Id My Plants Please?

[geer head]

So, I just took over care of a tank and of course, I've never had live plants in my fish tank before! lol I've tried to figure out what plants they are, but I'm not 100% sure.

If you know what plants I have, it would be great to know for sure! Also, based on the pictures, how heavily/lightly planted is my tank (i.e. for nutrition purposes). Approximately the front 2/5 of my tank is not planted:

1. 2-3 different plants:

2. 1 plant

3. 1 plant (the tall weed-like plant)

4. 1 plant

 

[RadaR]

In the first picture........the one on the left is a type of Vallisneria. The one in the middle and on the right I believe to be some sort of Echinodorus (amazon sword specie).
Picture 2, it's a specie of Anubias. It's not doing too well because Rhizome is buried in the gravel. It needs to be un-covered.
Picture 3, Hornwort.
Picture 4, A type of Cryptocoryne I think.

 

[geer head]

Rhizome??? okay, I'll take a look to see what this all means.

Thanks!

Any idea on how to rate how 'planted' my tank is? All the plants a pretty spread out like in the 1st and somewhat 3rd picture. The front 2/5 is not planted.

 

[RadaR]

From what I can see, I'd say medium planted. But to be honest, they seem to be struggleing somewhat...

 

[acula]

Can you do mine too plz?

 

[RadaR]

Red plants looks like Alternanthera reineckii or Ludwigia glandulosa. Both are quite difficult.
The two green plants are Egeria densa/Elodea densa, which is simple to keep and I've seen it thrive in tanks with a single light tube and fully stocked fish bio-load.

 

[acula]

yeah i bought those green ones last week and theyve alrdy doubled in size, i trimmed em down 50% today just b4 i took that pic but they we at the top of the water.

Ive only had the red one a few days and its been a pain in the backside! Its so sensitive and looses its leaves with the slightest touch. I needed a lil colour in there tho

 

[RadaR]

Ive only had the red one a few days and its been a pain in the backside! Its so sensitive and looses its leaves with the slightest touch. I needed a lil colour in there tho

Knew it would be.
Try Ludwigia repens instead

 

[geer head]

From what I can see, I'd say medium planted. But to be honest, they seem to be struggleing somewhat...

They are struggling. I just moved in a few weeks ago and the entire tank was covered in algae (BGA I think?). I was pulling fist-fulls of the stuff out. I've removed the worst of the leaves on the plants, so it looks a lot better than when I first encountered the tank! It's a 60 US gal tank (approx) and is about 20 inches of water depth. I'm currently using 2x T-12 30w 5000k fluorescent lights and looking at more, but I'm worried that with more lights I'll have to work hard to keep algae from growing. Once I get more fish, will it be enough to add chelated iron and a source of carbon (if the fish don't supply enough C02)?