Is this Brazilian Micro sword?

[dbaldwin]

This has done really well in sand in this small tank. I want to use it in two other larger tanks but can’t remember exactly what kind of “grass” it is… just behind the moss ball.
Thanks!
- Davis

 

[zERostArk07]

This has done really well in sand in this small tank. I want to use it in two other larger tanks but can’t remember exactly what kind of “grass” it is… just behind the moss ball.
Thanks!
- Davis

From pics off Google it looks to be a Brazilian micro sword but I’ve never had this species before.

 

[Mudminnow]

I agree that it looks like a lilaeopsis, but it looks like Cryptocorye parva as well.

My guess is Cryptocoryne parva.

 

[JustAFishServant]

The large, whitish line in the middle of each "blade" is indicative of Cryptocoryne parva, as Mudminnow mentioned. However, it's entirely possible that it IS micro sword. I've never kept it, but I've had C. parva

One thing that would help immensely is knowing its growth rate. Crypts, but especially parva, grow slow and can take years to have bushy growth like yours. Micro sword, however, is a very fast grower that I've heard. Swords also create 'runners'; small stem-like structures that grow additional plants. Crypts grow from rhizomes (these can kind of look like runners sometimes, except runners are very long, thin, and bright green. Rhizomes are bright white or tan-ish.)

 

[dbaldwin]

From pics off Google it looks to be a Brazilian micro sword but I’ve never had this species before.

Thanks for the input!

From pics off Google it looks to be a Brazilian micro sword but I’ve never had this species before.

Thanks!

The large, whitish line in the middle of each "blade" is indicative of Cryptocoryne parva, as Mudminnow mentioned. However, it's entirely possible that it IS micro sword. I've never kept it, but I've had C. parva

One thing that would help immensely is knowing its growth rate. Crypts, but especially parva, grow slow and can take years to have bushy growth like yours. Micro sword, however, is a very fast grower that I've heard. Swords also create 'runners'; small stem-like structures that grow additional plants. Crypts grow from rhizomes (these can kind of look like runners sometimes, except runners are very long, thin, and bright green. Rhizomes are bright white or tan-ish.)

I added this about 6 months ago and will check on the runners when I get home tonight. Thanks so much for all the info!