Plant ID please

[roydooms]

I bought this at petsmart. 2-assorted potted plants for $5. None of the staff knows what type of plant this is. Please I'D. Thanks!

 

[Crepe]

Wow great deal!. It's E. Tenellum or more correctly :helanthium tenellum.

They require medium to high light and good root ferts.
Nice foreground plant.

 

[roydooms]

Wow great deal!. It's E. Tenellum or more correctly :helanthium tenellum.

They require medium to high light and good root ferts.
Nice foreground plant.

Thank you!

 

[roydooms]

Wow great deal!. It's E. Tenellum or more correctly :helanthium tenellum.

They require medium to high light and good root ferts.
Nice foreground plant.

Is it better known as pigmy chain sword?

 

[Coleallensmom]

Looks so nice and healthy! Crepe is probably right...Looks like chain sword from your pics. I have this plant in both of my planted tanks. In my low- medium light tank it is sustained but doesn't show growth. In my tank with higher light (the 20 gal), I see new shoots on it everyday. It can have amazing growth under the right light.

 

[roydooms]

Looks so nice and healthy! Crepe is probably right...Looks like chain sword from your pics. I have this plant in both of my planted tanks. In my low- medium light tank it is sustained but doesn't show growth. In my tank with higher light (the 20 gal), I see new shoots on it everyday. It can have amazing growth under the right light.

Thanks. I have a low-light tank if you go with the watts/g. Fort said that it's different with bigger tanks? If it's not showing any growth, I might turn on the other 2 lights for a few hours. I'll probably put 2 root tabs or more under each plant and the surrounding substrate. I don't have small-grained substrate but I hope it works out.

I saw your chain sword pics with new shoots. Beautiful!

 

[Coleallensmom]

Mine started out from just a small bunch plant, not large pots like you were able to get. You should be easily be able to seperate some of those plants to get a nice spread.

 

[mom2reds]

If you decide you have to much you could send some my way...lol Nice pick up

 

[roydooms]

Mine started out from just a small bunch plant, not large pots like you were able to get. You should be easily be able to seperate some of those plants to get a nice spread.

Nice pic! I separated the 2 pots to 10... I wish I won't have to turn on the other light for it to grow and spread.

 

[mom2reds]

looks good...

 

[roydooms]

looks good...

Thanks.

 

[Jason7894561230]

That is a very slow growing plant FYI

 

[roydooms]

That is a very slow growing plant FYI

The pigmy chain sword? I'm not in a hurry . I'm even waiting for the plants to grow before I add more fish

 

[daileene]

very nice healthy looking plants...wish i could get a deal like that..

 

[Gillie]

That actally looks more like Lilaeopsis carolinensis than Helanthium tenellum.

Helanthium
http://www.onlineaquariumstore.com/acatalog/Echinodorus_tenellus_large.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p184/sunmiztres/pigmychainsword20large.jpg

Lilaeopsis
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR4h4rYFFT7fjejwBTO-oibQjCyt3JFfBQAXUV0QfqchCOc8w_iCQ&t=1
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS_UaME0bkQLUUhLBBmadCyLCFDpVHmFqRrKfSnjOtb1EGrI3mo&t=1

 

[roydooms]

That actally looks more like Lilaeopsis carolinensis/microsword than a pygmy chain, the plant is still in it's emersed form and not showing the flower stalk commonly found coming from emersed Helanthium tenellum pots
Helanthium
http://www.aquabotanic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cparva-3.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p184/sunmiztres/pigmychainsword20large.jpg
Lilaeopsis
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR4h4rYFFT7fjejwBTO-oibQjCyt3JFfBQAXUV0QfqchCOc8w_iCQ&t=1
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS_UaME0bkQLUUhLBBmadCyLCFDpVHmFqRrKfSnjOtb1EGrI3mo&t=1

It does look like the second pic. Thank you.