Hair Grass Eaters : Buffet

[robin]

Hi,

Just made an observation.
My yamatoes LOVES hairgrass.
Recently, i planted a small amount of hairgrass to "try out" if they will grow properly in my tank. After 2-3 weeks, I observed that they have spread out horizontally but seems to have thinned out. Also, i discovered that my Yamatoes are grazing on it.

I have about 35-40 yamatoes in my tank and about 5cm square of planted hairgrass.

Anyone can confirm that yamatoes grazing on my HG coz it to not grow fast enough?

Robin

[hwchoy]

yes they do eat hairgrass. some rasbora and barbs are also in the habit of pulling out entire plant or strands and eating it whole, and the sh!t that comes out looks like a sugar cane that has gone through the juice press

[robin]

Wah lao,
That means i must plant more so that the growth rate is faster then the buffet consumption.

Robin

[mono_ricky]

how to grow hair grass? I just bought. but what's the actual steps to do it? how much to plant? lights? temp? fert?

[robin]

mono ricky, think should start another thread on this.

Anyway, it is the same with most plants, check out the plant database for more info about the hair grass.

Robin

[dts_spawn]

i also have hair grass in my tank with yamatoes.. should i take them out??

[Bandit]

actually my dwarf pencils also eating hairgrass and tenellus

[bluezing]

yes....yamatoes like to makan hairgrass...hehe

[hwchoy]

[quote:e4454cd7e1="mono_ricky"]how to grow hair grass? I just bought. but what's the actual steps to do it? how much to plant? lights? temp? fert?[/quote:e4454cd7e1]

there were many post on how to plant and grow this hairgrass quite some time ago. search the forum for hairgrass or search my posts.