What Is This Plant?

[Jenfish44]

Hi everyone

First time posting here. Please could you tell me the name of this plant in my aquarium? I have been trying to identify it without much success!

Kind regards
Jenfish44

 

[Aqua Tom]

Looks like Alternanthera reineckii Pink (roseafolia)

 

[minnnt]

And the other in the background is non aquatic so you should remove it as it will eventually rot and leech ammonia into your water.

 

[juggernuts]

Looks like a house plant not a tropical if you ask me

 

[Cazgar]

Looks like some kind of cordyline to me, not an aquatic plant

 

[Aqua Tom]

Looks like some kind of cordyline to me, not an aquatic plant

Not This then?


Tom

 

[lock77]

The plant in back is cabomba! P.A.H sell them as aquarium plants.

 

[Cazgar]

I don't think so, looks more like this
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[minnnt]

Not the Cabomba... The Dracaena.

 

[Ruskull]

The plant in back is cabomba! P.A.H sell them as aquarium plants.

He's talking about the "Ribbon Plant" which is actually a type of bamboo and not a true aquatic plant. I have them in my tank too but I'm slowly replacing them with real aquatic plants.

 

[D1s]

Im afraid cazgar is right. Its a house plant.

 

[StandbySetting]

Not aquatic

 

[FishBlast]

Could have been worse. I thought this wouldn't be done, but after googling it...

this came up. I hope that tank won't have fish, otherwise... OUCH!

 

[onidrase]

Neither of them look fully aquatic to me. A lot of Pet Stores Sell plants that look pretty, and can live underwater longer than some plants, but can't live in such conditions for too long.

 

[SaTiVa1984]

I bought some "Dracaena" for my tank when i first started, i had no idea is was not aquatic at the time, and it died off pretty quickly. It single handedly stopped me using real plants for a long while.

How can fish stores get away with selling these if they are not aquatic plants?