Christmas Moss aka Xmas Moss (Vesicularia montagnei), Loose Portion
Christmas Moss aka Xmas Moss (Vesicularia montagnei), Loose Portion
Christmas Moss aka Xmas Moss (Vesicularia montagnei), Loose Portion
Christmas Moss aka Xmas Moss (Vesicularia montagnei), Loose Portion
Christmas Moss aka Xmas Moss (Vesicularia montagnei), Loose Portion
Christmas Moss aka Xmas Moss (Vesicularia montagnei), Loose Portion
Christmas Moss aka Xmas Moss (Vesicularia montagnei), Loose Portion

Christmas Moss aka Xmas Moss (Vesicularia montagnei), Loose Portion

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We are excited to finally offer this rare and attractive species of moss in loose portions!

 

Christmas Moss (Vesicularia montagnei), also known as "Xmas Moss," is a rare, but very popular and attractive species of creeping moss for the freshwater aquarium.  This is a great plant to keep in any freshwater aquarium due to its low lighting requirements and ease of care.  It grows into bushy patches that are always a favorite hiding place for shrimp and fish fry.  It also provides cultivation areas for tiny live food sources such as infusoria and biofilm.  Once established in the aquarium, Christmas Moss fronds appear very bushy and have the appearance of pointy, miniature pine trees.

We offer this moss in loose form that makes it easy to attach to and begin propagating on rocks, driftwood, or aquarium walls and substrate.  

This is a very easy plant to keep without much extra care, but like all plants, it can benefit from CO2 supplementation, although this is not required.  Like many mosses, it does not typically respond positively to most chemical plant supplements.  Many aquarists report success with this moss purely through keeping a well-maintained aquarium with no supplementation.

No aquarium plant distributor/nursery/wholesaler/retailer can or will guarantee their plants to be 100% snail free. We can not guarantee our plants will be snail free.

  

What We Like About This Plant:

  • Excellent (and potentially more attractive) alternative to Java Moss
  • Can be attached to almost any aquarium décor or left floating in loose form
  • Low light requirements
  • Little to no supplements needed

Care Guidelines:

  • Temperature: 65° - 77° F (18.3° - 25° C)
  • pH: 5.0 - 7.5
  • Lighting: Low to moderate
  • Origin: Farmed in Asia, but indigenous to Southeast Asia
  • Aquarium placement: Any
  • Care: Easy

We offer several purchase options for loose Christmas Moss, which can be selected directly under the "Select a Portion" option at the top of this page:

  • 1/4 Cup - This is our smallest portion of moss, which is enough to start one to two moss patches that will grow our quickly. The moss ships as a loose portion/bunch in a plastic container. 
  • 1/2 Cup - This is a smaller portion of moss, which is enough to start two to three moss patches that will grow out quickly.  The moss ships as a loose portion/bunch in a plastic container.
  • 1 Cup - This is a large portion of moss, which is enough to start 4 to 6 patches that will grow out quickly.  It is also shipped as a loose portion/bunch in a plastic container.

  • 1/4 lb Bulk (actual weight)

  • 1/2 lb Bulk (actual weight)

  • 1 lb Bulk (actual weight)

  • 1/4 Cup B-Grade Portion - This is moss that has some brown patches, but is still healthy and will continue to grow and rebound with care. Scavenging herbivorous/omnivorous animals such as shrimp, many snails, and many other detritivores will also eat and clean up the dead patches.
  • 1/2 Cup B-Grade Portion - This is moss that has some brown patches, but is still healthy and will continue to grow and rebound with care. Scavenging herbivorous/omnivorous animals such as shrimp, many snails, and many other detritivores will also eat and clean up the dead patches.

  • 1 Cup B-Grade Portion - This is moss that has some brown patches, but is still healthy and will continue to grow and rebound with care. Scavenging herbivorous/omnivorous animals such as shrimp, many snails, and many other detritivores will also eat and clean up the dead patches.


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

Pricing is by size of package needed to fill entire order and distance it must travel. It will be calculated at checkout.

 

 

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