My 29 Gallon

[rrkss]

I was a little bored so I took some photos of my 29 gallon planted tank and decided to post one of them.

Tank Specs:

Filter: Penguin Biowheel 200 (With Purigen as my chemical media)
Size: 29 Gallon
Substrate: Course River Gravel
Lighting: 3 Florescent Tubes (Total Wattage: 60w)
CO2: 1 Hagen Yeast Reactor (DIY: Yeast Mix)
Plants: Elodea, Giant Vallisneria, Unknown Swordplant, Bannana Plant

Maybe one of you can identify what type of plant the swordplant on the right hand side is next to the vallisneria for me.

 

[rrkss]

Here is a closeup of the plant I need to identify.

 

[rrkss]

Nobody has an idea?

 

[Beeker]

It looks, to me, like a regular Amazon Sword. I have a few of them too. When in doubt, check out Plantgeek. You'll find tons of information there.

 

[secretmuscles]

your plants seem to be doing fine. the tank looks a little bare to me though. I would try to save up some more money for some hardy plants and plant it a little more heavily. But that aside i think it looks pretty decent.

 

[rrkss]

It looks, to me, like a regular Amazon Sword. I have a few of them too. When in doubt, check out Plantgeek. You'll find tons of information there.

I don't think its an amazon swordplant since there is barely any stem on the leaves.

This tank is still relatively new so I am still busy propogating the plants to densen up the substrate. I've got a vallisneria plantlet behind the bannana plant and the anacharis is quite small because I just made some cuttings of it for my other tanks (mostly to provide my goldfish with some veggies). As for the aquascaping, I am trying to use the rule of thirds to create a pleasing look.

 

[TKOS]

That pretty much looks exactly like my Amazon Sword. Its leaves will get broader the long it is in the tank. Those look like emersed leaves and not submerged leaves.

 

[rrkss]

Those look like emersed leaves and not submerged leaves.

I got the plant as a little plantlet with about 3 leaves on it and it has grown fully submerged for about 1 1/2 months now. It has about 1 foot of water on top of the plant.

 

[Captain Hook]

Your tank is very interesting. I've never seen a val with so many leaves and no runners. Maybe the runners are super tight together and I can't tell.

For that amazon, I'd say there's a possibility it's a different type than the common variety. At first I thought it was a normal amazon sword too but with your light levels I would expect it to be bigger.

Still, I just went through all the swords at tropica and didn't see anything similar. Based on the leaf texture and pattern I'd say it's most likely an ordinary amazon sword.

 

[rrkss]

Your tank is very interesting. I've never seen a val with so many leaves and no runners. Maybe the runners are super tight together and I can't tell.

When I planted it, I wrapped the roots in peat and I think that restricted the runners. It still was able to send off runners though and yes for some reason they grew very close to each other. That val is actually 2 plants right on top of each other with a 3rd plant currently on the way 1/2 of an inch next to its parents. Its very interesting.

Edit: Actually it looks like 3 plants on top of each other. I think the the runners are restricted and bend up causing this. Looks very nice to have this dense vallisneria in the corner. Good Nitrate sponge also.