plants. Of course, when the plants should be selected taking into account prospects, medium shot, after the King should have the right kind, when reflected in the layout of three-dimensional background aquatic plants can be selected up to the surface type; the middle and both sides of the selected half-height aquatic species, and should be little prospect of plants.

8. The number and types: The purchase of the number of plants to prepare for planting, the selection of plants suited to local climatic conditions, all plants of the area planted aquarium should have about 70% of bottom area, too rare plants during the growing number of very easily lead to the spread of unwanted algae. Planted tank plants species used in the less sense the more there will be a whole, messy with too many but will not beauty, the red lines should not be planted too many plants.

9. Try to pick the color, leaf type, size of plants species are not similar, not quite sure if planting techniques, difficult to avoid the kinds of plants of some species.

10. Aquatic plants planted in addition to pay attention to gardening techniques, ornamental fish have to consider the specific requirements of the environment. For some fish transparent or light-colored fish, plants need to make some dark background, better bring out the lovely fish; and some body smart, lively variety, plants should not be too thick, not suitable for planting those leaves broad, tall plant species, otherwise, the fish can not swim free shuttle, fish are often overshadowed by plants; some fish to feed on aquatic plants or pecking like Diao, so broken stems and leaves, and even whole plants Drilling was floating on the water. Keeping these fish, the aquarium should not be planting, if planted, the plants can only choose a strong vitality. The cultivation methods can be directly planted in the bottom of the soil can also be planted in a pot, then planted with grass pots on the aquarium.

11. It is necessary to choose the water leaves the state of the plants, but also select the type of leaf water plants, more importantly, according to the specifications of the aquarium and ornamental fish breeding habits of the selected plants to adapt.

12. Miscellaneous algae: Algae water network, wire algae, Cladophora algae in the water and other large breed Express, and sometimes will affect fish activity, but also easy to clean and kill, buy plants, carefully selected with moss and other impurities can not .

13. Supporting: The purchase of plants, they need to consider the affordability of their own, but also take into account whether the coordination has raised ornamental fish, but also to consider the size of your aquarium, in a small aquarium, planting trees or too large many plants, not only unsightly, but also hinder the growth of fish and swimming; in a large aquarium, planting small or too few plants, but also reach the effect of planting aquatic plants.