Plant Id?

[Fraoch]

I bought this plant about a year ago and i thought i bought it under amazon sword but im not too sure cause i bought a few. It looks like an amazon sword but with hardly any stem and thiner leaves. Tallest leaves atm are about 5 inches. I cant upload a picture right now cause ill need to borrow a camera.

 

[bumbleweasle]

Hmm.. well I think an amazon sword is "echinodorus" genus "amazonius" species. A wider genus search may help (type "echinodorus" into Google Images & see if there are any that look like your plant). Failing that, if you can get a pic up here then someone more knowledgable may be able to ID it for you.

 

[Fraoch]

well it could be echinodorus quadricostatus...? ill get a picture up withing an hour or so since i can get hold of a camera right now

 

[Fraoch]

right here it is, i have 2 of them and i would like to buy some more if i can find them, sorry for the bad quality, its the best i could get. The leaves of them have gone slightly yellow in places so im going to order some fertiliser and root tabs And yeh i have an invasion of tadpole snails

Also can anyone help with my Vallis. I bought 2 bunches online but the company i bought it from cut the tops of the blades of them all and from what ive read this causes them to melt which is whats happening. I emailed them and asked for a refund or some different plants but they replied saying
"We regularly trim our vallis because it grows so fast and gets so long. Yours we had trimmed at least twice if not 3 times since we've had it.

Trimming does not cause the plant any problems - in fact it stimulates growth and helps the plant. If yours have melted that would be down to your water conditions. Make sure you have decent plant fertilisers and they will recover."

So is it my water conditions that are causing them to melt and how can i save them or what fetilisers can i buy?

thanks

 

[stu40]

Vallis 'blades' won't grow back if they've been trimmed at the top.If they've been cut straight across, the ends will brown & melt.Cutting at 45° helps. Removing them from near the crown seems the best way to promote new growth.Don't do them all at once though.Anecdotal evidence suggests it prefers hard water conditions.

 

[ian]

That is an Echinodorus species, maybe Echinodorus quadricostatus?

 

[Ps3Steveo]

Not sure what Echinodorus species that is but I have the same in one of my tanks and it grows huge over time.