Dwarf Hairgrass native habitat, distribution, behavior & aquarium compatibility. I've never done anything with this plant before and i want it to carpet the bottom. In addition to its attractive appearance, this plant provides dense foliage for shrimp and fish fry. Giant Dwarf Hairgrass Care. Growing them outdoor emersed is kind of like "unlimited" supplies of hairgrass for your aquarium. That’s why it’s important to continually trim the plant quite often to stimulate horizontal growth, forcing the growth outwards, not upwards. The first one is the most common and that is the light source. i really like the texture of the plant and really want it to take of in my tanks and would really want to succeed with this plant I have a 20 gallon high with Eco Complete Substrate (2-3 inches deep) with root tabs, Flourish Iron supplement everyday, and I just added a 2nd 24W t5 bulb. Hi Guys, I am new to planted tanks. Meanwhile, leaving it untrimmed will result in longer growing varieties. One of our favorite foreground plants, Dwarf hairgrass is the shorted of the eleocharis acicularis variety. Eleocharis acicularis, also known as Dwarf Hairgrass, is native to North America and is a fast growing species with long, light green, grass-like leaves that will eventually form a dense "carpet" over substrate. I have a fluoramax plant strip bulb will that be okay? Don't worry too much about the gravel. I would like to give my next attempt at growing a carpet a better shot. As a small plant, dwarf hairgrass can be grown in tanks as small as ten gallons. Member. And what is the best substrate to use, is gravel good? Some photos of my emersed hairgrass and dwarf hairgrass. The plant prefers shallow water where there is abundant light. Consider this post as your ultimate cheat sheet for dwarf hairgrass care. For example, Eleocharis parvula is another aquarium plant commonly known as dwarf hair grass and the scientific names are often used interchangeably. The Dwarf Hairgrass will make an excellent spawning medium, as well as a great foreground plant. Thread starter Jamie McGrath; Start date 4 Jan 2018; Jamie McGrath Member. You can do it but you can’t skimp on the light and get away with it. There are two species of dwarf hairgrass, Eleocharis parvula and Eleocharis acicularis. Its propagation is by runners, and as it grows, runners will emerge and branch off laterally from the base of … Dwarf hairgrass is one of the easiest carpeting plants to grow. i'm looking to grow dwarf hairgrass for my 20gal tropical aquarium. I have a Fluval flex 9 gallon I have some dwarf hairgrass in. The light the tank came with was definitely not enough I added in a Fluval nano light for plants and it’s recovering now. Short how to on how I plant DHG Dwarf Hair Grass and what works for me. Buying dwarf hair grass. This is even more true if you’re using CO2: Dwarf Hairgrass has explosive growth in CO2 and high light. I've had great luck with Dwarf Sag, Pygmy Chain Sword, and I've even teased Water Sprite into being a foreground plant (though not a ground cover). I add Flourish excel for the CO2. i got a carpet of dwarf hairgrass growing well in a 60 litre with no co2, just liquid ferts, but i had caribsea eco-complete substrate, (which i will never use again as its crap) i think if you can get it rooted in the gravel it should do fine. But if you want to put in the time, effort, and – occasionally – money, the results are phenomenal. CO2(never used before either)? This will encourage your carpet to grow and spread all over the floor. I'd be interested in the optimum set up for growing dwarf hairgrass too, I have some coming soon and am hoping to acheive the same result on a bigger scale, sorry op not an answer, just a +1 . This time I decided to split hairgrass properly into much more tiny bunches. Because the dwarf hairgrass plant is so hardy, it will hold up well to a variety of conditions. I bought 3 pots of it, which had been grown in fibre wool, so the first job was to seperate it out into plant-able clumps. Old dwarf hairgrass growth dying after planting: If you just planted dwarf hairgrass in your tank, don’t be surprised if its existing leaves seem to be looking sad. Dwarf Hair Grass not really growing. Propagation of Dwarf Hairgrass is not really like other plants, here, you can’t cut and replant a stem to get a new plant. Everything has done well besides my DHG. I don't know how you do a dry grow or a whatever grow, i'm not that good with plants, haha Trouble growing dwarf hairgrass. Tank specs: 60cm x 30cm x 36cm CO2: 2 bps up-aqua inline diffuser on solenoid timing same with lights Temp: 26-28C fan cooled Lighting: 2 x up-aqua pro-led-z-20 8hrs daily Substrate: ANS Planta green label I have dwarf hairgrass that has spread under a rock cave (no direct light), and it grows just fine. Well, Eleocharis acicularis and Eleocharis parvula are – and both are sold under the “hairgrass” or “dwarf hairgrass” moniker. Many aquarium plants are grown emersed (above the water surface), which means they’re not used to being underwater. 4 Jan 2018 #1 This is my dwarf hair grass, it’s been planted for about six months. This plant will naturally only grow to be a few inches tall, usually not more than half a foot. I did give them some passive CO2 to start, for a month or two. Finally the Dwarf Hairgrass ("Eleocharis parvula") arrived yesterday, so it was time to set about planting it. I added some RCS to help deal with this problem but they have yet to touch the stuff. It is better suited to larger tanks, as it does have a tendency to small. 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