please help with plant id for my blog

[plumboy21]

could bros here here help me identify the plants attached. i want to create a blog for my tank. the first photo contains 2 plants - the one on the left is what the shop guy said a cheaper version of "yang2 cao3" & the right is a kind of val? second photo is a red plant & lastly is what the guy said carpet grass, i did a search, but not telly leh... please help thanks.

[XnSdVd]

The left ones look... funky

Anyway, middle pic = some sort of Cryptocoryne
right pic = E tennelus.

[Justikanz]

1st pic: Left - Should be Myriophyllum dicoccum, Right - Vallisneria americana var. or V.spiralis

2nd pic: Lobelia cardinalis (emersed, will change to green submersed form)

3rd pic: Echinodorus tenellus

[XnSdVd]

damn... 1 out of 3... haha

[valice]

The "carpet grass" which you bought is the emersed version of the ones you already have in your tank. IN your 2nd picture where you have the emersed Lobelia, the background plants are the submersed version of the E. tenullus.

[plumboy21]

The "carpet grass" which you bought is the emersed version of the ones you already have in your tank. IN your 2nd picture where you have the emersed Lobelia, the background plants are the submersed version of the E. tenullus.

gees... u meant the carpet grass is e.tenellus again? haiz... because my tenellus grew tall, that's why shifted them to the back, now it's tenellus again thought they are really short in heights.

[XnSdVd]

Plants grow tall because they lack light. So just trim and increase your lights. I believe a slight blue tint will cause them to grow low and dense while red will make them grow taller and thinner. So get a 7000 - 9000K bulb

[plumboy21]

Plants grow tall because they lack light. So just trim and increase your lights. I believe a slight blue tint will cause them to grow low and dense while red will make them grow taller and thinner. So get a 7000 - 9000K bulb

i used 2 x 36w PL for a 2ft, it's still inadequate? bulb? what kinda bulb?

[valice]

I believe a slight blue tint will cause them to grow low and dense while red will make them grow taller and thinner.

Where did you get that from? Interesting theory...

[XnSdVd]

Type "plants light temperature kelvin" in yahoo or google
It also gives you some interesting ideas like having 1 blue and 1 red light instead of 1 "white" one.


EDIT: Here it is. Mods, sticky it if y'all feel it's useful
http://www.aquabotanic.com/artlit.htm

[valice]

That's what I am using now. One slightly bluer tube (10000k) and one slightly redder tube (6500K). I like the effect...

[XnSdVd]

really? how's it look? or by effect do you mean plant growth?

[wasabi8888]

Vincent

OK.. need to talk to you about this today as well.... so much to learn from you..... see you later at Biotope...