List of marine aquarium plant species

Aquatic plants are used to give the aquarium a natural appearance, oxygenate the water, and provide habitat for fish, especially fry (babies) and for invertebrates.

They possess the pigment Chlorophyll which gives them their coloration ranging from bright green to yellow or dark jade.

[242] Their leaves should be exposed to the air, well beyond the surface of the water, and be sprayed with freshwater regularly to prevent salt buildup.

They also require intense lighting and a layer of substrate, not too shallow as to let the tree topple over and not too fine which would make parts of the sandbed to go anaerobic.

Green turf algae include the genera Cladophora (and potentially Cladophoropsis) and Ulva, as well as the species Chlorodesmis fastigiata.

[244] Brown turf algae often arrive on contaminated live rock and include the genus Dictyota as well as the species Lobophora variegata and Padina australis.

Blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) may also be present, with Phormidium corallyticum causing black band disease in coral.