What plant is this?
- Thread starter Sean W.
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It looks like Water Wisteria. Hygrophila Difformis. The leaves look as though it was grown emersed and is transitioning to the submersed state.
Agree with everyone. It should grow like a weed for you. They can overtake a tank if not pruned often.
nailed it on the head there! I got it from petco, it was in one of those little plastic tubes with the roots in gel.
thanks so much guys. I was using this plant as a guinea pig so see if i could get a plant to grow under LED light for a new 10 gallon planted tank i am going to be starting using LED lights. Needless to say the experiment was a success. I put this plant in my 22 gallon cube, vaccummed the whole thing except that one little area where i was going to be putting that plant and didnt do anything else, just put it and waited, i saw roots start to extend down after a few days and knew it was going to make it. my 22 gallon cube only has 3 led tubes that i got from petco, for a total of 9 watts and 900 lumens for a Lumen/ square inch of 3.52 lumens per square inch. compared to the light that is going to be in my 10 gallon tank, three 560 lumen 6.4W Led bulbs for a total of 19.2 Watts, 1,680 lumens with a lumen/square inch ratio of 8.4 lumens per square inch. so my 10 gallon planted tank is going to have 3x the light. i have high hopes for this planted tank i am going to be starting. keep an eye out for my build log coming shortly!
thanks guys!
