Is this a Cryptcoryne/Echinodorus species?

[kuruppa]

Hi can anyone help me with the ID of this plant?



it was labelled as E. Tenellus at polyart but i think it is a crypt. is it? thanks in advance

[RHX]

The leaves looks like c.parva, but c.parva's is not that long & does not grow that big & tall. Doubt it's a crypt.

[Limbeh]

Hi,

They look like E. Tenellus to me. I bought something like that from C328 months ago for my office tank; and with strong lightings, the shape of the new leaves are different from how they initially looks like.

I also have another plant which at the point of time when I bought it, was round leaves, within 2 weeks in my tanks, all turns out to HM.

Guess the shape of the leaves changes when they go from emerse to submerge and also when light level changes.

cheers.

[leeruisheng]

Emerse form of E. tenellus.

[kuruppa]

Ok so i guess polyart was right. so i read that when the plant adapts to emmerse form, the leaves will fall off right? what can i do to help the transition?

[juggler]

Ok so i guess polyart was right. so i read that when the plant adapts to emmerse form, the leaves will fall off right? what can i do to help the transition?

Don't worry about it. New submersed leaves (different from the spade like emersed form) will come out from the centre and with runners all about in no time.

[oblivion]

the emerse leaves will turn brown and melt off slowly beginning around week 2 usually in my experience
meanwhile thin slim submerse leaves will be growing
the mother plants will spread runners as well
at this stage just do a weekly trim of the browning/melting emerse leaves
keep on doing that
the conversion to submerse should be complete in a month or so

[ahyann]

hihi i bought a couple pots of E. tenellus before and after adding a layer of base ferts. but they keep melting off and disappear.. could it be my substrate? i'm using seachem onxy sand and JBL base fert.. all my foreplants are gone... except my nana... help... tks alot

[valice]

Ok so i guess polyart was right. so i read that when the plant adapts to emmerse form, the leaves will fall off right? what can i do to help the transition?

Depends. Sometimes, the leaves transits to the submersed form. Sometimes it just turns yellow and die. when this happens, trim them off when you see submersed growth. This will help the build-up of ammonia in the region of the plant and attract algae growth if somehow the tank condition is not balanced.