Florida 10 Species Live Aquarium Plants Bundle

These plants were far nicer than I was expecting. Except for one grass type, they were all so perfect that everyone thinks they’re plastic. Transformed my tank and they seem to be thriving. The tall grass isn’t quite as perfect looking but after a few days even it is putting out new roots.

First shipment got lost/misplaced, not sure which. When it finally arrived most of the plants were in very poor condition. Contacted the seller, sent pictures, and they replaced the plants in a new shipment. I am very happy with the healthy replacement plants and they are thriving in my tank. I would highly recommend this purchase.

The media could not be loaded. A little more than a month later and at least one of each species is still growing. The Anubias is a little iffy but I think that’s on me with too much lighting, poor glueing, and low nutrients. A few of the stems died off but as long as I have a few of each I’m okay with that since they’re easy to propagate. The swords are doing great and the grassy plants are good as well. I received two of the longer grasses which almost died back all the way before their roots kicked in and now I’ve somehow ended up with three of them. The swords are doing great as well. I enjoyed this as a starter to get my tank set up and will probably add some more specific plants later. Two things I wish were better. One: I would have liked to receive a card identifying which species each of the plant are. Since this set is mostly for beginners most of us won’t know what these plants are and would like to research how to are for them. Google images reverse image search has helped. The other thing is I wish the plants had been rooted longer. Most of the plants had very small roots or none at all which I think limited some of the immediate success. I've got aquasoil beneath the sand as well as root tabs. Oase filter and led lighting. No CO2. Currently have 8 amanos, one snail, and 10 neons planning on a few medium sized fish eventually. Tank is 40 gal.

So this is probably as much my fault as anything else, but I'm writing this review as a cautionary tale to others in my position.I have a shallow 30-35 gallon pond with minnows and goldfish and a box turtle that loves to swim in it. My pond had a few turtle-safe plants in it already, but I had noticed the water beginning to foam, and this meant that I needed more plant life to counteract the fish life to balance the pond. So I ordered this because honestly, it's a great deal.When the plants arrived they were all bunched together in a bag. Nothing was labeled, so I don't know what I got. Everything looked sort of unhealthy, but with the temperature being what it is around the midsouth lately I can't blame the shipper for that. Anyway I popped everything into the substrate, which is only about half an inch thick of pea gravel and sand, and positioned everything away from the walls (so the turtle wouldn't rip it up as she passed by) and in the areas that get the most sunlight. I poured in some pond plant fertilizer, and then waited. A few plants, one I think is Java fern, really added a nice touch to the pond bottom. A few more looked like once they got a hold on the bottom, they'd be really beautiful. One was just like... long skinny leaves with no roots. It was almost completely brown but I had high hopes for it.So two weeks or so in, and the Java fern has shrunk. Not looking so good. Two of the more potentially beatific plants are completely gone. Turns out I wasn't the only one who thought they looked nice--I think the fish ate them. The long skinny ones got pulled out by the turtle when she swam around. One very pretty set of cuttings was purple with little white tips on the end. Pretty sure the turtle ate those.This morning the foam is starting to come back (it had completely went away initially). It looks like, of the initial ten plants I placed in there, only 3 remain in any sort of living condition.What's really crazy about this is I may order again. I still need plants in my little pond and this is the best deal out there. I suppose it would help if I knew anything about these species, and it would be incredibly helpful if the seller would put some sort of description card and special care instructions for the actual plants I received. I'm not sure if that would have made me more successful, but it couldn't hurt. It was very frustrating not knowing what I'm putting in the pond or how sensitive it might be.All in all, I'll say it was great value for the money, tempting fate to get it through the mail, impossible (for someone like me) to identify the species or know how to care for each one, and the survivability is reduced by so many variables here, it might not be worth it, but then again it might.Best wishes, JM

All of the plants showed up in good condition and have lasted in my tank well since put in place. Very healthy, no pesky hitchhikers.