Java Moss | Vesicularia Dubyana Freshwater Live Aquarium Plant BUY2GET1FREE

Plant looks fine but very risky shipping it USPS, especially this cold time of year up north.

Healthy and viable. Would purchase again.

I bought these in October and gave a glowing review which I have now deleted and am updating here. I split the 3 containers of moss between 2 tanks after rinsing the moss. What I didn’t do was quarantine the moss, but I’m not sure that would have helped. I have not added any new fish to either tank. A few weeks after adding the moss to both tanks, I started losing fish in one of them. Then I noticed these “string-like” strands hanging from their bellies. After much research, I discovered they’re anchor worms, very lethal and not easy to get rid of. Last week I started losing fry in my baby tank. Yesterday I saw 3 of them with anchor worms. I was completely floored because I have separate nets, vacuums, etc for each of my tanks. So I started treating that tank as well. I had also begun treating the adult tank with antibiotics because they developed a secondary infection from the worms. I had saved the little containers the moss came in because I thought they might come in handy for thawing frozen fish food. I grabbed one of them to mix the medication in, and was mortified to see about 6 dried up anchor worms in the container. I had to think hard where I had gotten the container from and realized the moss had come in it. At the time I thought those were little pieces of moss in the container and didn’t think twice about it. Now I realize how both tanks became infested with anchor worms and I’m heartbroken at the number of very expensive fish I lost. I hold myself partly responsible for not quarantining these plants, but since I’ve always bought fish and plants from reputable dealers, I was lulled into a false sense of security. Besides, I’m not sure I would have seen them in the moss - I didn’t see them until they were attached to my fish. I guess the thing to do is soak plants in a 10% bleach and water solution and then rinse them really well before putting them in your tank - or - buy your plants from a LFS that you know and absolutely trust. It’s not worth the risk buying from someone you don’t know. This has been a very expensive and heart breaking experience for me, but I learned a very difficult lesson that I will never forget.

I got the deal by two get one free. They came in nice and clean, small little rinse and into the tank they went and all is good. Packaged very well.

Very small amount and arrived mostly brown

Good healthy plant arrived

I waited a little bit after the purchase to see if the moss would acclimate. The moss is doing well, and growing little buds! It hasn’t had any melting, and I ordered my moss when it was 24F degrees outside. It will be beautiful once it grows new growth, I just need to give it time. This was an extremely generous amount of moss! I’m very happy with it.

toss them in the tank and let em grow, help clear the water