What type of plant is this and care and lighting needed???

What type of plant is this and care and lighting needed? I looked online at something that looked similar and apparently some type of fern that can't be grown in water but only lives on river banks in Asia. Is this correct. If so why would they sell them in a fish shop. Pic attached.

 

It's the two plants in the front to the right of the hairgrass

 

That fern is non aquatic.

To make money from unwary customers. :evil:

 

As Chongkie said,none aquatic.

Also you might want to take your other plants out of the pots and throw them away (the weird spongy things inside,not the plants),i think someone mentioned that it's toxic to fish.

 

Not toxic ... glass (mineral) wool typically used is inert , but the fibre from the products can cause issues with fish esp gills. Another thing to consider - allot of our locally grown aquarium plants are emergent, think big hot tunnels with trays of these plants. Many of these are then flooded with nutrient rich water and some of these nutrients can be present when you move the plants to your tanks. So it is always a good idea to remove the medium and wash the roots before adding plants to your tank.

Later Ferdie

See Mineral wool - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Thanks guys. Yup I will remove. I am just planning on buying flourite black gravel this week so was gonna plant them once I have the new gravel. Anyone know of a nice fern similar looking to this plant that is aquatic. All I know of is Java Fern which I have?

 

There is an aquatic fern... Bolbitis Heudelotii (Congo or African Fern). It cannot be planted in the substrate as the rhizome will rot, rather attach it to a rock or a piece of wood. I'm not sure but I think that this is a BL plant, have a look on the forum for the list to check & see...

HTH.

 

Here is a few pics of a African Fern, marked in red

1. Small piece on driftwood



2.



3. Just a better pic

 

The fern it the last pics are very nice plant and as far as I understand it is a low tech plant... does not need a lot of light but I can be wrong
I could never get it to grow properly but I am going to try again soon....