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skylsdale

Discussion Starter · Jan 18, 2005

Here's another plant I collected and was curious if anyone might have an idea as to what it is. It was in a shaded and stagnant ditch, both above and below the waterline (no more than 10" or so either above or below it).

From above:

Here's the tank it's in (along with some H. zosterfolia) and it seems to be doing pretty well--putting out quite a bit of growth:

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skylsdale

Discussion Starter · #3 · Jan 20, 2005

I got it here in central Washington state (the first time I had ever seen it before). The water temp where it came from is probably in the high 40's (*F) right now...but in the summer it gets pretty warm as there is very little water movement where it's at. The substrate where it came from was putrid silty muck. My DIY CO2 ran out a few days ago and I haven't been able to hook it back up because I was resealing the cap, and I've noticed that a few of the plants are wilting a bit. Coming from the substrate it did, I'm sure it benefits from plenty of nutrients (which it's definitely not getting from the inert sand/gravel in my tank)...but other than that it looks to be doing great.

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skylsdale

Discussion Starter · #7 · Jan 25, 2005

Yeah, hygros have opposing leaves. It was still growing emmersed up into a couple days ago, when I removed it from the tank to allow the other species in there to spread. However, I gave it to someone else to attempt and we'll see how it does.

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