Cryptocoryne Tropica

I ordered various crypts and swords, and a lone water sprite recently. Everything was packaged well, and almost all the plants arrived in good shape, despite their time in a box. Except for these crypts. I ordered 6, and all but 1 was a ball of mushy leaves by the time they got to me. I've left them in their pots in my aquarium to see if they manage to spring back, fingers crossed. I wouldn't order these again unless I paid extra for rush shipping.

No luck with this plant. I split it into smaller plants and planted in my sub straight where I have other plants growing. I added root tab at the time of planting to help get them established. These unfortunately did not take and in a few weeks were all gone.

To preface, none of this is being blamed on aquarium co-op. Cryptocoryne aren't the hardiest species in general, so when mine arrived looking almost entirely dead-multiple leaves having already fallen off during shipping- while startling, it wasn't too surprising.

As you can probably guess, what followed after being placed in the tank was melt of pretty much all the bigger/older leaves that had survived shipping over the course of a week. Leaving only four leaves a little over half the size of my pinky nail remaining and still looking a little worse for wear.

With all that being said though, it's already experienced a new growth that looks relatively healthy and while maybe not to this degree, this was all more or less expected. My fish still enjoy trying to lay on it and I don't necessarily regret the purchase. Even if it is odd looking between others photos on arrival and how mine showed up, making me wonder "what happened to you?" haha.

So with all this in mind, I'm not advising anyone against buying this plant. Chances are, Your experience will be better than mine and if I bought another, it'd probably be in better shape than the first. I ultimately don't think anything could've been changed with this particular one as some plants handle shipping better than others, this one was more than likely just a fluke.

I ordered this one from here and a three pack from somewhere else. (Same plant in basket) This was the only one to not melt. Not only did it not melt, there are several new leaf buds a month later!

Plants were in great shape and shipping was very fast.

I got these delivered to Florida and they kept them safe through the cold front we got, this one and all the others arrived in perfect condition

This Crypt came in a nice insulation bag with a warming bag . The Crypt was in nice fresh shape that is doing nicely in my tank.
Happy with plant and the rest of my order.
Great job Aquarium Co-Op.
Will be ordering from them again.

I had minimal melt but it’s taking a long time to transition to its submerged growth. I’m hoping in a couple of months it will start taking off.

Ordered an assortment of plants for a new tank setup and as always, I am super pleased with the quality of Aquarium Co-op products. I've purchased plants from other websites, local shops, big box stores, and it was always hit-or-miss with the quality, health of the plant or I would get unwanted pest "hitchhikers" on them.
A few years ago I started purchasing plants here, I'm now setting up a 3rd planted tank filled with Aquarium Co-op plants and have never been disappointed. The plants arrive fast, are packaged with extreme care and are always in phenomenal condition.
I cannot recommend Aquarium Co-op enough for live plants, as well as Easy Green fertilizer and root tabs, and other aquarium needs.

Cryptocoryne Tropica