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Buddy33

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hey guys i just have a problem, i have a 3ft tropical tank with com fish. Now i have 3 differnt types of plants 1 on drift wood going every strong growning heaps anther going good not growning much, but my other one is getting holes though its leaves??
i have a 30w power glo grow light, but still dont no why its dying??
 
any idea what the plants are called? Can you post a picture of them?
 
the one thats getting holes is the Purple Waffle, Ambulia is the one going ok but i dont no what the good one is called?
 
the top one is the one getting all the holes in it, u can only see a few in the photo but there are a lot of holes in all the leaves??


the bottom one is the good one on the drift wood but dont know its name
 

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yep, nosoup4u has it right. Purple waffle is a marsh plants that rots pretty quickly when kept under water. You can plant it in some potting mix and keep the pot in a container of water so its roots are damp or wet, but the leaves are kept dry. Then it will probably do well.

the bottom pic looks a bit like Anubius that is covered in algae. It doesn't normally grow in that shape tho so it could be something else, perhaps a Hygrophilla of some sort.
 
dumd F&*KING LFS, told me purple waffle is tropical!!! :angry:
 
most true aquatic plants are unable to support their own weight when removed from the water. Whereas marsh plants will continue standing upright when taken out of water. There are a couple of exceptions to this and they include Swordplants, Crypts and Hygrophilla sp. These plants will grow in or out of water.
Some good aquatic plants to try include Ambulia, Elodia, Hydrilla, Ludwigia, Hygrophilla polysperma, Swordplants and Narrow Vallis.
 
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