Need some help ID'ing a plant & fish

superjohnny · 10-06-2003, 1:36 AM

Anyone know what the red plant is? How bout the fish?

Muchos gracias amigos

somefinnfishy · 10-06-2003, 3:00 PM

The fish is a geophagus rhabdotus I think but might be a geophagus surinamensis.

just looked in my tanks and now am not sure could also be a bahia red or a pelligrini but shure its one of those have the same fish at the same size in my tank but mixed with 5 other asst geos.
I should know the plant

but have it and dont know either.

DIYMatt · 10-06-2003, 3:13 PM

To me the plant looks like Amania Gracilis or a Rotala sp. (macandra?). My spelling might be off, but I am pretty sure that its one of the two.

somefinnfishy · 10-06-2003, 3:32 PM

you ever come up to forest lake pets mat?

MrGoodbytes · 10-06-2003, 9:54 PM

It also looks like Ammania gracilis to me too, but I might be wrong.

SuperJohnny, you're from Sol? Me too!

Graeme

Starry · 10-08-2003, 9:56 PM

Rotala macrandra for sure.

Hard to grow, needs a lot of light.

Edit: Never ever ever every buy fish that you're not familiar with! How can people do this? Next thing you know, you're bringing home a baby piranha, hoping it will get along with your guppies in a 10gal. Sorry to pick on you, but I just don't understand how people can do this.

superjohnny · 10-08-2003, 11:25 PM

Excellent point Starry, I agree completely. That said I knew what he was two years ago when I got him

He's amazingly nice. Definitely has his run of the tank, but I've never seen him be aggressive towards another fish.

The rotala (thanks bye the way) does thrive when it gets towards the light. I cut it when it is doing really well and re-plant it. I'm trying to get a thick patch.

Thanks guys