🌿 Cryptocoryne Albida ‘Red’ – Rare, CO₂-Dependent Crypt with Reddish Hue

Sold as Bare-Root, Rooted Bunched, or Rooted Potted Plants | For Experienced Aquascapers

Cryptocoryne Albida ‘Red’ is a rare and striking foreground crypt that stands out for its deep bronze-to-reddish coloration and narrow, lance-shaped leaves. Unlike common Crypt species, this plant requires a stable, enriched environment with pressurized CO₂ injection, nutrient-rich substrate, and consistent care. It is best suited for experienced aquascapers looking to challenge their skills with a demanding but visually rewarding species.

Once established, it forms a dense rosette and adds earthy depth and texture to any layout.

🌟 Key Features

• Scientific Name: Cryptocoryne albida ‘Red’

• Common Name: Crypt Albida Red

• Leaf Shape: Narrow, lanceolate

• Leaf Color: Reddish-bronze to dark olive

• Growth Form: Compact rosette

• Ideal Placement: Foreground to midground

🌱 Growth & Propagation

• Growth Rate: Slow

• Light Requirement: Medium to high

• CO₂ Requirement: ✅ Required

• Nutrient Substrate: ✅ Required

• Can Be Grown Emersed: ✅ Yes (with stable humidity and light)

🪴 What You’ll Receive

• Bare-Root Plants: 1–2 small, loose, unpotted plants

• Rooted Bunched Plants: 1–2 plants bundled with foam and a plant weight

• Rooted Potted Plants: 1–2 plants rooted in rockwool and net pot

• This listing features young plants grown in a controlled laboratory environment (ex-vitro), offering a clean, pest-free start ideal for experienced aquascapers ready to meet its advanced care requirements.

🖼️ Aquascaping Benefits

• A rare collector’s crypt with subtle red tones

• Excellent for filling low zones with rich, natural texture

• Contrasts beautifully with green carpeting or moss species

• Stays compact without overcrowding small tanks

⚠️ Disclaimer

Cryptocoryne Albida ‘Red’ is a delicate and sensitive species that may undergo "Crypt melt"—a natural shedding of leaves—when transitioning to a new environment. This response is common and temporary. To ensure successful growth, it is essential to maintain stable water parameters, provide pressurized CO₂, and use a nutrient-rich substrate.

🚫 State Restrictions Notice ♻️ Be a Responsible Aquatic Plants Owner
Never release Cryptocoryne Albida 'Red'—or any aquarium plant—into natural waterways. Doing so can harm local ecosystems. Please dispose of unwanted portions responsibly.

 WHAT WE GUARANTEE

24 Hours Live Arrival Guarantee* - In a rare case of live stocks dead on arrival, we must be notified within 24 hours by the same day of delivery. Please take clear photos of the damaged product and send it to us within 24 hours.  Live Arrival Guarantee will be void after 24 hours of delivery. All replacements are considered final and we will not replace the replacement.

1. Picture requirements: Take at least 2 clear photos of damaged product in their original, unopened & sealed transparent packing and send photos and orders information to our email within 24 hours: aquariumplantsfactory@gmail.com 
2. Please do not take picture of damaged plants, or animals in your aquarium. Once they have been introduced to your aquarium's ecosystem. It is no longer covered by our guarantee.

Please be aware that our Live Arrival Guarantee is subject to certain conditions. Specifically, the guarantee will not be applicable in cases where the package is marked as 'invalid address', 'undeliverable' or is 'returned to sender.' This includes situations such as a vacant delivery address, a missing apartment number, or any other issues that prevent the postal service from delivering your package.

It is crucial to provide accurate and complete shipping information to ensure the successful delivery of your order and the applicability of the Live Arrival Guarantee.

Please keep in mind that Live Arrival Guarantee only guarantees that live stocks will be alive upon arrival. We cannot guarantee that you will continue to have success with them. Many factors, including the aquarium environment, water quality, nutrient, temperature, lighting, filter, and CO2 system, can contribute to the failure to grow live plants and live animals.

WHAT WE CAN'T GUARANTEE

Even though our plants are very clean, but we can't guarantee they will be 100% pest-free because we cannot be responsible for your aquarium. Please use it at your own risk. We recommended all customers rinse the plants with clean water and quarantine them before use.

However, plants in tissue culture will be 100% free from pests, algae and never have been contacting with any aquarium.

1. Due to the nature of the product. We don't guarantee our plants will be pests free. ( snails, algae, hitchhikers )
2. We don't guarantee our plants will be free of pesticides. We use homemade, organic pesticides in our greenhouse to control pests. We do not use pesticides that contain copper. Copper is toxic to invertebrates such as aquatic snails, crabs, shrimps, etc
3. We don't guarantee your aquarium success or are responsible for your aquarium inhabitant including but not limited to fish, shrimp, snail, turtle, etc. So please quarantine all plants when use!
4. Unless specific, we don't guarantee aquatic plants will be grow emerged or submerge.

Please review your state's regulations on restricted plants, as we are committed to not shipping plants that are restricted in your area. Do not release any plants into the wild or waterways, as this can harm local ecosystems by introducing invasive species.

Your cooperation in protecting the environment is appreciated. For continuously updated information, refer to the USDA State Noxious Weed list here.

Thank you for your responsible commitment to environmental preservation.