Type of Plant?

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TKOS

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I just picked up a floating plant last night at the lfs and was hoping that someone might know what it is since no at the lfs did. It is a floating plant that looks like a tangle of lilypads. Any ideas? Sorry I don't have a picture.

Thanks
 
Nevertheless, I'm willing to stab at the possibility of Cardamine lyrata.

Not actually a floating plant, but it can be hard to find where it should be planted...

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Well it seems to float really well on the top of the water. The pads range in size but the biggest one is about 2 inches across. There are no roots except for a few tiny filaments that pop out in some places. There is no real stem either with the pads at both ends and in between. Anyway it is really nice to look at and should provide some nice hiding spots.
 
Well it seems to look like a lot of different photos of plants, even kind of like the leaves on the Bannana plant, so I will borrow the digital camera from work and see if I can't get a good shot of it tonight.

Thanks for the suggestions
 
Well now that I am back home it seems that you are probably right Faramir. So does this mean that I should try and stick it in the subtrate or does it make a difference if it is floating?
 
Originally posted by TKOS
Well now that I am back home it seems that you are probably right Faramir. So does this mean that I should try and stick it in the subtrate or does it make a difference if it is floating?
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You probably don't have to - I have read it can grow as a floating plant. I imagine it's one of those that gets most of its nourishment from the water column. However, its natural environment is actually marsh rather than underwater, so it would definitely be rooted in the wild!

The bad point about this plant is it comes from temperate regions and I read in Baensch and on Tropica that it tends to grow a bit spindly and with smaller leaves at tropical temperatures. It even grows naturally as far north as Siberia.
 
Thansk again. I actually keep my tank in the low 70's as the minnows and catfish don't seem to need it too warm so hopefully it will be cooler for the plant. Otherwise I still have some watersprite that seems to be doing ok if the other one fails.

Sorry that the digital camera just could get a decent enough picture. The egdes are scalloped and the pads grow along the length of the "stem."
 
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