how do you tell the difference between cabomba and hornwort?

[allaboutfish]

for some reason(i dont know if its me or not) they look exactly the same and i have a plant that looks like one or the other said to be bamboo shrimp's favorite plant.

 

[jpappy789]

Hornwort


Cabomba

 

[jpappy789]

Some good pics and physical descriptions...I personally get Cabomba, Limnophila, and Myriophyllum species mixed up myself.

http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/bioassess/docs/plants/submersed_plants.pdf

 

[allaboutfish]

maybe ill just upload a pic of it bc it doesnt look like either of those.

 

[allaboutfish]

the little bristles look more close together and its darker than these.

 

[excuzzzeme]

Sessiliflora looks very similar to cabomba and easy to confuse

 

[allaboutfish]

thats farther apart. i think its cabomba but im gonna post a pic soon.

 

[allaboutfish]

pics

what do you think?

 

[jgulecas]

Definitely hornwort

 

[SHWAGert]

Ceratophyllum demursum

Search Hornwort on LiveAquaria, they have a good picture of the darker variety