Plant Id Please

[steve...c]

i would like some help to ID some plants please as i was stupid enough to buy without asking what they was....yes yes i know!! dont tell me you havent done worse in your time!!! http://[IMG]http://i969.photobucket.com/albums/ae175/londonlad_photo/tankplants002.jpg[/IMG][media]http/

 

[steve...c]

http://[IMG]http://i969.photobucket.com/albums/ae175/londonlad_photo/tankplants004.jpg[/IMG]http://[IMG]http://i969.photobucket.com/albums/ae175/londonlad_photo/tankplants006.jpg[/IMG]http://[IMG][IMG]http://i969.photob...ae175/londonlad_photo/tankplants009.jpg[/IMG]

 

[shelaghfishface]

has lily type leaves doesnt it .. i dunno im useless ive done many more way worse things was only going to comment on how lovely and clean the tank/filter look.. new?
the 2nd one is cabomba and grows like mad.. the 3rd (red) spreads like wildfire -gets tall abd busy and gave me nothing but a hard time was prone to hair algae

 

[steve...c]

has lily type leaves doesnt it .. i dunno im useless ive down many more way worse things was only going to comment on how lovely and clean the tank/filter look.. new?
the 2nd one is cabomba and grows like mad.. the 3rd (red) spreads like wildfire -gets tall abd busy and gave me nothing but a hard time was prone to hair algae

aww i can till , you have one of them faces
yes it is new, but it does have a fish in it already called "JC" find out why the poor thing on my 1st post ;-(

oh really i kind of want that side to be over grown and busy but without the algae ;-)
ant tips on how to nip the algae in the bud before it starts.
im new to this tank keeping ;-)
thanks for your help ;-)

 

[ian]

1 ?Echinodorus of some kind?

2 Cabomba, does as Shiela says

3 Alternanthera reineckii, won't keep its red leaves unless you run high lights and c02.

 

[steve...c]

ok thanks for that ian, nice one.

will my echinodorus be ok that close to the heater?

 

[shelaghfishface]

cheeky

actually i did tend to leave the tank lights on for days/weeks on end.. so that probably didnt help

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that Alternanthera reinecki ( i didnt just get smart.. i copied n pasted ians name for it) may actually do ok.. i had it in a fluval roma 200,with T8 lights ( have added a pic, but no idea if you can see it in there .. looks quite messy)
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you can see the algae running in strings across the tank

 

[steve...c]

cheeky

actually i did tend to leave the tank lights on for days/weeks on end.. so that probably didnt help

,
that Alternanthera reinecki ( i didnt just get smart.. i copied n pasted ians name for it) may actually do ok.. i had it in a fluval roma 200,with T8 lights ( have added a pic, but no idea if you can see it in there .. looks quite messy)
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you can see the algae running in strings across the tank

yeah i see it, (i think about 3 shoots of it)
oh im not sure of my lights, i think they are about a year old they are duel and told they are for plants aswell so well have to take his word for it and keep my fingers crossed your tank looks lush n green hope mine does soon

any one know of a good online site to buy aquatic plants? id like a look of hair grass.

 

[BackToTheFishes]

http/www.java-plants.com/

I got hairgrass from here,doing really well
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/329030-36x18x15-planted/ on the right in the bottom pic

 

[steve...c]

http/www.java-plants.com/

I got hairgrass from here,doing really well
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/329030-36x18x15-planted/ on the right in the bottom pic

thanks mate, and nice tank. what size is it?

 

[BackToTheFishes]

http/www.java-plants.com/

I got hairgrass from here,doing really well
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/329030-36x18x15-planted/ on the right in the bottom pic

thanks mate, and nice tank. what size is it?

Thanks,its 36x18x15

 

[steve...c]

just wanted to bump this post for the positive ID on the 1st photo
its been suggested by ianho some sort of Echinodorus.

thanks

 

[steve...c]

just wanted to bump this post for the positive ID on the 1st photo
its been suggested by ianho some sort of Echinodorus.

thanks

and theres me thinking you guys are good lol