flaviu.vlaicu
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Hello all ! Can you please help by telling me what are those red small plants there in the middle ?
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Plant identification
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ghostsword
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Looks like a alternanthera rosafolia
flaviu.vlaicu
Member
Thank you ! I will search more info about it.The only thing that I see at my plant and don't see at this one is that mine has more green leaves
All that does is generate loads of algae. 
Try loads of nutrients and loads of CO2 instead.
Cheers,
Try loads of nutrients and loads of CO2 instead.
Cheers,
ghostsword
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I have a couple of alternanthera's on my tank and they do better shaded. They need, as Ceg pointed, CO2 and nutrients. Mine got really purple after I start adding iron.
From my experience they are medium light plants.
From my experience they are medium light plants.
flaviu.vlaicu
Member
Thank you for the info.Mine are also just a bit shaded.I have Co2 and I am dosign Iron olso.How big do they grow in height ?
ghostsword
Member
I trim mine so that they are under 15cm tall, and this makes them lay low and grow sideways. Not sure how tall they get.
All stem plants will grow forever if given the chance. Their height limit is whatever height you decide.
Cheers,
Cheers,
Dolly Sprint 16v
Member
Flaviu
Everybody is right regarding the Alternanthera - but which specimem, its the plant a tropic plant or an aquaflueur plant
Regards
Paul.
Everybody is right regarding the Alternanthera - but which specimem, its the plant a tropic plant or an aquaflueur plant
Regards
Paul.
ghostsword
Member
Flyfisherman said:
looks like alternanthera rosafolia. Does it matter if it is tropica or aquafleur?
Dolly Sprint 16v
Member
ghostsword said:
Ghostword
Tropica have two specimem's of Alternanthera and Aquafleur definately have three may be four, that why I asked which supplier. The plant in question is either Tropica Alternanthera Reineckii Lilacina or Aquafluer Alternanthera Cardinalis.
Regards
Paul.
