So I bought four of these plants from my LFS... buy three get one free. How could I resist?
I've had them for a month or two. They're not exactly thriving, and they don't want to stay rooted in the gravel. They keep coming loose. And I've never seen a plant like this in anyone else's tank. Possible that they were selling a semi-aquatic plant?
I did just change my lighting from incandescent to fluorescent, so they could be just starting to recover. But they're still yellowy and some strands have died.
probably dwarf sag or might be pygmy chain swords but I am leaning towards dwarf sag?? Either way, both are medium-high light plants and don't do well very well unless you have good lights.
With your new light, it will probably recover. You could also try using some excel if you have better lights.
To me it looks like straight vallisneria. Or at least it looks exactly like the straight val I had. Mine also died off a bit and had yellow strands, but I thought that was because I overcrowded it. I had fluorescent lighting. I ended up throwing it out after some time because it was also damned hard to get algae off of since the strands are so small.
Good luck with yours, hopefully it was just the trauma of planting and it will bounce back.
Totally agree with Bradley I made the same mistakes and luckily got my money back I mean why are they even stating its a aquatic plant when it's not oh well
try local fish stores for grassy like plants. I feel that your lfs might have better stock of plants than chain stores, its always good to help them out as well and if your a loyal customer, they can hook you up with deals, like sell plants for cheap or get a bulk of plants for a low price.
I did buy it from my local fish store! They wouldn't be my first choice, honestly. But pickings are slim and they are very friendly, if not the most knowledgeable.
I bought a bunch of mondo grass too, a while ago. Of course it didn't do well in my tank. Is there any way to grow this stuff? I tried having the tops out of the water but they just kind of dried up. . Why do pet stores sell this stuff pretending it's aquatic? Darn you, Petsmart.
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