Red Root Floaters (Phyllanthus fluitans)

Add a splash of vibrant color to your freshwater aquarium with Red Root Floaters. These beautiful floating plants are prized for their round leaves and striking red roots, making them a favorite among aquascapers and shrimp keepers alike. Under the right lighting conditions, the leaves can develop stunning shades of red, pink, and bronze, creating a truly eye-catching display.

In addition to their beauty, Red Root Floaters help improve water quality by absorbing excess nutrients while providing natural shade and shelter for shrimp, fry, and small fish. Their long, colorful roots also become a natural grazing area where shrimp can feed on beneficial biofilm.

At BKs Paws, every portion is harvested from healthy, established aquariums to ensure you receive fresh, vibrant plants ready to thrive.

Benefits

• Stunning red roots and colorful floating leaves
• Provides natural cover for shrimp, fry, and small fish
• Absorbs excess nutrients to help improve water quality
• Helps reduce algae by competing for nutrients and providing shade
• Creates a natural grazing area for shrimp
• Fast-growing under proper conditions

Plant Care

• Lighting: Moderate to High (High lighting encourages the deepest red coloration)
• Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• Placement: Floating
• Temperature: 68–82°F (20–28°C)
• pH: 6.0–7.5

Care Tips

Red Root Floaters prefer calm water with little surface agitation. Strong currents or constantly wet leaves can slow growth and reduce coloration. To achieve the richest red leaves and roots, provide moderate to high lighting and maintain good nutrient availability. As the plants multiply, remove excess growth to prevent them from completely covering the water's surface.

Perfect for Shrimp Tanks
The dense network of colorful roots provides an excellent refuge for shrimp and baby shrimp while collecting biofilm—a natural food source that shrimp love to graze on throughout the day.

Shipping Note: Floating plants may become compressed or show minor cosmetic damage during shipping. Once placed in calm water with proper lighting, healthy plants typically recover quickly and begin producing new growth.

Whether you're building a vibrant aquascape or creating the ideal habitat for shrimp and fish, Red Root Floaters combine breathtaking color with practical benefits, making them one of the most rewarding floating plants to own.

Shrimp Safe: Our Red Root Floaters are grown in shrimp-safe aquariums without the use of copper-based treatments or pesticides, making them safe for freshwater shrimp and other invertebrates.