On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:03:00 -0500, Dick
wrote:

I don't know its name, but I have had it in my 75 gallon tank for
years. It has a single stem with small, round leaves radiating from
the stem. I have often had to trim the tops as they would reach the
top and then lay over on the surface. I started with a few cuttings
and transfered them to other tanks. They always started easily and
multiplied. Not a great looking plant, but I like having them in the
back of the tanks. In the last year I removed them from all but the
75 gallon tank.

So, what's the problem. In the last few months the leaves fell off
stems, leaving them bare while continuing to grow taller. Unsightly!
g

Also, many of the leaves developed dark edges and a curl. Unsightly!

My first effort has been to thin to small bunches leaving open space
for light to reach the bottom. Also I used my finger to clear the
gravel in the open spaces of roots.

The tank is low light, no CO2, no fertilizers (other than from the
fish). It is too soon to rate the thining.

Can anyone tell me the name, and hazard a guess about the possibility
of the thining solving the problem?

dick

I will post a better picture of the plant in

alt.binaries.aquaria

for those that can access this group.

dick

On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 23:41:42 +0000 (UTC),
(Richard Sexton) wrote:

It doesn't sound like anything I'm familiar with. There are loads of
aquarium plant websites. You may stumble upon it one day, if so let me know
what it is as you have me curious. Can you post a pic of this plant
somewhere so we can see it?


At the back of the 75 gallon tank you can see some.

Bacopa. Nice stuff. Fregrent when you cut it. When it reaches the
top, cut it 1/3 down and replant around the parent. Keep doing it
for a year, then add two sticks of driftwood and enter it in the
AGA content.

And get those big (and nice) crypts out of the foreground - the one
smashing up against the glass.

I'll post a pic of bacopa shortly up close.

Using your lead, I think I found the variety I have, Bacopa monnieri.
I posted a picture on alt.binaries.aquaria

I now see my comment about 2 leaves not growing opposite is wrong. I
have believed that is what I saw for years, but the picture I posted
on a.b.a clearly showed the leaves as opposing each other on the stem.
A closer look at the plants in the tank confirmed this. The
spriraling is just an illusion.

dick

On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 18:47:53 -0500, Victor Martinez
wrote:

Dick wrote:


At the back of the 75 gallon tank you can see some.

Do you have a bigger picture? It's hard to see.

If you can access

alt.binaries.aquaria

I have posted a better picture plus one of Bacopa monnieri.
I think this is the plant I have.

dick

On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 23:41:42 +0000 (UTC),
(Richard Sexton) wrote:

It doesn't sound like anything I'm familiar with. There are loads of
aquarium plant websites. You may stumble upon it one day, if so let me know
what it is as you have me curious. Can you post a pic of this plant
somewhere so we can see it?


At the back of the 75 gallon tank you can see some.

Bacopa. Nice stuff. Fregrent when you cut it. When it reaches the
top, cut it 1/3 down and replant around the parent. Keep doing it
for a year, then add two sticks of driftwood and enter it in the
AGA content.

And get those big (and nice) crypts out of the foreground - the one
smashing up against the glass.

I'll post a pic of bacopa shortly up close.

Thanks for noticing the Crypts. Perhaps you will like them better in
a more recent picture. I have a really giant one in my 29 gallon
tank. I am forever yanking handfulls out of that tank.

Check alt.binaries.aquaria for pictures.

dick