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Purple waffle is a NON AQUATIC plant. It has a tendency to wilt pretty bad when trimmed to a stem without roots but a few weeks with light and either soil or set up riparium style (base of stems in water, leaves above water) it will bounce back.. yours may be too far gone though it looks really bad.
My purple waffle on a 20g long-had for nearly 2 years. I trim leaves as they get into the water

Purple waffle and several other non aquatic plants are often mis-sold as aquatic simply because they do not rot immediately under water. Other non aquatics mis-sold include:
dragone's tongue
peace lily
lucky bamboo and other Dracaena family members
aluminum plant
arrow head plant
mondo grass
peacock fern
I'd recommend tossing those purple waffle clippings (as I said they look pretty far gone) and going to a home improvement store to look at house plants, you're likely to find purple waffle there, just thoroughly rinse roots of soil and its ready to be used emersed (above water-only roots in tank), never immersed (below water). I use $2 shower caddies as planters

My purple waffle on a 20g long-had for nearly 2 years. I trim leaves as they get into the water

Purple waffle and several other non aquatic plants are often mis-sold as aquatic simply because they do not rot immediately under water. Other non aquatics mis-sold include:
dragone's tongue
peace lily
lucky bamboo and other Dracaena family members
aluminum plant
arrow head plant
mondo grass
peacock fern
I'd recommend tossing those purple waffle clippings (as I said they look pretty far gone) and going to a home improvement store to look at house plants, you're likely to find purple waffle there, just thoroughly rinse roots of soil and its ready to be used emersed (above water-only roots in tank), never immersed (below water). I use $2 shower caddies as planters
