alternanthera reineckii looking like ludwigia

[sepehr]

After almost 10 days the alternanthera reineckii that I bought is looking more like ludwigia repens. The funny thing is that I replaced the ludwigia with reineckii because its lower leaves kept falling off. But I'm dumfounded as to why the reineckii has changed its appearance. Has this happened to anyon else before?

[keithy]

any pics?

[sepehr]

OK, lets see if the pics are attached...

[pweifan]

Looks a bit like Ludwigia glandulosa to me... If it truly is, it's an upgrade from Alternanthera reineckii IMO.

[sepehr]

I swear, I know how A.reineckii looks like and that's what it was when I bought it. In fact, I've gone back to the LFS and he still has a lot of them (from the same tank I got mine from).

[keithy]

that plant you have might not be a. reineckii. The plant in the pic have alternating leaves while A.Reineckii do not.

[Tinanti]

That is unquestionably Ludwigia glandulosa.

[shrimpNewbie]

Glandulosa looks better, but it also doesn't look like repens, give it more light and ferts my friend it's kind of picky

[AzFishKid]

+1... definitely Ludwigia glandulosa.
Quite a nice plant indeed!

[sepehr]

OK, Ludwigia Galndolusa it is then looks like it's a unanimous decision.

[sepehr]

Originally Posted by shrimpNewbie

Glandulosa looks better, but it also doesn't look like repens, give it more light and ferts my friend it's kind of picky

I already have 4 X 54w T5's over a 75 gallon tank, 10 hrs a day but the all four bulbs are almost a year old. If it's Glandulosa then it should look reder. I was thinking about adding a another set of a year old T5's that I have laying around here.