Plant ID

Lil' Swimz$ · Post by **Lil' Swimz$** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 4:59 pm

Plant ID: Could you please help me ID these plants??

AND

Sorry for blurriness.

Thank you all to read this!

J-P · Post by **J-P** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 5:11 pm

#1 looks like a kind of Bacopa #2 looks like Hygro

not sure what the camera is looking at.. the pics are a bit too fuzzy to really tell.

Take a bit of #1 and crush it in your hand. Does it have a "fresh" smell to it?

Lil' Swimz$ · Post by **Lil' Swimz$** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:09 pm

Actually no, it doesn't smell at all.

Sorry about the blurriness.

The problem I'm having is that in both plants, the lower leaves are slowly dying off. Only the top half leaves seem to be healthy. Too little light perhaps? I don't believe so. I have 3 watts per gallon.

EDIT: Looked up Bacopa, no it has very thin leaves, and are almost a cirlce, Bacopa has more oblong shape.

Lil' Swimz$ · Post by **Lil' Swimz$** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:20 pm

It looks like JUST like this only the leaves stick out more horizontal instead of straight up: http://www.unbeatablesale.com/bci16256. ... m=BCI16256

J-P · Post by **J-P** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:24 pm

nope.. that happens as the plants grows. Many stalk plants continue to grow like that until they break the surface of the tank. Usually the hi growth areas suck up the nutrients and the lower leaves die off. Are you supplementing the tank with anything?

Lil' Swimz$ · Post by **Lil' Swimz$** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:44 pm

Yes. I dose Monday, Wednesday, and Friday with one half teaspoon of Aqueon Plant Food and suposedly 5ml of CO2, but I have no way of measuring that so I do about 3 drops. I should find out...

Lil' Swimz$ · Post by **Lil' Swimz$** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:54 pm

It says 1/10th capful, how do I do that?

YES!!! So it says the cap is 1 mL, AND my dad gave me a milk tester syringe (no needle) and it has the mL thingy on the side! The first one is .1 mL so I need just that in my fertilizer regimine, awesome! Glad I found that out.

J-P · Post by **J-P** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 7:08 pm

http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/foru ... antfinder/

Choose "stem" in the lower left and and click "go" right beside it. It will bring up a list of plants. Bacopa is a very BIG family. There is only one that smells that that is the dead give away

J-P · Post by **J-P** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 7:10 pm

it could be the lighting ... mine did that at first but not any longer.. but if I recall they did that in the taller tanks.

Lil' Swimz$ · Post by **Lil' Swimz$** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 7:24 pm

Yes, this tank is taller then short. I may invest in a stronger light, although they are like $15 each at the LFS!!!! Maybe PetSmart will have some knockoffs.

Oh, found out that one capful is actually 5 mL, so I need .5 mL each dosing.

The Puffer Forum

The Puffer Store

Plant ID

Plant ID

Re: Plant ID

Re: Plant ID

Re: Plant ID

Re: Plant ID

Re: Plant ID

Re: Plant ID

Re: Plant ID

Re: Plant ID

Re: Plant ID