Identifying your aquarium plants from sunken treasure
Welcome to our rather concise guide on how to identify your aquarium plants from Sunken Treasure Aquatics. If you’re viewing this page after ordering from us, thank you! And as always, please chat with Botbeard (in the bottom right corner) if you have any questions or issues with your order.
Please view our full guide on how to unpack and plant your plants here.
The important stuff while you unpack your order
If you ordered from us, thank you! Your order contains a beautiful assortment of plants, which typically varies depending on which bundle you purchased. We’ll help you get the exact plant names shortly, but let’s start with the important stuff.
Every plant wrapped in the gold napkin is a stem plant. Stem plants should just be planted in the substrate and will grow easily.
Floating plants are packed separately in a small baggie. Just add them to the top of your tank.
We don’t typically sell epiphytes (like Java Fern or Anubias) which need to be attached to hardscape.
The end of the plant wrapped in the napkin is the end that should be planted in the substrate.
If you ordered a Betta Bundle, the ‘dead’ looking leaves in the baggie are Catappa Leaves, which can just be added to your tank to add beneficial tannins to the water. They’re meant to be dried, they’re not live plants.
The proper care for your plants
We tailor each plant package to your tank, so you shouldn’t need to worry about knowing the proper care each plant requires. All the plants we send require just about the same level of light, nutrients, etc- so you can confidently plant each of the plants wherever you think they’re the most beautiful and feel confident that they’ll all grow great.
As always, feel free to ask us if you have any questions.
Easily identify your plants yourself
Our website contains listings of every plant we grow, including clear photos, descriptions, placement instructions, growth instructions, and more. Simply find a listing with an image matching the plant and read up on the info about it.
Click one of the links below and just look for the image of the plant that matches what you received. Note that even if our site says an item is out of stock, we may still ship it in bundles.
Click here for EASY bundles (King’s Ransom, Betta Bundle, Shrimpy Bundle, Unkillable Bundle)
Click here for REGULAR bundles ($1 Mystery Stems, Custom Packs, Aquascaper Bundles, Overstock)
Click here for RARE bundles (Overstock Premium, Rare Collector’s)
Click here to identify FLOATERS
Send us a pic, and we’ll IDentify all your plants for you
Since we can’t label each individual stem in a bag, we make it easy by just simply offering to ID them virtually for you. The easiest way to get an accurate ID of all of your plants (even if you didn’t buy them from us!) is to send us a photo of them.
After unpacking your plants, please lay the plants out on a solid background (before planting them, ideally) and snap a clear photo of them.
Then, just chat with Botbeard using the bubble in the bottom right, and send us that photo. We’ll get back to you ASAP with an ID of each plant as well as some information on each plant and the best care for them.
