Pink Leaves, Pink Stem

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Pink Leaves, Pink Stem

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Can anyone help me ID this plant?
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The only plant I can think of with pink stems like this is Nesea, but the leaves are all wrong. They're not long thin and ripples, they're more like a Ludwigia. And Neseas don't have bulges at nodes on stem like this.
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Looks like Alternanthera reineckii to me.
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Right on! I googled that species and most of the photos didn't look the same as what's in my tank. But lo and behold, I came across a cultivar that was spot on.
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Glad to help!
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growing high light and CO2?
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