Additional Information

Aquatic plants are good for:

Creation of oxygen

Consumption of CO2

Good for filtration of water

Good for fish

Stabilizes pH

Removes phosphate and nitrate, preventing algae growth

Lower stress and boosts immune system of fish

Usually, when there is the refuge of plants close to fish, they tend to stay out in the open where you can see them

Fish eat the plants

Best aquariums have 6.5-7.8 for pH

 Adaptations for aquatic plants: aquatic plants can soak in the necessary nutrients to live from the water 

Some aquatic plants can float

Some aquatic plants developed special roots to stick to the bottom of the body of water

Plants need water, sunlight, and CO2 to live

Aquatic plants are adapted to soak in CO2 and water from the water they are inhabited in 

Seagrass, an aquatic plant, has gas-filled bladders on its leaves in order for the plant to be buoyant

Aquatic plants have special adaptations to the salty ocean: storing salt and dispensing it eventually, breaking down the salt into sodium and chlorine, membrane barriers which defends plants from salt

Leaves are the main area where photosynthesis occurs

Chloroplasts are the organelles needed for photosynthesis

Because floating aquatic plants stay on the surface, they get direct sunlight and can get CO2. They can also release oxygen into the air