Plant similar to hornwort ID help?

[Honem]

I have this plant that looks a lot like hornwort but is not. It's alot thicker and branches out similar to a pine tree sapling, and it's leaves are alot thicker. Unlike hornwort, it's so thick that it can hold its shape perfectly out of water.
(What the leaves look like zoomed in.)
(What the new growth looks like)
(What the midgrowth looks like (not the pennywort))

It's really bunchy and grows pretty fast, but looks alot different from the pictures of hornwort I see online.

 

[gray_matter16]

Limnophila Sessiliflora?

 

[Honem]

Limnophila Sessiliflora?

That's not it, but thank you! The leaves are darker in color and have more of a cone shape.

 

[mattgirl]

I am thinking it could still be hornwort. It grows differently in each of my tanks. It grows thick like this in my shrimp bowl. I actually have to remove at least half of it once a month because it grows so thick and so fast. It grows more leggy in my 55 gallon tank. Even the plant I remove from the shrimp bowl and put in that tank changes its growing habits before long.

 

[MrBryan723]

Does it put out roots? I have something veey similar in my tank, I also know it's not hornwort, but it puts out roots, and is more of a stem plant.

 

[Wrona0306]

I have this plant that looks a lot like hornwort but is not. It's alot thicker and branches out similar to a pine tree sapling, and it's leaves are alot thicker. Unlike hornwort, it's so thick that it can hold its shape perfectly out of water.
View attachment 804099(What the leaves look like zoomed in.)
View attachment 804100(What the new growth looks like)
View attachment 804101(What the midgrowth looks like (not the pennywort))

It's really bunchy and grows pretty fast, but looks alot different from the pictures of hornwort I see online.

This can be cabomba

 

[Honem]

Does it put out roots? I have something veey similar in my tank, I also know it's not hornwort, but it puts out roots, and is more of a stem plant.

Yes, it puts out roots if you put it in the substrate, but I'm pretty sure it will grow if you just leave it in the water column. I've never seen roots grow out of the stem like my other plants though, just in the substrate.

 

[mattgirl]

Yes, it puts out roots if you put it in the substrate, but I'm pretty sure it will grow if you just leave it in the water column. I've never seen roots grow out of the stem like my other plants though, just in the substrate.

I can't say I've ever seen any kind of roots in my hornwort so looks like you are right. I've tried planting hornwort and the part buried just melts off and the plant floats. Since you do see roots like you I am pretty sure it isn't hornwort. Hopefully you will find out what it is. It sure is a nice looking plant.

 

[Honem]

This can be cabomba

I have cabomba in my other tank, and they do look similar, but really only the center/midgrowth resembles the cabomba.

 

[MrBryan723]

Well, like i said, i have it, and I at one point got a successful ID for it. You can try to look through my posts for it, or hope someone else that knows comes along. I'll try going back through my buyer history and track it down, but I'm working right now and can't.

 

[Mudminnow]

Are you sure your plant grows roots? Hornwort doesn't grow roots (not true ones anyway). But, to me, your plant looks like hornwort.

 

[MrBryan723]

They definitely look like hornwort, but as you can clearly see the roots in the 1st pic... it isn't.
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