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Mermaid Weed Coexistence Guides

Mermaid Weed is most often used midground and background, so these coexistence guides focus on other plants that can share that space and care envelope without turning the scape into a maintenance fight.

PlacementMidground
LightHigh
DifficultyIntermediate
FlowModerate (Standard)
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Carolina Fanwort

Cabomba caroliniana

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
IntermediateHigh

Crypt Wendtii

Cryptocoryne wendtii

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Green Cabomba

Cabomba aquatica

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Background
AdvancedHigh

Melon Sword

Echinodorus osiris

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Water Onion

Crinum thaianum

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
BeginnerModerate

Water Wisteria

Hygrophila difformis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Broad-leaved Crypt

Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Octopus Plant

Pogostemon stellatus

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Pelia

Monosolenium tenerum

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Stringy Moss

Leptodictyum riparium

Works with Planning
Moss / Liverwort
Attached to hardscape
Midground
BeginnerLow

Temple Plant

Hygrophila corymbosa

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Beckett's Water Trumpet

Cryptocoryne beckettii

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Cryptocoryne Lutea

Cryptocoryne walkeri var. lutea

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Mosaic Plant

Ludwigia sedioides

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Background
AdvancedHigh

Undulata

Cryptocoryne undulata

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Wendtii Crypt

Cryptocoryne wendtii

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Foreground
Midground
BeginnerLow

Amazon Sword

Echinodorus amazonicus

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Anacharis

Egeria densa

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Uruguay Sword

Echinodorus uruguayensis

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Afzel's Anubias

Anubias afzelii

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Boivin's Aponogeton

Aponogeton boivinianus

Works with Planning
Bulb / Tuber Plant
Background
IntermediateModerate

Italian Val

Vallisneria spiralis

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
BeginnerLow

Java Fern

Leptochilus pteropus

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Jungle Val

Vallisneria americana

Works with Planning
Stolon / Runner Plant
Background
BeginnerLow