🌿 Ludwigia arcuata – Narrow Leaf Repens with Brilliant Red Coloration
Ludwigia arcuata, also known as Narrow Leaf Repens, is a vibrant and eye-catching stem plant that brings a striking splash of color to freshwater aquariums. Featuring narrow, delicate leaves that grow bright green when emersed and transform to vivid red hues under submerged conditions with strong lighting, this adaptable plant adds dynamic contrast and depth to any aquascape.
Native to the Americas, Ludwigia arcuata is a hardy and versatile species that tolerates a wide range of water parameters. Its fine, arching leaves create beautiful movement in the water, making it a favorite for both beginner and experienced aquarists looking to enhance their layouts with red accents and texture.
🌟 Key Features
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Scientific Name: Ludwigia arcuata
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Common Names: Narrow Leaf Repens, Needle Leaf Ludwigia
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Leaf Shape: Very narrow, linear, and arching
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Leaf Color: Bright green (emersed), brilliant red to orange-red (submerged with good light)
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Growth Form: Upright stem plant with bushy, arching appearance
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Placement: Midground to background
🌱 Growth & Propagation
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Growth Rate: Fast
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Light Requirement: Medium to high (high light enhances red coloration)
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CO₂ Requirement: Recommended for best coloration and growth
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Propagation: Cut healthy stems and replant in substrate
Nutrient Substrate: Required
Can Be Grown Emersed: Yes
🪴 What You’ll Receive
Enhance your aquarium with our versatile selection of high-quality aquatic plants, available in three convenient formats:
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Fresh-cut Plants: Approx. 6 loose, fresh-cut stems without root
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Bunched Plants: Approx. 6 fresh-cut stems without root, bundled with foam and lead weight
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Potted Plants: Approx. 6 fresh-cut stems without root, potted with net pot and rockwool
🖼️ Aquascaping Benefits
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Adds vibrant red accents and fine texture to planted aquariums
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Ideal for creating contrast with green plants and hardscape
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Provides vertical structure and movement in aquascapes
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Great choice for Dutch-style layouts and nature aquariums
⚠️ Disclaimer
Ludwigia arcuata plants are sold fresh-cut and may experience minor melting or leaf loss during the transition to submerged growth. With proper light and care, they will quickly adapt and produce vibrant new growth.
⚠️ State Restrictions Notice ♻️ Be a Responsible Aquatic Plants Owner
Please check your local state regulations regarding the import or keeping of live aquatic plants. Never release live plants into natural waterways.
Handling time for Live Plants orders:
Live plants are shipped from Monday - Saturday if you choose United States Postal Services (USPS): Most plant-only orders can ship out within 1-3 business days excluded out-of-stock, pre-order, or backorder products.
UPS 2-Days and UPS Overnight only ship from Monday-Wednesday to ensure they arrived in the same week. Please be mindful we also have 1-2 business days handling time, so please placed your order on or before Tuesday, the cut off time is 6:00 AM Pacific Time (PT)
Handling time for Live Animals orders:
Live Animals are shipped from Monday - Wednesday: Live Animals orders take longer to ship. We only ship Live Animals orders when they can be delivered within the week so they don't spend an extra day in transit on the weekend.
Handling time for Live Animals ranges from 1-5 business days depending on the weather and health of the livestock. We will email tracking information when the order is shipped.
Free Shipping: We offer Free Shipping on eligible orders.
- Free Shipping will take 2-5 days to reach you
- If your orders included Live Plants & Live Animals. We will combine the shipment and you will see the flat rate shipping cost at checkout
- Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and US Virgin Islands customers are not qualified for the Free Shipping program. Please upgrade to Expedited or Express Mail for faster delivery.
Delayed Parcels: Sometimes your packages may take longer than normal to arrive with U.S. Postal Service or our chosen courier. We are legally obliged to wait 15 working days (3 weeks) for a package to be considered lost. See U.S. Postal Service website for further detail.
- We cannot be held responsible for any delay caused by U.S. Postal Service but if your packages were lost by the courier service, we will issue a replacement by 50/50, which means we pay 50% and the customers pay 50% plus shipping for the replacement orders.
- Please always keep your shipping address up-to-date! ( Debit and Credit Card, Paypal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Amazon Pay, Shopify Pay, Ali Pay, and other payment processing services )
- Any shipment being refused or shipped back to us by providing a wrong address or other reasons will not be refundable.
Cancellations: We understand sometimes thing goes out of control.
- Please contact us ASAP if you want to cancel your orders. Orders only might be canceled if they are not being shipped by shipping couriers.
Return Policy: All sales are final
- We do not accept returns or exchanges for Live Plants and Live Animals
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.
- 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
- 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.
- Due to the nature of the product. We don't guarantee our plants will be pests free. ( snails, algae, hitchhikers )
- 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
- 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!
- 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.
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The plants were delayed in postage and still arrived perfectly healthy. The clippings were moderately sized, and while they're a little bent out of shape from being in a little bag, they're perfectly fine and thriving
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Received the plants in excellent condition despite the very cold weather and the long trip to the east coast. The plants are in its emerged form, but confident they’ll convert successfully.
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Beautiful. Looks great!
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As usual, my plants arrived quickly and in great condition! They look great in my tank. They will eventually get red and add the perfect amount of color!
b
As always APF is great to work with. Processing times were quick and the plants all arrived well-packaged and healthy. The Ludwigia Needle Leaf was a nice big bunch about 6 inches tall. Some of the stalks were already developing roots, which was nice, so I haven't had to re-plant any of them (some stem plants have come uprooted, but not these.) Super happy! I don't expect it to turn red in my low-tech setup, but I really just wanted a nice interesting taller plant, which this looks to be!
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