🌿 Vallisneria gigantea – Towering Eelgrass for Large Aquariums
Vallisneria gigantea, also known as Giant Vallisneria, is a massive and majestic background plant ideal for large aquariums and open-top tanks. Native to Southeast Asia and Australia, this species is best known for its towering, ribbon-like leaves that can exceed 36 inches in height—creating dramatic vertical lines and natural movement within the aquascape. Its size and strength make it a favorite for planted community tanks, cichlid tanks, and natural biotope-style layouts.
As with other Vallisneria species, Vallisneria gigantea spreads quickly through runners and thrives in a variety of freshwater conditions. Its broad, tall foliage provides excellent shelter for fish and fry while delivering a powerful visual statement in any aquatic environment.
🌟 Key Features:
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Scientific Name: Vallisneria gigantea
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Synonyms: Giant Vallisneria
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Common Name: Jungle Vallisneria
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Impressive Height: Long, wide leaves can exceed 36 inches, ideal for tall tanks
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Bold Background Structure: Creates towering green curtains with dynamic movement
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Hardy and Easy to Grow: Adapts well to different lighting and water parameters
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Spreads Rapidly: Propagates via runners to form thick, lush backgrounds
🌱 Growth & Propagation:
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Lighting Needs: Moderate to high light for best growth and leaf height
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CO₂ & Fertilizers: CO₂ not required; benefits from root tabs or nutrient-rich substrate
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Growth Method: Spreads via runners; new plants can be trimmed or relocated
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Nutrient Substrate: Recommended
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Can Be Grown Emersed: Yes
🖼️ Aquascaping Benefits:
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Perfect for large and tall aquariums needing dramatic vertical impact
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Ideal for hiding filtration equipment and creating natural fish shelter
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Provides jungle-like atmosphere in biotope, nature, or river-style layouts
📦 What You’ll Receive:
Sold as loose fresh-cut plants, bunched plants, or potted plants:
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Bare-root Plants: Approximately 1–2 individual loose, bare-root plants
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Bunched Plants: Approximately 1–2 individual bare-root plants bundled with foam and a plant weight
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Potted Plants: Approximately 1–2 individual bare-root plants potted in rockwool and net pot
⚠️ Disclaimer:
Due to their size, leaves may fold or curl during shipping but will straighten after planting. Some melt may occur in new environments. Provide stable light and nutrients for optimal growth.
🚫 State Restrictions Notice ♻️ Be a Responsible Aquatic Plants Owner
Always follow your local guidelines and never release aquarium plants into natural water systems. Dispose of plant trimmings responsibly.
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.
S
they all looked healthy! would’ve appreciated more roots, but other than that they’re perfect!
j
Plants arrived on time in great condition. They are actually Gigantea, not another species of Valisneria. I'm very happy!
C
Several 2-3 leafed plants from one order for one plant. Excellent! I can’t wait till they get mature.
k
I received 3 seperate rhizomes of this plant, basically just the rhizome and leaf blades, no extensive roots. 2 seem to be doing pretty good, the other is a bit transparent but probably fine. So far they seem healthy, and three individual rhizomes is very nice. Really healthy for the most part, and basically no leaf damage also.
T
I'm very happy with the Vallisneria Gigantea I received from APF. It arrived well packaged, very healthy, & good sized.
C
Mature, wide leaves with a decent root system and extras included.
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