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Dwarf Hairgrass (Elocharis acicularis)

Information

Common Name:	Dwarf Hairgrass
Proper Name:	Elocharis acicularis
Category:	Rosette Plants
Temperature:	16 - 27 C
PH:	5.0 - 7.5
Lighting:	Medium
Growth Rate:	Medium
Difficulty:	Medium
Origin:	Africa, Asia and the America's
Position in Aquascape:	Foreground

Description

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Planted Tank Guru

Dwarf hairgrass is a great foreground plant for those looking for a taller cover than traditional carpet plants. It spreads readily via runners when kept under good light with proper nutrients and can become quite invasive unless tended. Due to its fine leaf structure it does have a tendency to attract algae, so water conditions need to be kept in line. Trimming the shoots will promote faster lateral growth via runners. Travis


garuf Wannabe Guru	As woffenn said, I'd add too that if you run a black out it will suffer badly and brown off much worse than any other plant I've kept.


LowTek59 Algae Grower	I thought to develop this as a carpet early in the tank's life. I recommend making sure water conditions are great first as I've seen diatom, hair, and staghorn algae attack and all are annoying to remove from the hairgrass.


bugmenot Algae Grower	is it OK to have this in your tank when you already have corydoras?


Carson Albright Planted Member	What I wish I knew before I got this plant was exactly how long it takes to spread. It can take a long time to spread, like 6 weeks. Otherwise it grows vertically great in my tank


asa_scholz Newbie	This is an awesome plant! Takes a long time to grow tho. I realized I shouldn't trim it as often as I trim my other plants because it looks great when it grows longer.


Hubjin Algae Grower	At what point should I grow this plant submerged?


k3xx Planted Member	Ive had such a hard time getting this to grow properly, if at all. I bought a brand new bunch for a new tank that has finer substrate. Im really hoping this grows!!


Wulfyn Planted Member	Should be Eleocharis


Qwedfg Planted Member	I think getting a successful and quickly grown carpet with this plant involves high nutrient substrate. I had this in a high light pressurized co2 tank with just eco complete and seachem root tabs and it has hardly spread after months. I put some in a newly set up tank with diy co2, medium light, ecocomplete and MGO and it started spreading within a week.


Indian fern Planted Tank Obsessed	It choked my ludwigia. I used it as a midground plant, and it was ruining everything. I divided it and give some to my neighbor.


Psh Junior Member	Does this spread faster if it's split up into several bunches? My LFS said not to worry about this, that it would spread, but I have read elsewhere that breaking this up can help.

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