Moneywort? Pennywort? help ID two plants

mel_20_20

mel_20_20

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I bought three bunches at Petsmart and thought they were all the same, but one bunch is different from two of them.

I think one is Pennywort, and the other is Moneywort, but I'm a total noob regarding plants.
Please help.

The one that looks like Pennywort even has some kind of tiny flowers, not opened, but what appears to be flowers. This plant has the little root clusters along the stem, but the other plant doesn't.

I have fairly low lighting in all my tanks, will these be OK?

Here they are:

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Here are the two side by side


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this one and the next two seem to be Pennywort, but I'm not sure.

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The next two stems are very different.
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Some of the leaves on both types are getting brown and kind of wilted/slimy, what would be the reason for that.

Right now I have them in a 10 gallon with a light, I've added flourish, but they are still bound by the plant weights. I've had them in there about a week.

I wanted to quarantine them in case they may have some hitchhiking parasites or other nasties, and I want to ID them so I know the best way to place them in the tanks.

Thanks for your help.

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Some of the leaves on both types are getting brown and kind of wilted/slimy, what would be the reason for that.
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they get grown emsered or above water then put submersed under water and they transition.

as for the id i think you are right on both. you put them both same place just plant them under the light let them transition and start splitting them up once they start growing for your main tank.
 
Thanks, Bob. :)
 
I have Brazilian pennywort as a floating plant in my tank. Holy smokes does that stuff GROW! I'm constantly pinching it off and tossing some.
 
Your moneywort is definitely a bacopa. I thought it may be caroliniana but at second look I'll string along with the others and agree that it's monnieri.

Mark
 
MichiganMan said:
I have Brazilian pennywort as a floating plant in my tank. Holy smokes does that stuff GROW! I'm constantly pinching it off and tossing some.
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I agree it grows like a weed when floating, a little slower IME if 'rooted' but still a hardy plant.
 
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