Flourite and dwarf hairgrass?

Bob Hooper · 06-28-2004, 11:52 PM

Has anyone had any luck growing dwarf hairgrass using 100% flourite as a substrate?
Thanks,
Hoop

gnome · 06-29-2004, 12:07 AM

I sure did! It took some weeks to get started, but once that momentum kicked in, it got crazy. It was like somebody doused the tank with Rogaine!

-Naomi

Bob Hooper · 06-29-2004, 05:21 PM

Naomi,
That's good to hear, I have heard many people say that flourite was to course to have the hairgrass take root in. Was this in 100% flourite? I'm just curious as to what type of hairgrass you had that success with. Was it the acicularis or the parvoulas(spelling)?
Thanks,
Hoop

gnome · 06-29-2004, 05:36 PM

Yes, that myth should have died out along with "sharp substrates ruin cory barbels." You can grow even the most delicate of plants in Flourite - glosso, even Elatine triandra... I wouldn't even consider hairgrass to be "delicate." I got mine as Eleocharis parvula, but I'm not 100% sure, because some of the blades on this thing reached a good 5" after it took off. And yes, it was 100% Flourite (less, if you consider all the MTS's that were crawling around in it. I had to get rid of all the hairgrass because this was a 2.5-gallon tank (8" high).

-Naomi

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06-29-2004, 12:07 AM	#2
gnome Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: S.F. Bay Area, CA, USA Posts: 114	I sure did! It took some weeks to get started, but once that momentum kicked in, it got crazy. It was like somebody doused the tank with Rogaine! -Naomi

06-29-2004, 05:21 PM	#3
Bob Hooper Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 7	Naomi, That's good to hear, I have heard many people say that flourite was to course to have the hairgrass take root in. Was this in 100% flourite? I'm just curious as to what type of hairgrass you had that success with. Was it the acicularis or the parvoulas(spelling)? Thanks, Hoop

06-29-2004, 05:36 PM	#4
gnome Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: S.F. Bay Area, CA, USA Posts: 114	Yes, that myth should have died out along with "sharp substrates ruin cory barbels." You can grow even the most delicate of plants in Flourite - glosso, even Elatine triandra... I wouldn't even consider hairgrass to be "delicate." I got mine as Eleocharis parvula, but I'm not 100% sure, because some of the blades on this thing reached a good 5" after it took off. And yes, it was 100% Flourite (less, if you consider all the MTS's that were crawling around in it. I had to get rid of all the hairgrass because this was a 2.5-gallon tank (8" high). -Naomi