Identifying aquarium plants

[MiamiCuse]

This is sort of a continuation of my previous thread on aquarium plants. To recap I purchased an aquarium plant "variety pack" and planted about 75% of them in my tank. I tried to create some hiding spots for the creatures and do as good a job as I possibly can.

It is a 10g tank, right now I have one albino sailfin molly (he killed off both his female mates), two small angels (one male one female the male keeps harassing the female), two snails, 4 cherry shrimps, and a breeder basket with 16 baby mollies.

Here are some pictures of the plants I put in, I must admit I have no clue what they are, what their nutrient and lighting requirements are etc... so I expect some to rot away. Here they are:

view 1 - baby mollies:
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view 2 - you can see the bottom of the breeder basket:
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view 3 - some sort of moss on the lower left corner?
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view 4 - you can see the murderer molly in this one:
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[MiamiCuse]

view 5 - the angel fish BULLY:
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view 6 - I created a dark cave...is that some sort of moss again on top of the rock?
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view 7 - side view of the same rocks:
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I have no idea on any of the plants, now my aquarium looks like a jungle lol. I think the fish and shrimps like it, the female angel likes to hide and avoid the male angel. However, the snails seem to have a hard time running into so many plants.

[smaug]

well where do I begin.I see amazon swords[bleheri I think]med light,vals of some sort[tall grass plant] low light,wisteria { fern looking plant}more light more fine the leaves will be med light,java moss {on cave]low light,ludwigia repens [reddish stem plant] med light better with high light,and I think you may have a banana plant as well[roots look like bananas? }med light.the swords need an iron rich substrate or flourish tabs in the gravel close by,the rest can use a liquid such as tetra fluora pride which has cheleated iron and pottasium.The type of gravel you have is not condusive at all to a planted tank as the size of it does not allow for good rooting or nutrient retention.BTW,your tank is very overstocked,and angels do not belong in any tank less then 35 gals.

[MiamiCuse]

will it be better if I don't plant it into the gravel, but pot them individually?

[smaug]

will it be better if I don't plant it into the gravel, but pot them individually?
Thats a possibility,what about the overstocking,will you have another home for the angels in the very near future?they are an aggressive territorial fish that gets 5-8".

[MiamiCuse]

I hope so.

I am moving into a house I am remodeling, and I plan to expand then. I hope they don't grow that big too soon.

I want to leave the mollies there but move the angels to another tank and add a few green severum.

[smaug]

I hope so.

I am moving into a house I am remodeling, and I plan to expand then. I hope they don't grow that big too soon.

I want to leave the mollies there but move the angels to another tank and add a few green severum.
I purchased my angels when they were about the size of a oreo cookie.They reached palm size in less then a year.Your angels will not grow well or healthy in a tank so small as a 10gal.They need a minimum of 20to 25gal to grow well.

[karbomb]

smaug's advice is right on. the problems you are having with "bullying" are definitely due to overstocking. if you can't provide a larger tank for those angels soon, you'll end up with more dead fish. i also think i saw some hornwort (plant) in there, if you have med-high lighting it make start taking over the tank. (fourth picture right of center bushy plant)
what kind of lighting do you have?
are you using any sort of fertilizer?
CO2?

[MiamiCuse]

\I have no fertilizer and no means of providing CO2.

What size tank do I need to keep two small angels about 2" in size right now? They need to be isolated in a large tank by themselves?

[karbomb]

here are some websites that will tell you everything you'd want to know about them
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[karbomb]

also what type of lights do you have? compact fluorescent? T5? or incandescent?

[MiamiCuse]

thanks! I will check into it.