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Cryptocoryne Pink Flamingo Tissue Culture (Aquascaping Essentials)

Slow-growing crypt with soft pink, wavy leaves, a foreground to midground accent.

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Tissue culture: Arrives in a densely packed cup.

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  • All live plants are guaranteed to arrive alive and healthy.
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  • 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.
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MediumLight
MediumCO2
SlowGrowth
IntermediateDifficulty

Placement Foreground to mid-ground

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 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

  1. Rinse off the gel (do not plant the goo)
  2. Divide into small chunks — trust us, there’s more than it looks
  3. Plant using tweezers, spaced evenly across the substrate
  4. 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.

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!

Description

Cryptocoryne Flamingo, better known as Cryptocoryne Pink Flamingo, is a compact rosette crypt with soft pink to light reddish, gently wavy leaves. That unusual colour contrasts against the greens around it, which makes it a natural accent for the foreground to mid-ground of a planted tank.

It is a rosette plant that grows slowly and settles into a low, lush cluster over time, so it needs little trimming. The pink tones come through with good light and are helped along by CO2 and a nutrient-rich substrate; under dimmer light it tends to lean back toward green. Give it a bright spot and space to spread and it becomes a lasting focal point in minimalist, Iwagumi or jungle-style layouts. Like all Cryptocoryne, it can shed older leaves and melt back after being moved, which is normal, so leave it be and new growth follows.

It is grown in sterile tissue culture and arrives as a densely packed cup, free of snails, algae, pests and disease, giving you a clean and healthy start.

Care at a glance

  • Placement: Foreground to mid-ground
  • Lighting: Medium
  • CO2: Medium
  • Growth rate: Slow
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
  • Colour: Pink

How to plant your tissue culture Cryptocoryne

  1. Rinse the clear nutrient gel from the base of the plants.
  2. Divide the clump into small portions.
  3. Plant each portion into the substrate with tweezers, spaced so they fill in as they grow.
  4. Leave the roots undisturbed while it settles in.

Specifications

  • NZ Rarity
    New
  • Colour
    Pink
  • 5 stars: 2 (50%)
  • 4 stars: 1 (25%)
  • 3 stars: 1 (25%)
  • 2 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 1 star: 0 (0%)
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Maruta Kanepa (New Zealand)
Follow up re the bad batch review

I just left a 1 star review, the guys at the store got in touch with me, apologised for the experience, and refunded the cost. Turns put they were taking the batch off of the site just as I jumped in with an order. Comms great, company stepped up.

S
Stephen Keys (New Zealand)
LOTS of delicate little plants

Very delicate little plants, dozens and dozens of them. The ones I selected for a ‘baptism of fire’ by sending directly into the frontline have mostly survived & noticeably grown in 1 week, and are beginning to turn pink.

D
Devon (New Zealand)
Melted

6 plants looked great and healthy, however only one hasn't melted away...went away and after 2 days there was no evidence of the plants even being in the tank (lighting, ph and co2 should have been fine for this plant) the one left has no signs of melt so may try again later depending on if this one survives or not.

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Alex (New Zealand)
Very cool but hard work

The cultures came perfect no issues with the product. Pretty plant no doubt but slow grower even to convert seems to take a while i have had the a couple of weeks and half have done nothing other half have 1 to 2 tiny pink leaves starting to come out. Need lots of light and other plants around it need to be controlled as if left unchecked will easily over grow it so make sure you have a place in your tank for them away from other plants