Help me ID these new plants please

erin14

erin14

Canadian, Eh?
Aug 7, 2007
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Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
I just bought these plants today from the store i work in. I know, its bad that I don't know what kind of plants they are but when they came the box didn't say what type of plant they were. I took some pics. and i was hoping someone could tell me what they are? I would like to know for myself but also for my customers who ask about them. I feel like one of those people who works in a pet store and says that clown loaches are okay to live in a 10g. tank hahaha because I don't know what kind of plant it is, how big it gets, what kind of light it needs and so on. Although, to defend myself, I have learned A LOT from here and I would never recommend a clown loach for a 10g. tank. I would just really like to know what kind of plants they are so i can help out my customers and add to my knowledge of aquaria and aquaria related things. Thanks so much!

p.s. tell me specifically which plant is what (ex. "#1 is this....#2. is that... and so on! )

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the first three are all not true aquatic plants (im unsure of the exact species but I remember the look of them) and like moist environments, but cannot survive under water. the foruth is a melon amazon sword plant and the last is hairgrass.

edit: actually the second one looks like a crypt, but im not totally certain. it does look an awful lot like a bog plant I remember seeing once.
 
1. Trichomanes javanicum, which is not aquatic
2. Looks like a Crypt
3. Unsure of name, but doesn't look aquatic either
4. Looks like either Amazon Sword or Melon Sword
5. Hairgrass
 
hmmmmm....well they've been in the tanks there for a while and i finally decided to figure out what they are...they haven't rotted or died or anything, i actually thought they looked pretty healthy because i know that some non-aquatic plants die pretty quickly when in water all the time... they're not brown/rotted or dead looking at all (well the hair grass is a little bit)...hmmmm....
 
Bog plants can survive underwater for weeks, but they don’t grow, they are adapted to survive some flooding but not submerged growth. They shouldnt be sold for tanks but they very often are.
 
It's too light to be African Fern. It's probably Peacock Fern, now that I look at it.
 
#3 is a borneo fern. Trichomanes javunicum, but I don't know the subspecies. Not aquatic. #4 Echindorus paniculatas, Amazon Sword. Needs pruning.
 
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