a few more plants

added to my aquarium on maintenance day. Overall it is not much impact, but I hope they will grow and fill in and outperform the algae.

I got two bunches, one of windelov java fern and the other of hygro compacta (temple plant). When I teased them out, the windelov had six rhizomes pieces in it, the hygro six individual stems. Windelov java fern is funky looking, the top end of the leaves divide into a bunch of fingers.

I like the color of the hygro compacta, but not how lanky it is. All the pics I see of this in other tanks it is much lower-growing in habit and full. I think it has to adjust to be submerged, and once I see new growth I will trim it and replant the cuttings to multiply.

I hope it keeps the nice color- even this blurry pic from above you can see how different the hue is.

Other notes on plants: I ruthlessly cut out a ton of ugly dying crypt wendtii leaves last week, and pleased to see that most of the remaining stuff and new leaves are staying nice- I had a lot less algae to rub off this week, and only clipped out one poor leaf. Of course they're all a lot smaller now, but growing steadily. One has even sent out a new shoot, a baby plant emerging from the roots, off to the side. It's too small to even photograph yet.

Newer leaves are puplish- see just below the hygro here, not sure why hope that's a good thing!

Vallisneria still getting taller- this back corner is starting to fill in somewhat.

I took the small aponogeton crispus out of Oliver's tank and put it in here. The smaller aponos are gradually catching up.

The small java fern bits I had fastened onto top of the root decor piece with little rubber bands (off fish bags) have begun to cling on their own, too. They're not any bigger though.