Two Questions Plant ID, and Lighting. :)

[chonhzilla]

Ok here it goes I was at my LFS today and came across this plant Looks good, looks like it was starting to grow some roots.....can some one ID this for me please...your response will be greatly appreciated!! Sorry for the pictures but my phone was all I had at the store...

Next question: Is this Light set-up OVER KILL for a planted 29g? I already have it and its from an old salt water setup I used to have...usable? yes? no? why? and again I was already in the garage so i didn't feel like running back upstairs for the camera. I apologize once more for the fuzzy pictures.

 

[WyldFya]

The plant looks like Lobelia cardinalis in its emersed growth. The light will be too much, without pressurized co2, and the spectrum of the bulb will matter.

 

[chonhzilla]

so the plants are ok yeah? for my tank?....and i do have pressurized CO2 I have no idea about the spectrum of the bulb how can i find out...

 

[gthiele]

looks like a waffle, aren't you getting alot of algae with all that extra light and doesn't make the water evaporate faster, and make it hotter

 

[chonhzilla]

looks like a waffle, aren't you getting alot of algae with all that extra light and doesn't make the water evaporate faster, and make it hotter

Im sure it will....i was just checking to see if I was possible....oh yeah and about that plant, so it is a true aquatic plant right?

 

[Jag1980]

Im sure it will....i was just checking to see if I was possible....oh yeah and about that plant, so it is a true aquatic plant right?

No, if it's a waffle plant it will die, rot and poison your tank after it drowns.

Are you in the pond plant section of that petstore?

 

[chonhzilla]

No, if it's a waffle plant it will die, rot and poison your tank after it drowns.

Are you in the pond plant section of that petstore?

nope!...it was in the aquatic plant section...that's why i was curious..

 

[247Plants]

Purple waffle is what it is for sure.....see it for sale all the time here.

Non aquatic, put it in a humid area in a pot of soil.