Tissue Culture

The benefits of tissue culture aquarium plants:

Tissue culture aquarium plants are guaranteed to be 100% free from algae, snails, and other pests. This is the perfect scenario if you like your aquarium to be free of snails and want to minimize the risk of adding unwanted plants like duckweed. Tissue culture plants are also easy to prepare before adding them to your tank. They usually come in a liquid medium, which you can just rinse off. Lastly, tissue culture cups contain more plants — although in a smaller size — for a similar price as a potted plant.

The downsides of tissue culture aquarium plants:

Although they have a few benefits, tissue culture plants aren’t perfect. They may experience some melting during the acclimation process to your aquarium. Since these plants come from a sterile environment packed with nutrients, they will have to adapt to their new, non-sterile home in your aquarium and this process might cause them to melt back a bit before taking off. Also, they might be too small for the space you are trying to fill. Typically, tissue culture plants come in a cup that fits in the palm of your hand, so you will have to give these plants a lot of time to grow and fill in completely.