Baby Tears - Aquarium Co - Op

Baby Tears

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Baby Tears

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  • Delicate, small leaves
  • Easy to grow
  • Great cover for baby fish
  • Not available to be shipped to Hawaii and Alaska.

Baby tears is known for its delicate, small, round leaves that add interesting textures and contrasts nicely against larger-leafed plants. This relatively easy-to-grow, medium light stem plant makes a great foreground to midground plant due to its smaller size. If left untrimmed, baby tears can grow up to a foot tall, so make sure to trim it often to encourage low, bushy growth.

Baby Tears - Aquarium Co - Op
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Delicate, Little Leaves

Baby tears is known for its little, round leaves and long, delicate stems. When given plenty of light and Easy Green fertilizer, it can grow quite thick and bushy, perfect for hiding nano fish, fry, and cherry shrimp.

Note: this species is slightly bigger than dwarf baby tears (Micranthemum callitrichoides, formerly Hemianthus callitrichoides 'Cuba').

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How We Grow and Store Our Plants

We store all of our plants in aquariums with plenty of light and fertilizer to start converting their leaves. This picture is from our warehouse. Not all vendors store their plants in water; many store them out of water in bags straight from the farms. This is more time without light and doesn't give them a head start in growing underwater leaves.

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We Include Heat Packs and Liners Free of Charge

We have a custom-developed algorithm to include heat packs and insulating plant liners as needed, based on the weather forecast from our warehouse to your shipping address. This helps keep plants at stable temperatures, both in hot and cold weather. Other vendors typically charge you at checkout for a heat pack. We include them when needed free of charge because it's our job to deliver our plants to your door healthy.

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Jovan (Chicago, IL, US)

Shipped ok but alot had died and rotted out it was brown and mushy but i know theis are super delicate hope the rest do good the plants are in the far left back corner dont judge the tank please experimenting trying to set it up for neocaridina lol 😊 and dont worry the corydora is going to go in a 20g long tank with mates it is a rescue.

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Melissa A. (Irwin, PA, US)

Bought 4 baby tears plants 2-3 weeks ago and all 4 are already dead. The other plants I bought at the same time are doing very well. I have Fluval Stratum as my substrate and a very good plant light.

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Ray M. (Annville, KY, US)
Really Good Cuttings

I had expected rooted plants, but the cuttings I got were in excellent condition. As I understand it stem plants root easily enough, and they seem to be doing well.

I was super impressed with the attention to detail and level of care; especially with the multiple layers of packaging. Each plant was in a rockwool pot, that was in its own moist fiber\cloth sleeve, that was inside of a water tight ziptop bag with a clear label of what was inside. All the plants were inside an insulated zip top bubble bag that was mindfully placed on top of my other heavier items. The heat pouch definitely saved my plants from the below freezing temperatures. They were a little cold, but all but one (a red dwarf lily bulb) arrived in excellent condition!

I was also impressed with the turnaround time for the order, and how quickly my order arrived. I ordered on a Monday and they had it ready to ship the same day. The carrier picked up the package on Tuesday and I had it on my doorstep Wednesday morning.

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Adam S. (Chicago, IL, US)
Arrived yellow, didn’t recover.

My baby tears arrived yellow and almost white. I was hopeful that this was just related to shipping stress and put it in the aquarium to begin re-adjusting. After the first day all the leaves fell off and over the following week it has not regrown anything. I still have it in the aquarium but things are not looking good.

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Kenny G. (Seattle, WA, US)
Plant was meh, customer service is top tier

Update - The replacement looked the same, white and soft. But luckily the original plant has been growing bright green fresh leaves and I'm sure this one will, too. So it works out in the end but I still would have rather received plants that were a bit closer to what was advertised.

My baby tears arrived ghostly white and soft -- not quite mushy but weird. They offered to replace it right away when I sent photos, which is great. The plant may yet bounce back, but I'll update the review when the replacement arrives.

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Leonard G. (Mesa, AZ, US)
Very small plant

Healthy but only 1/3 the size as represented in the on line photo.

Another plant I need to root tab and leave in my tank to grow out.

Again, I get that plant sizes vary….but this varies too much in the opposite direction.

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Erin M. (Porter, TX, US)
Not great

This poor plant looked pretty pathetic by the time it got to me. I think it was the last delivery on a hot day. It’s trying to recover in my tank but not sure it will. It seems to be a delicate plant in general.

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E W. (Buford, GA, US)
Great quality

I ordered baby tears and it arrived looking perfect. Quick delivery as well! Will be ordering more plants in the future

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Barr R. (Huntington Beach, CA, US)
Great plant

Arrived in great shape and growing well. Very happy with this plant

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Delton C. (DeLand, FL, US)
Didnt arrive in the best shape/ Update, got sent replacment which arrived healthy

Came yellow with a lot of brown die off mainly by the bottom, picked out as much of the brown as possiable and planted, had good roots. Been in the tank for going on 3 days and havent noticed anymore melting or die off yet, hoping it will snap back and get some more growth.i do live in flordia so maybe heat? But it has been cloudy and raining and cooler the whole time..so idk.UPDATE, CUSTOMER SERVICE CONTACTED ME AND WAS GREAT SENT REPLACMENTS WHICH ARRIVED HEALTHY AND IN GOOD SHAPE.

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Ronnie L. (Hartselle, AL, US)
Baby tears plant

Arrived ready to plant and already grown submerged and looking good.

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C. (Columbus, OH, US)

having good luck with co-op plants.

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cami h. (East Rochester, NY, US)
Baby Tears

The baby tears I ordered arrived in a timely manner. It was very nicely packaged and very healthy when it arrived. I was pleased with my purchase from aquarium co-op!

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RedPots (Carbondale, CO, US)
in the hands of a novice

filling out , in & up a 5 gallon betta tank. Trying bits of lots of things. Aquarium Co-0p Baby Tears are dynamite and plentiful. One portion gives me a lot to work with.
Excellent quality, exceptional service & trusted resource.
A model from all traders & consumers.
☀️🤙🏽🧨🪴🐌

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Matt (Selden, NY, US)
Very good condition

This was the best plant I’ve ordered color wise, it did come in a good size with very strong roots, but the pure light green color of the plant is very nice to see.

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John B. (Concord, NC, US)
Getting ready to start my Live breeder

Aquarium co-op never disappoints

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Robert F. (Dallas, TX, US)
Unbelievable.

From Washington to Texas in three days(amazing) and the plant looks like I picked it out myself from the store 5 minutes ago..What kind of magic is this ?

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anne h. (Binghamton, NY, US)
I'm Not Crying about the Baby Tears

Received the Baby Tears, anubias gold coin and java fern Windelov in good condition in spite of them having gotten quite cold from shipping. They all survived and the Baby Tears do a nice job in the back corner of my 10 gallon. I plan to plant them directly in the gravel tomorrow and keep them confined to that area. Very pleased with my purchase!

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Colin O. (Sunnyvale, CA, US)
Maybe it's just me...

Where did I go wrong? The Baby Tears I received a month ago is falling apart. It arrived with quite long stems (~6") but many of the leaves had holes and looked melt-y. I left it in its pot for 2 weeks to acclimate to my shrimp aquarium then planted it in the substrate (Flourite). The stems have broken off multiple times (maybe the shrimp chewed on them?) and most of the leaves have come off. Did I need to give it a trim? Does it need more root tabs? In comparison, the Water Sprite and Moneywort I got at the same time have done much better. It could be just me though...the Monte Carlo and Pearlweed in the same aquarium also look stressed.

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L. (Littleton, MA, US)
My baby tears are riding the struggle bus

Similar to other 2 star reviews, this shipping experience was great (fast & the plan arrived healthy w/ great roots) but Baby Tears are either melting or hate my tank. I do have hard, acidic water and some plants thrive while others don't make it. I have used things to balance the water but alas.
My aponogeton crispus FINALLY just came back after also appearing to die, so I'm hopeful these will make it too. I'll update the review if they make it!

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C. (Brooklyn, NY, US)
Beautiful Plants

First time ordering plants online and I can honestly say I’m impressed at the fast shipping and how safely they were packaged. They look so beautiful. Will definitely order again.

Frequently Asked Questions

SHIPPING POLICY

We process and ship out 98%+ of our shipments next business day. 

Live plants will ship using an appropriate service and typically arrive in 2 to 5 business days. Transit times do not include weekends, holidays, or weather delays. To avoid delays in the shipping network we recommend
ordering live plants on Saturdays and Sundays for a Monday ship out.

Dry goods such as fish food, medication, filtration products, etc. can be ordered any day and will ship the next business day with an appropriate service. Typical shipping times are 1 to 7 business day transit time,
depending on delivery location.

Faster shipping options available at checkout for an additional charge.

Alaska and Hawaii have a $17.99 surcharge. We do not ship to Puerto Rico currently.

90 DAY RETURN POLICY

90 Day Return Policy

At Aquarium Co-Op, our goal is to have satisfied customers. We make every effort to inform our customers about how our products work, and what is 
to be expected. We recognize that sometimes a product may not completely
 meet the expectations of a customer. We take pride in having a 
no-hassle 90 day return policy. If you have purchased an item and are not 
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To start a return, email our customer service team at shipping@aquariumcoop.com. Please note that the shipping cost of returning an item is not covered by Aquarium Co-Op.


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Shipping Team
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Lexington, KY 40510 

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