CARPETING PLANTS

Carpeting plants are plants that can be used to create a "carpet", or a grass-like look in the foreground of your aquarium. Many aquascapers use these plants when creating aquascapes. Most of these can also be grown emersed in terrariums or the land parts in palaudariums as well!
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Dwarf Hairgrass - Windy City Aquariums

Dwarf Hairgrass

$4.99
Dwarf Hairgrass, or Eleocharis Parvula as it is scientifically known, is a great plant for beginners and seasoned aquarium keepers alike. It is an attractive bottom covering plant with long light...
Pearl Weed - Windy City Aquariums

Pearl Weed

$5.99
Micranthemoides, also known as Pearl Grass or Pearl Weed, is an excellent foreground plant to midground plant and will grow very fast in a Med to High Tech tank, but will also...
Dwarf Sagittaria - Windy City Aquariums

Dwarf Sagittaria

$4.99
Sagittaria Subulata, or more commonly known as Dwarf Sagittaria, is a great plant for aquarists new to planted tanks, it is relatively undemanding and will propagate readily to form an easy...
Monte Carlo - Windy City Aquariums

Monte Carlo

$6.50
NOTE: This is a PRE-ORDERED item which should be ready to ship out after the 1st of December. Orders containing pre-ordered items won't ship until we have all items instock so...
Hydrocotyle Tripartita "Japan" - Windy City Aquariums

Hydrocotyle Tripartita "Japan"

$5.99
Hydrocotyle Tripartita "Japan", also known as Japanese Pennywort, is characterized by fast, compact growth and small, intense green leaves on vertical stems. The plant is carpet-forming (5-10 cm tall) and...
Juncus Repens - Windy City Aquariums

Juncus Repens

$4.50
Juncus Repens is a great easy plant with grass-like long stems and narrow leaves. It is a resilient plant that can grow in a wide range of conditions, making it a suitable...
Dwarf Baby Tears - Windy City Aquariums

Dwarf Baby Tears

$6.50
Hemianthus callitrichoides aka Dwarf Baby Tears, or simply HC, is one of the smallest aquarium plants in the world, and creeps over the bottom with millimetre-sized, round leaves. Hemianthus callitrichoides...
Fissidens Nobilis Moss 3x3 inch Mat - Windy City Aquariums

Fissidens Nobilis Moss 3x3 inch Mat

$14.99
Fissidens Nobilis is a rare aquarium moss that is native to Southeast Asia. It has unique feathery-like leaves that can spread easily once rooted and established. Unlike most other mosses it can be...
Littorella Uniflora - Windy City Aquariums

Littorella Uniflora

$4.50
Littorella Uniflora, also commonly known as “Shoreweed,” is a unique low-growing plant that is native in Europe, North America, and South America. It's an easy beginner-friendly plant that will thrive in...
Giant Baby Tears - Windy City Aquariums

Giant Baby Tears

$5.50
Giant Baby Tears (Micranthemum umbrosum), grows taller than all other Baby Tear plants such as Dwarf Baby Tears. It can be used as a midground or background plant due to how...