{"id":32447,"date":"2026-05-18T16:14:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/shop\/indian-fern\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T18:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T15:46:11","slug":"indian-fern","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/shop\/indian-fern\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Fern Ceratopteris Thalictroides \u2013 Easy Floating &amp; Stem Aquarium Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Indian Fern (Ceratopteris thalictroides)<\/strong> is a highly versatile, fast-growing aquarium plant that can be used as either a <strong>floating plant<\/strong> or a <strong>rooted background stem plant<\/strong>, making it one of the most flexible live plants available for freshwater aquariums. Its distinctive, lacy bright-green fronds create a beautiful, natural canopy or background that provides shelter for shy fish, breeding habitat for bubble-nest builders, and cover for fry.<\/p>\n<p>Indian Fern is well-known as an excellent <strong>natural water purifier<\/strong>, absorbing excess nutrients, nitrates, and ammonia efficiently \u2014 improving water quality in heavily stocked tanks.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Species:<\/strong> Ceratopteris thalictroides<\/li>\n<li><strong>Difficulty:<\/strong> Easy \u2014 suitable for beginners and low-tech setups<\/li>\n<li><strong>CO2:<\/strong> Not required (optional for faster growth)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Light:<\/strong> Low to moderate<\/li>\n<li><strong>Growth rate:<\/strong> Fast<\/li>\n<li>Use as floating plant or rooted background plant<\/li>\n<li>Provides natural shelter for betta fish, guppies, and fry<\/li>\n<li>Absorbs excess nutrients \u2014 improves water quality<\/li>\n<li>Reproduces easily via plantlets on older fronds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A favourite among planted tank hobbyists. Available at mytankscape.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ceratopteris thalictroides Indian Fern \u2014 a versatile, fast-growing aquarium plant for floating or rooted use. Low-tech compatible and great for freshwater tanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":35573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[319,289,320],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-32447","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-freshwater-aquariums","product_cat-liveplants","product_cat-lowtech-plants","first","instock","featured","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/32447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32447"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/32447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38884,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/32447\/revisions\/38884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=32447"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=32447"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=32447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}