Cryptocoryne Balansae
Cryptocoryne Balansae is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
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Delivery and Shipping
Standard Shipping: Aquarium Plants are typically dispatched within 1 business day. Delivery times vary based on the destination. We do not ship live plants on Friday, unless specifically requested.
- Urban Areas: 1-3 business days
- Rural Areas: 2-5 business days
- Courier Services Used: NZ Post, NZ Couriers, Post Haste
Free shipping is available for New Zealand customers with a minimum purchase of $150.00.
- Non-Rural Addresses Only: This offer applies only to non-rural addresses.
- Exclusions: Bulky items such as aquariums are excluded from the free shipping offer.
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We want you to shop with confidence knowing your plants are covered by our Live Arrival Guarantee. Every plant is hand-picked, quality-checked, and packed with care to ensure it reaches you in healthy condition.
Our Promise
- All live plants are guaranteed to arrive alive and healthy.
- If your plants arrive damaged, melted, or in poor condition, we’ll replace or refund them — no hassle.
- Just email us within 24 hours of delivery with clear photos of the affected plants and your order number.
Please Note
- The guarantee applies only to the initial delivery.
- Once the plants have been removed from their original packaging or planted into your aquarium, the guarantee no longer applies.
- We can’t take responsibility for plants left exposed to extreme heat, cold, or direct sunlight after delivery, so please choose a delivery address where someone can receive the parcel promptly.
We genuinely want your aquascape to thrive — and we’ll always do our best to make things right if something goes wrong.
Cryptocoryne Balansae is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Cryptocoryne balansae, often just called balansae, is a background crypt with long, narrow, reed-like leaves that ripple and pucker along their length. The fresh green blades sway in the current and give fish quiet places to shelter, and they read as a soft green screen behind your hardscape.
This is a rosette plant, not a stem plant, and it spreads by sending out runners to form a tidy stand over time. It settles well in modest light and richer light can pull a bronze tint into the leaves. It comes from fast-flowing rivers in Southern Thailand and takes happily to harder water. Like all crypts, it may drop its leaves after a move, the well-known crypt melt. That is normal, so trim away any mush, keep your water steady, and fresh growth follows once it has acclimatised. To replant, just tuck a runner back into the substrate.
Care at a glance
- Placement: Background
- Lighting: Low
- CO2: Low, not required
- Growth rate: Moderate
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Colour: Green
Not all plants are equal. We work hard to get you healthy, algae free plants harvested fresh, and the conversion to submerged form starts in our grow-out tanks so your success is maximised once it settles in.
Submerged: A plant grown completely below the tank's waterline.
Emersed: A plant with growth above the tank's waterline, such as leaves, stems and flowers.
Difficulty: Beginner
Lighting Demand: Low
CO₂: Low
Growth Rate: Moderate
NZ Rarity: Common
Colour: Green
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