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Lucid

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Hi All,

Just wondering if anyone out there can tell me what these plants are, I was told when I bought them what they were but between the store nd home promptly forgot :oops:

1.

http://photobucket.com/albums/v113/Ball ... dplant.jpg

2. This one is the one between the driftwood and the heater, quite a tall plant that came out of the cold water tanks but I have been assured it will thrive in the warmer water of a tropical tank.

http://photobucket.com/albums/v113/Ball ... eenone.jpg

3. This is a mystery plant that has just appeared in one of my tanks.

http://photobucket.com/albums/v113/Ball ... ystery.jpg

4. And this i am pretty certain is Cyprus, but thought I might just check here first. It is the taller of the two grassy looking plants in the front there.

http://photobucket.com/albums/v113/Ball ... Cyprus.jpg

5. And this is the full tank that the plants are in, just waiting for the plants to frow out and cover the back of the tank and also still toying with ideas for the tank backing. :D

http://photobucket.com/albums/v113/Ball ... 1ea748.jpg

Thanks all for your time in advance. I have posted links as the images are quite large on these as it shows the leaves and structure alot better.

B

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:oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:

Here are the links to the bigger pics, my bad on that one

1.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v113/ ... dplant.jpg

2.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v113/ ... eenone.jpg

3.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v113/ ... ystery.jpg

4.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v113/ ... Cyprus.jpg

5.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v113/ ... 1ea748.jpg

The first 3 are the ones I am id'ing, the 4th I think is cyprus, but not sure.

And number 5 is my planted 3 foot downstairs.

Sorry bout the little pics.

B

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Not sure on the name of #3 but i think its the same as something I bought about 2 months agoIt was sold as a sword and came with big long (10cm) stalks and a single leaf on the end of each stalk,

It got really scummy, so i pruned it back quite hard only a couple of weeks after putting it in the tank I took a pic of what one of them looks like now, after 6 weeks...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/DiverJohn/Fish_Dec04_004.jpg

It was the black veins on the leaves of your plant, that I noticed first. And as you can see mine is similar. Is this black veiny look normal? If not does anybody know what causes it? How to fix it?

Then again Ballistic I could be COMPLETLY wrong....

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They are two different plants.

Ballistic's is most likely an Amazon Sword (Echinodorus amazonicus) and Diver John's is a Rose Amazon Sword (Echinodorus osiris).

Ballistic's plant is still a little small to properly identify and at this stage could be one of about 3 sword plants. In a month or so once it grows some more it will be easier to properly identify it.

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