Please verify

[aquazen]

Hello neighbors. This is a picture of my 10G-planted tank. A friend of mine labeled the plants for me (Thanks Steve!!) as he's had much more experience with planted thanks than me, not to mention over half of what's in my tank came from his tank!

But I am a bit unsure whether or not the small skinny plant to the right of the tree stump really is rotala indica, the ones in front of the moneywort.

Could someone verify this for me? He's labeled a different plant on the right rotala indica as well, and they look worlds apart.

Thank you in advance. I'm just trying to satiate my curiosity.

 

[Cafe Jeff]

I am sure it's a lovely pic, but we're going to need help here.

Jeff

 

[aquazen]

Sorry. He he. Was wondering why the pic wasn't uploading. It was 25K too large.

 

[Cafe Jeff]

Can't help you with the ids, but the tank certainly looks nice just the way it is.
Perhaps it's time to add a fishy or three? A nice majestic angel or trio of neons of a couple of corys would look nice. Jeff

 

[malkore]

yes, that's definitely rotala indica: http://www.plantgeek.net/images/plantpics/rindica.jpg

 

[aquazen]

Hrm

Why is my friend's rotala (to the right) much larger with thicker stalk than the one I have (to the left)? He did say he uses 36 watts for his tank and I use 26 watts. Maybe that has something to do with it? But it's strange that his rotala is still sprouting large long leaves given the decreased light supplied.

Oh, I've got 3 female guppies (2 of which need to be confined for delivery soon) and 2 male guppies in the tank. Also have a dwarf gourami, a pleco, a glass fish, and 2 corys.

 

[Toirtis]

From what I can see, it looks all correct.

 

[malkore]

I missed your comment about the second plant on the right. It doesn't look like any rotala indica I've seen.

 

[Toirtis]

I missed your comment about the second plant on the right. It doesn't look like any rotala indica I've seen.

Now that you mention it, it looks more like Rotala sp. 'green'.

 

[aquazen]

Thanks. Maybe I need higher light to bring out the red. My ludwigia is showing nice red colors, but I guess some plants need higher light for the red to come out.

Thanks for all the help.