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Yster
17-09-2011, 13:43
Can someone please ID the following plant please?
tracyp
17-09-2011, 14:04
Looks like a variety of alternanthera... google that? If it is, it's not an aquatic, sorry!
Yster
17-09-2011, 16:33
Alternanthera reineckii are a true aquatic plant if I'm not mistaken? But I'm not sure if this is the specific plant so I'm hoping someone else can be of help?
f-fish
18-09-2011, 07:45
Think this looks more like Alternanthera ficoidea than reineckii .. tracyp seems to be on the money - non-aquatic.

http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide_viewer.php?id=234

Later Ferdie
Yster
18-09-2011, 08:14
Noooooo not again!
f-fish
18-09-2011, 08:26
hehehe .. it happens

See if you can find a copy of the 101 best aquarium plants by mary e sweeney ...

http://www.take2.co.za/books-the-101-best-aquarium-plants-paperback-3752457.html btw this is a good price for the book - locals will charge you over 250 ..


Later Ferdie
Lizid
18-09-2011, 08:35
Bud you wanna make a and meet I will help you,,, I don't k ow much but you seem to he hissing real bad luck... Or come over to my
Place and maybe I have something you like
Yster
18-09-2011, 11:03
Bad luck?? The last 3 plants that I bought were non aquatic! And my father brought me some plants from KZN from a LFS and more than half of them were not aquatic. These LFS are really getting on my nerves. Think f-fish has an idea to buy the 101 best aquarium plants book and do some studying before I buy more plants.

Lizid thanks for the offer, will let you know when I'm going that way again then we can maybe arrange something! Think you guys are my only hope left for true aquatic plants.

But thanks for the help so far!
Wyvren
18-09-2011, 11:30
Yster we all went thru that, I actually gave my mum the mondo grass that I was sold and its growing lovely in her garden :P It took me about 6months in the end I went thru all the plants online, saved images, found details on care and with that list I started going to ALL the LFS in my area and some not and finally found all the plants on my lists and even asking on here for a clipping or grabbing some when people clean up their tanks. And I ended up leaving my lists at a few of my fav LFS and they have started slooooooowly getting more and more of those plants in and selling them like hot cakes!
tracyp
18-09-2011, 19:36
Yster... I'm sorry to have been the bad-news bearer... a suggestion.. it's worked for me? Ask here on the forum! I'm sure folks will help?