I've seen this mini hairgrass at Colourful Aquarium (besides NA) which has looks exactly like hairgrass but grows to only 3-4cm long and curls downwards. Is this a new type of hairgrass or it grew like this bcos of the tank conditions?
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its japan hairgrass... new type...i have both in my tank.. if you put it next to hairgrass..it looks and even feels different.. dont know how to describe to you.. but when you see it you will know.
this is my favourite kind of hairgrass...i'm uprooting all my old hairgrass and replaciing it with this..
I saw it and bought from the Colorful also last week. Small clump around 6-7 small stalks for $10. Hope it can establish well in my 2' and 1' tank.
Originally Posted by neon
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cheap loh.. it was around $40 when i first got it.. lucky got good kaki save me..
hi can you post a pic of the plant pls...
i am just curious of how it looks like..
thanks
Is it as easy to grow as the normal hairgrass? Is it the same plant as the one xboxlive has got over at arofan?
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i dont know how easy it is to grow..but it grows well in my tank.. so i speak from personal experience...not on a general basis. For me..it grows well.. i just transplanted some shoots over to the low tech.. will see how they cope. As i've stated..my favourite grass and foregorund plant ever!!.. dont need to trim one.. it just gets lusher and lusher..and stays short all by itself..haha
And yes..i think its the same.. if anybody wants let me know..i dont mind selling some.
Can u post some picture of how it established now. I just started with the Japan HG in my 1ft with DIY co2 at the office and 2ft non-co2 at home, both tanks are established tank .
cheers
i am wondering whether this is the jap hair grass you all are talking about?
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This picture is borrowed from melvin of arofanatic
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Looks like it ... which melvin in AF?
try this link:- http://www.arofanatics.com/forums/sh...hlight=meowvin
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Do you think it would look weird mixing the normal Hairgrass with the Japanese Hairgrass? Some standing up real erect while some are flacid?
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nope..i mix mine in the 3 ft.. you can tell them apart when separating them out though..
I wasn't able to grow normal hairgrass for years (due to some mysterious reason), but this japanese variant grew terribly well without much intervention from me.
Makes me wonder..
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If those member can grow this plant well then can start selling and make a small fortune out of it !
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err...fortune?? i dont grow plants for that sorrry..
Really strange calvin, i thought the normal one we buy from most LFS and teo farm is easier to keep.
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Does it spread very fast like normal hairgrass?
I wanna try it but I wanna try to isolate it to an area . I dont have any base fert just monster root near the areas where i have plants, would that keep it from spreading?
It is very cheap now.... look around, someone is selling a 5cmx5cm patch at $10, I am sure there are alot of stalk in that area.
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