Please help me identify these plants

[lorindaleigh]

I got some great plants today! More coming tomorrow and Monday as well! I can't wait! I wish I could find my camera. I got all the cloudness out of my tank. WOO HOO! Took 5 75% water changes though. *whew that was tough work*

Anyways I need help identifying these two plants. Mystery plant number 1 is number 7 in the picture. I don't think its a sword because its more viney than leafy. It's also driving me crazy because I can't get it to stick in the substrate. After I figure out what it is, I'm breaking out the plant weights..

Plant number 2 is the long red one. Its number 8 in the picture. Its listed as Rotala but the pictures on other sites don't seem to match it.

Thanks everyone so much!

Thanks K for letting me use your picture

Here is the pic:

 

[snoopy65]

Plant number 11 looks like a crypt wendti bronze maybe. It is hard to tell. Can you get close ups of just the plants in question?

 

[lorindaleigh]

Opps meant plant 7 not 11. How confusing! LOL.

Sorry I can't get pics, stupid hubby lost my newish (less than a year old) camera. Yea I'm PD'ed. lol.

 

[timwag2001]

plant nuber 7 looks like some kinda moss from here (need a closer pic) maybe java moss.

i think pic 8 looks kinda like broadleaf ludwigia (ludwigia repens)

 

[Kashta]

8 in the photo looks like either ludwigia natans or mexican oakleaf. I can't make out the leaf form well enough from your photo to specify between the two.... so I'll show you a photo of each so you can compare them from getting a closer view.

Example of ludwigia natans....

Example of mexican oakleaf (Shinnersia rivularis).....

11 in the photo looks like cryptocoryne petchii.

 

[timwag2001]

i dont know. my eyes are playing tricks on me for plant 7

 

[Kashta]

Oh, missed that one.... 7 looks like dwarf hairgrass.

 

[fishy714]

7 looks like some type of grass, but cant really tell need better or closer picture. number 1 looks like a amazon

 

[lorindaleigh]

Katasha got all 3 right. Thank you so much! What's the trick with planting the hairgrass? These have been growing in pots so they are not straight they are more like wild vines. They have runners coming from every direction lol.

 

[Kashta]

Katasha got all 3 right. Thank you so much! What's the trick with planting the hairgrass? These have been growing in pots so they are not straight they are more like wild vines. They have runners coming from every direction lol.

The best way is to chop it to pieces, cut off most of the roots, and use a tiny bit of the rock wool to hold the stems together. Then smush the little bits into your sand/gravel using tweezers or BBQ tongs.

I know.. trying to describe this makes me sound weird. But it works.

Watch this video and follow the same process you see around the 5 minute mark (for HC) and around 5:45 (hairgrass). You really do just chop it up and stick it where you want it.

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