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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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Gillet's Anubias

Anubias gilletii

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Slender Anubias

Anubias gracilis

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Spade-leaf Anubias

Anubias hastifolia

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Parrot's Feather

Myriophyllum aquaticum

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Hornwort

Ceratophyllum demersum

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow

Radican Sword

Echinodorus cordifolius

Works with Planning
Rosette / Crown Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerModerate

Water Spangles

Salvinia minima

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow

Lucky Bamboo

Dracaena sanderiana

Works with Planning
Other
Background
BeginnerLow

African Water Fern

Bolbitis heudelotii

Works with Planning
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Floating Water Sprite

Ceratopteris cornuta

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Water Cabbage

Pistia stratiotes

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Water Fern

Azolla filiculoides

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Watermeal

Wolffia arrhiza

Works with Planning
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerModerate

Guppy Grass

Najas guadalupensis

Works with Planning
Stem Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Congo Anubias

Anubias heterophylla

Conflicting Needs
Rhizome / Epiphyte Plant
Midground
Background
BeginnerLow

Pothos

Epipremnum aureum

Conflicting Needs
Other
Attached to hardscape
Background
BeginnerLow

Sweet Potato

Ipomoea batatas

Conflicting Needs
Other
Background
Attached to hardscape
BeginnerModerate

Common Duckweed

Lemna minor

Conflicting Needs
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow

Giant Duckweed

Spirodela polyrhiza

Conflicting Needs
Floating Plant
Floating
BeginnerLow