Pogostemon stellatus 'Octopus' is very eye-catching due to its long, wispy and bright green leaves. This easy stem plant thrives under low to medium light and provides excellent cover for fish and shrimp to hide out. Once it starts getting established, it can grow quite tall in a short amount of time and may require regular trimming.
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.
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.
Plant was in great condition on arrival, I put planted it in my aquarium and it is doing great! Definitely recommend
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Sammi
Plants arrived looking very healthy and arrived quickly!
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Steven S. (City of Saint Peters, MO, US)
Octopus is the perfect background plant
My plants arrived healthy and ready to go. Within the second week I observed new growth. Aquarium Co-op provides excellent plants.
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Z.J. (Atlanta, GA, US)
100% satisfaction
This plant is amazing. Quite a unique structure and just such a prolific addition. It will even show red in the leaves under the right conditions! A welcomed surprise
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Steve C. (Roy, UT, US)
My Favorite
Ok, it's really difficult to find a plant I really hate (not counting duckweed), but pogo is just better than the rest. We all want crypts, ferns, swords, but pogo fills out a while area after growing in while leaving plenty of spacing for fish to freely swim through and look fantastic!
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Suzanne (Jamestown, NY, US)
Great plant for fry!
I received three rooted plants in one pot. Two went in a tank full of Danio fry, and the third went into a tank with Buenos Aires tetras, which love to eat plants. They are all doing very well, although growing much faster in the shallower tank. The tetras have taken a couple bites out, but prefer lettuce.
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T. P. (Portland, OR, US)
Beautiful plant
I love the shape of this plant. Very healthy. I love the excellent shipping packing. I’m a repeat customer & have always been thrilled with everything I’ve purchased from AQ CO-OP
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Very pleased!
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Ben O. (Nashville, TN, US)
GREAT High Temp Plant!
This plant is great in two ways:
1. Does well in the 83F of my discus tank.
2. Doesn’t get the black algae other plants struggle with.
I’m enjoying how fast it grows and how it converts from leafy to a long thin octopus look.
And it’s good in both substrate or floating.
It might very well be my favorite plant!