plant ID request

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http/www.aquabotanic.com/images/knott130cm.jpg

Could someone please ID the bushy spiky plant growing up out of the left and middle areas of the tank?

Thank you very much.

 

[Bangin]

Ludwigia inclinata var. verticillata (''Cuba''), I believe.

 

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Looks like it: http/www.plantgeek.net/plantguide_viewer.php?id=242

Thanks.

 

[Bangin]

It's a beautiful plant that I'd love to add to my soft, acidic tank. Unfortunately my LFS hasn't carried any, and my experiences with mail orders have been unsuccessful.

 

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Yeah I just saw it and thought it looked nice. I have no idea where to get some.

 

[SarahBravo]

I love the look of the little rounded bushy plants that are growing on the 'grassy' stuff (sorry, newbie here!). Can anyone tell me what it is?

Thanks!

Sarah

 

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I think they're rocks with hairnets or something around them... and then riccia growing up through the netting.

Either that or they're just covered in java moss.

 

[Stryker]

Some kind of moss balls? they sell them on ebay.

 

[Bangin]

I think they're rocks with hairnets or something around them... and then riccia growing up through the netting.

That's exactly what they are.

 

[SarahBravo]

Thank you!! [off to buy hairnets]

 

[jacblades]

ooh-thats a gorgeous tank!
thats java moss growing on the rocks?
errr...none of my java moss looks like that...

sure they arent mossballs?

 

[Bangin]

thats java moss growing on the rocks?
errr...none of my java moss looks like that...

sure they arent mossballs?

See endparenthesis' post above.

I actually have a mess of riccia that I thought about mailing out to anyone that wanted it, but I'm not experienced in shipping live plants. My personal experiences with mail orders have not been very good. I'd expect the cost of shipping. It's quite a mess, as it's been left to grow wild in a smaller tank. You may get some algae, snails and duckweed (no actual duckweed, but the potential for there to be duckweed). I said it was a mess.

 

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Moss balls don't have little 'points' growing outward... they appear 'smooth'.