Excelsa Palm Fronds
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Product Description: Introducing the Excelsa Palm (Rhapis excelsa), a botanical palm hailing from tropical China and Vietnam. We understand the importance of offering unique and durable additions to your ecosystem setups. The Excelsa Palm, with its slow-growing nature and remarkable tropical aesthetics, is a perfect choice for enthusiasts seeking longevity in their aquatic and bioactive environments.
These palms don't just enhance the functional aesthetics of your ecosystem; they also play a functional role in bioactive enclosures and botanical aquariums. As part of the leaf litter bed, they contribute to the overall ecology by providing shelter and a natural food source while supporting the small creatures that call your enclosure home.
Not for Human Consumption. Preparation Required.
Quantities: 2c Excelsa Palm Frond. Sizes range: Stems are 4" to 6" and leaves range from 4" to 9". This is a natural product, and variation between leaves and botanicals is expected.
Aquarium Botanical Location: Indonesia.
It entirely depends on your water chemistry. Soft water will allow the botanicals to lower your pH more than if you have medium or hard water. At Betta Botanicals HQ our tap water is Very Hard, ( 350+ppm) and we do not notice a change in water pH unless using Alder Cones or Macaranga leaves.
White growths are the colonization of biofilms and fungi in the aquarium. We call this the 'goo phase' and it is totally natural. Botanicals are fuel for the ecosystem and the populations of bacteria and fungi will naturally rise and fall.
100% yes. Our botanicals are for aquariums terrariums, vivariums and all natural enclosures.
We DO NOT recommend using botanicals that these fish can ingest. Botanicals like casuarina cones, small alder cones, and live oak are not suited for these animals. Large aquarium leaves like Indian almond, loquat, and jackfruit are preferred.
We recommend letting aquarium leaves and seed pods entirely break down into beneficial detritus. You can absolutely remove them after they don’t release tannins anymore, you just don’t get all potential benefits of leaving them in the aquarium.
All products from Betta Botanical show live shipping rates from your prefered carrier. We offer FREE shipping on USA orders over $50. Aquatic Plants have an additional $8 charge as they require expedited shipping which is either USPS Priority Mail or FedEx 2Day, depending on your location. Wood has a Flat Shipping fee of $8. If an item has an assigned shipping $ value to it, this $ value is applied even when the order total qualifies for free shipping due to shipping costs, packing material, and time to carefully package your products.
Live plants ship Mondays and Tuesdays for orders received by 9pm PST on the previous day. Live plants are shipped via USPS Priority Mail or Fedex Express 2Day. Live arrival is guaranteed as long as you follow the DOA Policy below.
Live plant orders are only shipped on Mondays and Tuesdays to prevent them from being held over the weekend at the post office. This means it could take 6 days for your order to ship (live plant orders placed monday evenings after 9pm, ship the following Monday morning). Orders containing only botanicals will ship within 1-4 business days. Thank you!
We strongly recommend following the botanical preparation instructions. These instructions ensure that any 'potential contaminants' are removed if they find their way onto your leaves, bark, and seed pods.