🌿 Vallisneria nana 'Striped' – Hardy, Patterned Background Grass Plant
Vallisneria nana 'Striped', also known as Vallisneria nana 'Tiger', is a robust and undemanding background plant ideal for planted aquariums. This cultivar is a hybrid derived from Vallisneria nana, combining its narrow-leaved form with subtle variegation in the form of brown striping or speckled dot patterns on some leaves. Known for its hardiness, it is even more resilient than Vallisneria spiralis and can quickly propagate via runners to form dense, swaying backgrounds.
Reaching over 20 inches in height under optimal conditions, this Tiger Vallisneria retains its rich green coloration even under high-intensity lighting—unlike its cousin Vallisneria spiralis 'Leopard', which develops intense red hues and a more marbled texture. Its graceful, upright growth and ease of care make it a standout choice for aquascapers of all skill levels.
🌟 Key Features:
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Scientific Name: Vallisneria nana 'Striped'
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Synonyms: Vallisneria nana 'Tiger'
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Common Name: Tiger Vallisneria
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Subtle Leaf Variegation: May display random brown stripes or speckles on green leaves
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Hardy and Adaptable: More resilient than Vallisneria spiralis
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Tall Growth: Can reach 20+ inches, great for background coverage
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Runners for Propagation: Spreads easily to create lush plant groupings
🌱 Growth & Propagation:
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Lighting Needs: Moderate to high light
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CO₂ & Fertilizers: CO₂ not required; nutrient-rich substrate or root tabs recommended
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Growth Method: Grows vertically and propagates rapidly via runners
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Nutrient Substrate: Recommended
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Can Be Grown Emersed: Yes
🖼️ Aquascaping Benefits:
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Creates soft, natural movement in the background
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Ideal for Dutch-style and jungle-style aquascapes
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Pairs well with red or colorful stem plants for contrast
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Helps soften hardscape transitions and background lines
📦 What You’ll Receive:
Sold as loose bare-root plants, bunched plants, or potted plants:
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Bare-root Plants: Approximately 2–3 individual loose, bare-root plants
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Bunched Plants: Approximately 2–3 individual bare-root plants bundled with foam and a plant weight
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Potted Plants: Approximately 2–3 individual bare-root plants potted in rockwool and net pot
⚠️ Disclaimer:
Some leaf melting may occur when transitioning to a new tank. Stripe intensity and patterning may vary between individual plants. Provide stable lighting and substrate for best performance.
🚫 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.
j
havent thrown anything out yet. Jury is still out of whether the plants will survive. Will wait and see... otherwise everything else about my order is/was fine.
Y
The plant looks okay but the seller cut off too many roots. The plants I got have almost no roots. I'm not sure if it can grow well.
We will see.
L
I just left a similar review on the dwarf baby urchin. This plant was also sold to me in a very bad state and for $20. I'm not surprised it's on sale now. I run co2 and dose fertilizer so i tried to plant and hope it could make a comeback, but it didn't. I really want both this and DBU in my tank but at this price i cannot justify the risk. Can't recommend.
j
Came healthy and in good shape. I really enjoy ordering from APF and their plants and prices are excellent, as well as their selection.
T
Fantastic plant. Fast shipment. Very healthy
C
Arrived healthy and great looking. After a few days it starts to melt on some leaves which I ripped it off and tossed it. But it is also regrowing as well once it got used to my water, also shooting off little ones already!
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