Ludwigia Repens - Easy Freshwater Aquarium Plant

Edit to add- Aug 16, 2021. This plant continues to thrive and I've been successful planting several cuttings from the original. Although I have LED lights they are not on timers and I don't use CO2 augmentation the color is a wonderful bright red. I continue to be very pleased with this plant as well as another I bought from this seller.This cutting arrived a few days ago with another plant ordered from the same seller, a Java Fern. Although the arrived simply in a sealed plastic bag in a sealed box without any other protections they are great and now growing very nicely in my small tank. The Ludwigia is pinking up although I had not anticipated this effect without added CO2 but I do have decent lights. Both plants are very healthy without brown spots. There were a few leaves that fell off, as to be expected, but I'm already seeing new growth! Excellent!

While these plants did arrive looking healthy and beautiful they were only clippings without roots. If you get plants that are grown underwater there is no issue in floating them to get roots to grow in order to plant them. However, if the plants are grown in air they go through a melt down where they lose all leaves and regrow new ones that are functional to water growth. If your plant melts down before the new roots grow you end up with dead stems because nothing is left to bring nutrients to the plant. That is exactly what happened with mine. The stems ended up rotting in the tank before new leaves or roots grew. It was a wasted effort simply because the seller did not ensure roots where present or the plant was grown submersed pre clipping.

This is my favorite plant! It's beautiful in my aquarium, and my angelfish like to swim through it. They arrived quickly and in great shape. None of the stems had died. Some had broken into two or three pieces though. I just put them all in the substrate and every one of them is growing. I've got plants in various sizes now. It is slow rooting plant, however it seems pretty hardy to me. After a week, they began to develop the red color. After a few weeks, it has really started to take off. Every stem has at least 3 new branches growing off of them. I've seen quite a bit of roots growing on the stems lately as well. I'd definitely put this plant in any future aquariums I may set up.

The original order came in with some plants in bad shape. I reached out to let them know and they sent me new plants right away. Plants looking good in the tank so far. I appreciate the care they gave me.

They were in rough shape when they arrived. I planted them with hope, but the leaves kept falling off as the stems died. I finally trimmed the dead stems off. I'm hoping I can still save them but turning them into cuttings. Time will tell.Edit: I'm skimming the last of my plant from the water. It has gone from this world. If you plan to purchase, please be aware that these are basic cuttings. The cut ends are not wrapped, so planting them didn't work. My other plants are thriving, so I don't think it's my tank. Maybe it's not "easy", as indicated in the listing. I feel like I kind of lost on this deal.

If you order plants make sure you take a picture in the package if plants look dried or black or brown in color.

Plants arrived in good condition and have started growing well

My tropical fish love this. Some of it I planted in a Oui yogurt glass dish with soil covered in gravel then buried in the gravel on the bottom of the tank. It’s thriving and looks way better than my plastic plants. I also let some of this plant float on the surface. My smaller gouramis love that!!! They “sleep” together entwines within this plant. $12.50 may seem pricey but the plant stays alive under water and is beneficiaries for the tank water. I just bought purchased my third order.