Madagascar Lace Plant (Aponogeton Madagascariensis)
Madagascar Lace Plant (Aponogeton Madagascariensis)
The Madagascar Lace Plant is unlike anything else in the hobby — its leaves grow as an intricate open lattice of veins with no leaf tissue between them, forming a living green skeleton. Grown from a bulb, it appreciates cooler, clean, well-oxygenated water and a rest period each year to keep coming back. A true conversation-piece specimen for the background.
Care level: Moderate-Advanced · Placement: Background · Lighting: Medium · CO2: Beneficial · Growth rate: Moderate · Propagation: bulb division
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Aponogeton madagascariensis
- Common name
- Madagascar Lace Plant
- Water type
- Freshwater
- Care level
- Difficult
When it ships
Most non-quarantined stock goes out the week you order. If we do not already have the animal in-house we source it first — allow up to two weeks for it to reach us. Live animals leave Monday and Tuesday, and Early AM Overnight is the only service that carries a live arrival guarantee.
The live guarantee
Shipped Early AM Overnight: a 1-hour DOA window from confirmed delivery, and nothing beyond it. Next Day Air and 2-Day carry no live arrival guarantee, and neither does USPS Priority. Local pickup or local delivery: 24 hours, if you bring a water sample from your aquarium and we test it before the animal goes home. Maintenance clients: 60 days when we service the aquarium at least twice a month, 28 days on a monthly plan.
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