Oxygenating Hornwort (1 Bunch - 6 Stem Plants)

Great quality, I did have to wash it off before use (still ended up with a single snail but he’s not bothering anybody) grows really fast it seems like it grows about 3 inches every night. I wake up surprised every morning at the growth. The pictures I’ve provided are after about a week and a half. I’m a beginner and don’t really know what I’m doing, I literally just put them where I wanted them and they took off.

There was a lot of hornwort for the money- well packaged. It is not in stems, as advertised, but tossed loosely into a bag. That doesn’t really matter to me, just an FYI.HOWEVER, there are two types of snails attached to these and while I picked them out and rinsed them as best I could, I thought it prudent to warn others. (I cannot put snail killer in my tank as I raise SCUDS for fish food and it would kill them as well.)The plants are green and pretty, but Buyer beware if you don’t want snails in your tank!

This is my second order from this company. The plants are healthy..Come well packed..include 2 anchors that will be in the bottom of the container they come in. Rinse these plants very very well... I did not quarentine these plants.. I give a good look. A good rinse.. A quick wiff..You will get some brown spots. Its to be expected from traveling and all the tempeture changes.. It dont mean their dead.. It means they are in some shock. They will turn green again once you have them settled.. And if all is good.. I clump them together and anchor them in the pond.. My fish love these plants.. They hide and chase each other like 5 year old school kids.. These plants add oxygen.. Helps the clarity of the water . gives the fish a form of shelter from cats.racoons..ect.. Also if the fish spawn..these are great for their little eggs.. I adore my fish and enjoy watching them explore and chase each other through the plants..highly recommend this company and their product.. product.. I have had no problem with snails or any nasty creatures..Shipping in fast and customer service is great.. They answer any question you have! Reviews are everything to me. So im giving you my honest review and hope it can help someone ...If this has helped you in anyway please click below and let me know..Thanks and have a beautiful day.. Well i mentioned above about the brown spots. Its beem 13 days and its all brown. It started to break apart creating a nasty mess. I had to drain my whole pond. (75 gallons).. Im not sure whats going on. But PLEASE Be AWAREClipping the brown spots did NOT help my plants. I will look elsewhere for plants. It took me 5 hours to clean this pond. I really had better things to do then this. Last pic shows how brown and dead it is. So disappointed!!

I purchased a double order of this for a large outdoor pond. I am very familiar with this and the stuff grows FAST. I was pleased with the amount of product as an order consisted of 6 nice bundles. Problem is I just chose standard shipping. They shipped within 2 days of ordering and shipped from Washington State. They flew to the Dallas/FTW airport where they sat for days. Keep in mind the temperatures down here have been close to 100 degrees. I can only imagine what they were in a container or closed truck. I received a nicely packaged bundle of stinky, brown, dead plants. The plants were actually HOT as if they had been in an oven!!!! I immediately got them into the water hoping for a miracle but no such luck. I have not even tried to return as i feel it is part my fault for not choosing faster shipping but I do feel they take some responsibility for offering a shipping option that the plants can not handle. Hence the 2 stars. Wasted my money.

Mostly dead when arrived. Do NOT buy.

My package arrived today and the first thing I notice upon opening the box was the very strong smell of a lake. Even the water in the container looked like dirty lake water. The smell wasn't bad, it just smelled like they had plucked this out of the nearest lake and shipped it to me. On top of that, the majority of it arrived dead and brown. That wasn't such a big deal for me as I ordered this plant for my 55-gallon aquarium and you get a large bunch of this stuff, so the bit that was left alive was more than enough for what I needed it for. I could see how this would be problematic for someone who intended on using it in a larger enclosure or pond, but for me, there was no need to return it as I would have thrown out the leftover anyway so I just gave it a good rinse and put it in my tank.The description says that hornwort fights algae and provides an excellent source of oxygen. I have never used it before, so this is going to be a little experiment for me. I have been having a bit of an issue with algae that Flourish Excel isn't fixing on its own (as I am nervous about overdosing my tank with it), so I will update this in a month with my findings on how well hornwort fights algae. I will continue to use Excel daily in conjunction with this plant until I can change my lighting system (which I am sure is the root cause of my algae issue) Apparently, Hornwort has allelopathic behavior so it excretes substances toxic to algae, it also outcompetes algae for nutrients in the tank/pond.... I am hoping it doesn't outcompete my other plants for nutrients in the process as I have a few nice plants in my tank already. I have added plant tabs to the roots of each of those plants and will be using a liquid fertilizer twice a week as a precautionary.Overall I am happy with my purchase. Even if it doesn't do the things stated in the description, as long as it causes no harm to my other plants I don't think I would give it a lower star rating. It looks very nice in my tank and my fish seem to love it. It was super easy to add to my tank, I don't prefer that it "free floats" as it will block the light from my other plants (but this is another reason it is good to remove algae as it blocks the light from algae, so it if is your only live plant, I would say go for it). Anyhow, I just wrapped it around some of my cholla wood, wrapped it around a rock and stuck it through the holes in some of my driftwood. I didn't even have to use the weights that were included. I will update this in a month. So far so good.

This LIVE plant product was received in a healthy and clean state at the proper time of the year for planting in watergarden. Price was right, boxed well and identified as a LIVE PLANT for the carriers. I would not hesitate to buy from this vendor again. There was NO smell or indication of anything other than a clean environment.