Red Hedge

[FoundMoney]

I just went to my LFS and bought some plants. He had a plant he called "red hedge" which I hadn't heard of but it was cheap and the guy always throws me some freebies, so I wasn't too concerned about it. However, after getting it home I did a quick search and found some articles stating it wasn't a real aquarium plant and that it will probably rot in my tank.

I sometimes find aquarium plants a bit confusing. Some of the names seem to be used interchangably for different plants or there are plants that have similar latin names but are actually different plants. Is there more than one plant that is known as "red hedge" and is there a variant that can be used successfully in an aquarium?

 

[fish-aholic]

Green hedge is non aquatic so red hedge might just be a color variation of it. I would take it out. Just my 2 cents.

 

[frozenbarb]

any pictures of it?

http/images.search.yahoo.com/search/imag...amp;fr=slv7-mdp
does this look like it? Most LFS call this Cherry Hedge. but its a aquatic

 

[FoundMoney]

any pictures of it?

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does this look like it? Most LFS call this Cherry Hedge. but its a aquatic

I don't have a picture of the actual plant but I did a search after you posted that link and it looks like this:

http/www.aqua-daho.cz/aqua-daho/obrazky/A24l+.jpg

So I guess it is cherry hedge and not red hedge. We'll see what happens after a week or two. The encouraging thing and one of the reasons I decided to take a chance on it, is that the plant looks healthy and is showing all kinds of signs of new growth even after sitting in the LFS holding take for a couple of days.

What are the requirements for this plant if it indeed cherry hedge?