29.5 Gallon fish tank - Amazonian inspired

So this is an Alternanthera but i have no clue what variety, maybe you guys can help.

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Sorry for the long absence. Had so much stuff to do IRL, but the tank still goes on and goes on GOOD. So summary:

- deep substrate JBL + root tabs all capped with JBL Manado Sansibar Black
- CO2 system
- Tropica fertilizer every 2 days

FISH:
- 5 Otos
- 2 Panda Cory
- 3 Longfin Panda Cory
- 10 neon tetras (they were 11 but one died)
- 7 glowlight tetras (not glo-tetras, i had 8 but one jumped behind the tank and died). i might get 3 more
- 1 very shy female Pearl Gourami

I'm waiting for an aponogeton, a red tiger lotus and a bolbitis to add them to the tank. I have 2 peace lillies to help clean the top of the water as, due to the flow, i can't grow floating plants

I don't do water changes, I only add water weekly to compensate the evaporation



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Our January Tank of the Month contest will feature tanks sized at 17 to 30 gallons hint....hint
 
The aponogeton longiplumulosus is growing like crazy. I've ordered 3 more: boivinianus, ulvaceus and madagascariensis. I know it's a bit of an overkill but i love 'em. The red tiger lotus also took of. I took out some plants from the foreground. I've added some cripts and moved the bolbitis in front. I've also ordered another crypt, a crinum, an anubias snow white and 3 java ferns (for the background).

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Hydrocotyle leucocephala. With my CO2 and ferts schedule grows like crazy. 3-4 leaves every 2 days or so.
 
Have you trimmed it at all? Are you going to keep it kind of low? If it's trimmed, will it grow wider (more shoots ) or just keep going up?
 
I'm not trimming it, i just love how it expands. It grows in all directions, up and sideways and at every node it grows roots so if you want you can push those nodes into the sand and make it a carpeting plant. As i understood if you let it reach the surface it will have flowers.

Some close-ups.

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