Since 1970, the Danish company Tropica has been providing high-quality aquarium plants, mosses, and aquascaping products to enthusiasts all over the world. Whether you're a beginner in aquatics or a seasoned aquascaper, Tropica brings quality and reliability into your home.
✅ Top-quality plants
Tropica plants are cultivated in state-of-the-art nurseries, with attention to optimal growing conditions and innovative cultivation techniques. This results in strong and healthy plants with excellent survival rates.
✅ Wide assortment
From easy-to-maintain plants for beginners to rare species for advanced hobbyists. All plants come with a handy selection label: easy/medium/advanced, making it immediately clear how easy or demanding an aquarium plant is.
✅ Tropica 1-2-Grow!
Plants in this category are grown in sterile cups without algae, snails, or pesticides. This unique cultivation method keeps the ecological footprint as small as possible.
Grown in a coconut fibre mini-pot to plug and grow in the tank. Packed in a breathable blister packaging to go. Rotala rotundifolia from South-East Asia has long, thin leaves and 15-30 long stems, 2-3 cm wide including the leaves.
Cryptocoryne beckettii 'Petchii' is a small variety of Cryptocoryne beckettii from Sri Lanka, which has beautiful, slightly fluted leaf margins, 10-15 cm long. Leaves become dark olive-brown with violet underside.
Cylinder for Tropica CO2 set nano. Weight is 95 grams and contains 50,000 ml CO2.
Bacopa caroliniana originates from US, stems become 10-30 cm long and 3-4 cm wide. Apart from relatively good light it makes few demands.
Mangrovewood with self-attached Bolbitis heudelotii. Bolbitis comes from West Africa, a fern with beautiful, transparent green leaves, 15-40 cm tall and wide.
Anubias barteri var. nana is a small, attractive plant which thrives in all conditions. It originates from Cameroon and will reach 5-10 cm height. The rhizome will be 10-15 cm or more. It grows slowly, and the leaves survive for several years, giving slow
Rotala wallichii is a demanding plant that develops red shoot tips in good light conditions. The most decorative effect can be achieved by planting a large number of stems in a group. Heigth: 10-30 cm
Pogostemon deccanensis is a fast growing aquarium plant that absorbs a lot of waste. Forms strands with narrow leaves. Gets +- 45 centimeters high.
The stem plant Hottonia from Asia and Europe is an unassuming and easy beginner plant. The many curved shoots with fanned and intensely light green leaves quickly create a close group. Each stem becomes 4-6 cm wide and 10-30 cm high.
Bucephalandra sp. 'Red' does best at lower light levels and is very easy to grow. The leaves are of a very dark green or leathery red colour. Size of leaf is 2-4 cm wide, 4-6 cm long and usually it will present wavy edges.
The Sagittaria subulata is a fast grower and an ideal plant to use as ground cover. Gets +- 10 centimeters high.
Leptodictyum riparium is a slender, upright moss that tolerates both high and low temperatures. Leptodictyum riparium is often called "stringy moss".
Bucephalandra 'Kedagang' is characterized by long, narrow, dark green leaves with white dots. The leaf can be 1-2 cm wide and up to 6 cm long. The rhizomes are red and similar to the Red variety of Bucephalandra.
'Reni' is a well-known cultivar characterised by being amongst the smallest of the red Echinodorus, 15-40 cm tall and a roset from 15-25 wide.
Helanthium ‘Quadricostatus’ from South America has characteristic light-green leaves 10-15 cm long which form a good contrast to the darker aquarium plants. It is most beautiful when planted in groups, each roset becoming 15-20 cm wide.
The Gratiola viscidula is a plant that is very suitable for use in nano aquariums. Gets +- 25 centimeters high.
Echinodorus 'Reni' is a well-known cultivar characterised by being amongst the smallest of the red Echinodorus, 15-40 cm tall and a roset from 15-25 wide.
Growth of Mini Taiwan moss is horizontal and overhanging, like a mini version of 'Weeping moss'. Attaching to branching wood or vertical rock will present it at its best and is also very useful for a moss wall or for hiding installations in the aquarium.
Glossostigma elatinoides from New Zealand is much in demand in aquariums. It is one of the smallest aquarium plants, and thus a good foreground plant. Gets +- 2-3 centimeters high.
Echinodorus grisebachii 'Tropica' is a small, distinctive sword plant, well-suited for the foreground or middle ground due to its compact size, which typically ranges from 5 to 10 cm in height
The Asiatic Rotala sp. ‘Green’ is very similar to Rotala rotundifolia, but its leaves remain fresh and bright green, even with intensive light. Stems becomes 40-50 cm long and 2-3 cm wide.
Lilaeopsis brasiliensis from South America can grow very compact, but a "lawn effect'' (4-7 cm tall) is only achieved at high light intensity.