Very Red Plant Needed

I have 130 watts on a 55 g tank, with a dense fert schedule and pressurized CO2. I want to go with the most brilliantly red plant possible as per these conditions. Any suggestions? PH 6.8, temp 79-80 degrees F, moderate hardness, optimal bufffering...I'd like a plant that won't grow much higher than 12 inches.

Rlon35 said:

I have 130 watts on a 55 g tank, with a dense fert schedule and pressurized CO2. I want to go with the most brilliantly red plant possible as per these conditions. Any suggestions? PH 6.8, temp 79-80 degrees F, moderate hardness, optimal bufffering...I'd like a plant that won't grow much higher than 12 inches.

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Check out my avitar photo, red enough for you? Alternantera reineckii is the species. It is a stemplant that can be kept below 12 inches without a problem. There are other stemplants too, Ludwigia repens, Rotala can blush a salmon color if the lighting is good. I'd suggest Nymphaea lotus as well, but you really have to be on top of it to keep it below 12 inches. Cryptocoryne wendtii "red" is more purpleish rather than red.

That's what I can come up with off the top of my head.

Picture on Avitar isn't quite clear.

rotala macranda and this plant which i cant remeber the name of!



EDIT: just found it, - Nesaea crassicaulis

that plant looks amazing! WOW!