Plant ID please

[Pogiebate]

I know you get a lot of these, but I was told this plant was hornwort. Is it? The leaves look different to me compared to what I have looked up on the Internet.

Thanks,
Annie

 

[rocker92]

hornwort

 

[rocker92]

looks like you might be getting some platy fry soon too!!

 

[Pogiebate]

Thanks! Yea, those platys LOL. But I have a couple of angelfish that will keep the population down.

 

[Kashta]

Yes, that's hornwort. You'll see a lot of differences in photos of that plant because it looks different a lot. The old growth is a dark avocado green like that. Under stronger lighting with a lot of new growth, it's a bright green color. If a lot of nutrients are present is grows bushy and thick like yours is. But if it's sucked up all the nutrients to a point of depletion, it begins to starve.. shedding needles and growing sparsely and straggly looking.. and it can actually die out completely for that lack of nutrients.

Hornwort can be a little temperamental like this, but it also serves as an excellent barometer you can use to see what's actually going on in the tank.

 

[petluvr]

EVIL PLANT!!!Yes it is Hornwort