Most Potamogeton species are nodule growers, micro swords are rosette growers, using runners as reproduction, hence these two species cannot look the same.pjsmetana;4361671;4361671 said:Then my lighting sucks... but seriously, my microsword grew vertically at 1st, and it looked exactly like his picture. I 1/2 buried the vine as of a few weeks ago in a snake-ish pattern, and it seems to be dieing slowly. I supposed my lighting issue could be all the lilly-pads from the banana plants blocking too much light.