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Plant ID

Started by Guest_bumpylemon_* , May 01 2010 07:37 AM

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#1 Guest_bumpylemon_*

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Posted 01 May 2010 - 07:37 AM

This plant is awesome. and it came with lots of food for my lil rainbow shiners! i wanna know what it is before i go and collect more. its very thick...forgive my water spots on the outside of the glass lol

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#2 Guest_smilingfrog_*

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Posted 01 May 2010 - 08:42 AM

This plant is awesome. and it came with lots of food for my lil rainbow shiners! i wanna know what it is before i go and collect more. its very thick...forgive my water spots on the outside of the glass lol

Charra?

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#3 Guest_bumpylemon_*

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Posted 01 May 2010 - 08:45 AM

interesting...looks like thats it...so its actually algae. ha. anyone else have this in their tanks? how does it do? its very pretty..

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#4 Guest_gerald_*

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Posted 01 May 2010 - 08:02 PM

I'd say Nitella. It doesn't appear to have the short branches that Chara has. It's a wonderful fast-growing plant for fry tanks and bare-bottom tanks, but sometimes it dies unexpectedly. I had loads of Nitella until I got Najas guadalupensis which gradually elbowed out the Nitella.

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#5 Guest_nativeplanter_*

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Posted 03 May 2010 - 12:43 PM

Chara will feel gritty or crunchy when you touch it, and will have a musty/garlicy odor.

Nitella will be soft/limp, and will have no odor (well... will generally smell like the pond water)