Pearl Weed AKA Pearl Grass AKA Baby Tears (Hemianthus micranthemoides), Bunch, Aquatic Arts Grown!

Pearl Weed AKA Pearl Grass AKA Baby Tears (Hemianthus micranthemoides), Bunch, Aquatic Arts Grown!

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Pearl Weed is an exceptionally versatile stem plant whose growth can be controlled through lighting, allowing placement in the foreground, midground, or background!

We have propagated this plant in house from tissue cultures! The plant is grown in fully submerged conditions so it is ready to be housed in your tank right away with very little to no melt time!

Pearl Weed (Hemianthus micranthemoides), also known as Pearl Grass and Baby Tears is a very popular and versatile stem plant that is native to the Southeast United States, where it is now very scarce (if not extinct) in the wild. However, this lovely species is well-preserved in nurseries and is a staple of the aquarium hobby. Its name comes from the tiny air bubbles, also known as "pearls" that its leaves produce during optimal photosynthesis.

Pearl Weed is a relatively undemanding plant. It requires moderate to high lighting and nutrient-rich water for optimal growth. While not necessary, CO₂ supplementation is beneficial and will contribute to much faster growth and stability. It will grow in a dense mat under high lighting, especially with regular pruning and replanting. Under these conditions, horizontal growth will be optimal. Under less lighting and with less pruning, it will grow more vertically. It can be placed and treated according to the needs and wants of the aquarist to a very high degree.

Like most plants, Pearl Weed will benefit from supplementation such as Seachem Flourish, Flourish Excel, Nitrogen and other plant supplements.

What We Like About This Plant:

Fast growing when kept in nutrient-rich water
Can be placed in any area of the aquascape
Provides protective cover for fry
Quickly covers large portions of the aquascape

Care Guidelines:

Temperature: 66° - 82° F (19° - 28° C)
pH: 6.3 - 7.2
Lighting: Moderate to High
Origin: indigenous to Southeastern United States
Aquarium placement: Any
Care: Easy

All Aquatic Arts brand plants and animals come with a 100% live arrival guarantee, plus free email support!

For the safety of our animals, we only ship live fish, crabs, and select other inverts exclusively via UPS 1 Day Air. If your order contains this item, you will only see UPS 1 Day Air as a shipping option during checkout. If other items are in your cart that can ship with 2 day or standard shipping options the only shipping method you can still select is UPS 1 Day Air.

UPS 1 Day is a description of the duration of time a shipment will spend in transit once it has been shipped. This does not guarantee the package will be shipped the same or next day from which the order was placed.

Shipping Schedule for this service

UPS 1 Day: Monday through Thursday

Current Handling Time:

1-9 business days

Here at Aquatic Arts, we consider the welfare of the live animals we are shipping to be of the foremost importance. This process is much more involved than simply creating a shipping label and affixing it to a box. Depending on the order, it takes from 4 to 7 people to complete this process properly. We check the weather conditions here where they fly out of the Indianapolis UPS facility and the destination for each shipment. We start early each morning and go through a multi-step process to have the day's shipments prepared in time for the UPS pickup. The volume of orders in our system also affects the processing time. Therefore our stated handling time is 1-9 business days.

Shipping Rate

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