Vesicularia montagnei 'Mini', commonly known as Mini Christmas Moss or Mini Xmas Moss, is a beloved aquatic plant among aquarists for its unique, festive appearance and versatile use in aquascaping.
Key Features:
- Festive Appearance: Features finely branched fronds that resemble miniature Christmas trees, adding a unique and charming element to any aquarium.
- Compact Growth: Grows densely and compactly, creating a lush, bushy effect that enhances the visual appeal of your aquascape.
Optimal Conditions:
- Lighting: Thrives in low to moderate lighting conditions, making it suitable for a variety of aquarium setups.
- Water Parameters: Prefers slightly acidic to neutral pH levels (6.0 to 7.5) and temperatures between 68°F to 77°F (20°C to 25°C).
Aquarium Benefits:
- Aesthetic Appeal: Adds a lush, green carpet effect to the foreground or midground of your aquarium, enhancing its overall beauty.
- Versatile Placement: Can be attached to rocks, driftwood, or other decorations, offering flexibility in aquascaping designs.
- Natural Shelter: Provides excellent hiding and breeding spots for small fish and invertebrates, contributing to a healthy and balanced aquarium ecosystem.
Care and Maintenance:
- Easy to Care For: Known for its hardiness and minimal care requirements, making it ideal for both beginner and experienced aquarists.
- Propagation: Can be easily propagated by trimming and reattaching cuttings to new surfaces, allowing for easy expansion and customization of aquascapes.
- Regular Trimming: Regular trimming helps maintain its compact form and encourages healthy growth.
Conclusion:
Vesicularia montagnei 'Mini' (Mini Christmas Moss) is an exceptional choice for aquarists looking to add a touch of natural elegance to their freshwater aquariums. Its compact, bushy growth and unique miniature Christmas tree appearance make it a standout addition to any aquascape. Easy to care for and highly versatile, Mini Christmas Moss is perfect for creating lush, green carpets or accentuating hardscape elements in your aquarium.
Enhance your aquascape with the charming beauty of Mini Christmas Moss and enjoy the vibrant, healthy underwater environment it helps create.
- Sold as small, loose portion
- Approx. 2 inches in size
Disclaimer: Pictures are not the actual plants you will receive, but a sample representation. Unless specific, we don't guarantee aquatic plants will be free of pests, and pesticides, grow emerged or submerge.
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Scientific Name |
Vesicularia montagnei 'Mini' |
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Synonyms |
Taxiphyllum sp. Mini Christmas, Vesicularia sp. Mini Christmas |
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Common Name |
Mini Christmas Moss, Mini Xmas Moss |
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Placement |
Attachable to Driftwood, Stone, or Decor |
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CO2 |
Not Required |
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Growth Rates |
Slow |
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Difficulty Level |
Easy |
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Nutrient Substrate |
Not Required |
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Can it grow emerged? |
Yes |
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Lighting Requirements |
Medium - High |
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.
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- 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.
Customer Reviews
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Sadly my moss arrived more brown than green, certainly not as lovely as the photo. I put it in my tank hoping it could bounce back but it's completely brown now. It was a hot day when it arrived and it was scorching inside the box when I opened it, so maybe it just didn't survive the trip .. picture is what it looks like 4 days to being in the tank. :(
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The moss clump sizes were generous and it arrived with a healthy green color. Now tied to driftwood it is looking good but it has only been a couple days. I was concerned that there was no heat pack just a thermal blanket. The temperature of the plants measured with a rapid read thermometer between the bags of plants was about 59 degrees and probably pretty much optimal for transportation. They seem to be doing well with no signs of significant shock or wilting including several types of moss and stem plants. I did opt for second day delivery despite the extra cost.
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