Please IDENTIFY this PLANT!!!

Hi my fellow fishy friends.

I bought this plant from my LFS this morning, like usual the staff dont know what type of plant it is:blink:.

The sticker just says Imported plants.

i really like this plant my Tiger barbs are leaving it alone and I only paid R25 for it :cheesy:

So please help my identify this plant, as I want to get more of it.

This is a decent plant with nice strongs stems.

Excuse my little Tiger barb dudes being in the way of the photos, the last one is nice and clear.

Please advice.

Thanks.

 

Its a non aquatic plant wil rot in the tank

 

Seen 2 shops today selling these whilst out and about with the family.

 

Well this is very weird they had it in with the other plants, are you dead sure about this not questioning your knowledge dude.

Can anyone else out there comment on this please.

 

Its non aquatic. You can buy it at your local nursery mich bigger for the same price.

 

Im no expert but I agree with Ryno, that doesnt look like a aquatic plant to me at all....

 

Im no expert but I agree with Ryno, that doesnt look like a aquatic plant to me at all.... as a rule of thumb i usually stay away from plants thats 2 tone white and green like that one as alot of lfs sell non aquatic plants like them....

 

draceana

 

is this an example of market trading where one buys low and sells high?

 

Dracaena, some store owners just don't know all plants and go with what the supplier tells them.

 

Ag nee man, well if this is the case i will go and exchange this plant for something else tomorrow.

Bloody idiots at the lfs selling non aquatic plants.

Well lets hope what ever I get tomorrow, is an aquatic plant.

Saw one that had nice reddish leaves hope this is the real McCoy.

Thanks for all the input guys.

 

They buy the mix batch of plants on the order list. It is mostly non aquatic. If you want quality plants buy from the sponsors.

 

That is definately draceana and its non aquatic. Sorry but you've been had my friend. Lots of lfs sell them.

 

Well they wont give my money back so I will rather just exchange it for a aquatic plant, do you get aquatic plants with red leaves?

 

21 plants to avoid in the aquarium.:idea:
http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/content.php?sid=4741

 

+1, sorry man. Its definately non aquatic. I have some in my garden as well as the purple kind.

 

Of course you get aquatic plants with red leaves. You dont look up alot of scapes on the internet. But they wont grow in your tank high light lots of ferts good substrate and co2

 

Is it safe to keep it in my tank till tomorrow?

I read on the site that dewaldc mentioned, they say if the tank stands on it own when taken out of water then it is non aquatic and when the plant droops out of the water then it is aquatic. Ok cool thanks ryno. And thanks to dewaldc for the site.

 

According to the new Consumer Protection Act you have full right to a refund or a replacement, although for R25.00 it may not be worth arguing over.

 

that sux... Nice plant tho.. could always stick it in the garden