Bacopa Compact Tissue Culture (Aquascaping Essentials)
Bacopa Compact Tissue Culture (Aquascaping Essentials) is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
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Delivery and Shipping
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About Tissue Culture Plants
About Tissue Culture Plants
What’s the Deal with Tissue Culture Plants?
Tiny plants. Big benefits. Zero unwanted surprises.
Grown in a Lab (On Purpose)
These aren’t your average aquarium plants.
Tissue culture plants are grown in pristine lab conditions — no pests, no snails, no algae. Just vibrant, healthy growth suspended in a sealed pot of nutrient gel that looks like dessert (but please, don’t).
Why They’re a Big Deal
- 100% algae-free — start clean, stay clean
- No snails — unless you’re into surprise hitchhikers
- Pesticide-free — safe for shrimp, snails, and sensitive fish
- Incredible value — you get heaps of plant once it’s split and planted
- Long shelf life — lasts weeks sealed in its cup (great for planning your scape)
- Small in size, big on payoff
How to Use (Don’t Just Chuck It In)
Peel the lid — it’ll feel oddly satisfying
- Rinse off the gel (do not plant the goo)
- Divide into small chunks — trust us, there’s more than it looks
- Plant using tweezers, spaced evenly across the substrate
- Watch it take off like it’s been waiting its whole life to grow in your tank
Pro tip: One pot can cover a surprising amount of space — plant wisely and it’ll spread quickly.
Bacopa Compact Tissue Culture (Aquascaping Essentials)
Bacopa Compact Tissue Culture (Aquascaping Essentials) is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Lab Grown, Algae Free, Snail Free.
Grown in sterile conditions with no snails, algae, or hitchhikers — the cleanest start for any freshwater tank.
Great Value in Every Cup
Each tissue culture cup contains multiple portions — simply rinse, divide, and plant. One pot can cover more ground than you'd expect!
Bacopa Compact (Bacopa monnieri 'Compact') is a dwarf cultivar of the classic bacopa, a stem plant with small, rounded, bright green leaves packed tightly along upright stems. It stays shorter than the standard form, at around 3 to 8cm depending on conditions, which makes it a tidy choice for the foreground to midground.
In your tank it grows in neat, bushy clusters and holds a compact shape without much fuss. Trim the tops and replant them to thicken the group over time, and it will keep filling in for foreground accents or a low midground planting. It does well in medium light, with CO2 optional but helpful for tighter, faster growth.
It is grown in a sterile tissue culture cup, densely packed and free of snails, algae, pests and disease, so you start clean.
Care at a glance
- Placement: Foreground to midground
- Lighting: Medium
- CO2: Low, not required
- Growth rate: Moderate
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Colour: Green
How to plant your tissue culture Bacopa
- Rinse the clear nutrient gel from the base of the plant.
- Divide it into small portions.
- Plant each portion into the substrate with tweezers, spaced so they fill in.
- Leave the roots undisturbed while it settles in.
Difficulty: Beginner
Lighting Demand: Medium
CO₂: Low
Growth Rate: Moderate
NZ Rarity: New
Colour: Green
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