About foreground plant ( staurogyne )

[Apistoinka]

Hi all... Recently happen to read thru Internet and found out this foreground plant by the scientific name ( staurogyne )

Any one here tried to use or seen this plant before???

[Aquanoob]

I have it as a foreground plant in my tank. An interesting and undemanding plant that will suit almost all tanks. My tank is a 2ft low tech tank and it grow slightly taller than those with a stronger light.

[zonkkie]

Yup, quite easy to grow, and grows quite fast too. Seaview near the place where they pack the fish has a tank with staurogyne foreground if you want to see how it looks. Plant also available at seaview but I don't like the way they pack the plant using rolled up filter wool.

[Aquanoob]

Seaview selling it that way? I go there quite often but never really see them selling? How much per pack?

[xXXXx13]

Seaview selling it that way? I go there quite often but never really see them selling? How much per pack?

I'd got mine a few months back from there @ abt 3.50bucks, if remembered correctly...its packed in the plastic container..

[Aquanoob]

Ok, thanks Steven. I got mine from a hobbists here last year. Glad we are all enjoying this nice plant.

[Kenng]

Yup, quite easy to grow, and grows quite fast too. Seaview near the place where they pack the fish has a tank with staurogyne foreground if you want to see how it looks. Plant also available at seaview but I don't like the way they pack the plant using rolled up filter wool.

Somehow I don't have good luck with this plant, I have it in my 4ft tank with gravel (fertilizer below) or my 1ft tank with project soil and they don't grow well. Melt in my 4ft tank and did not seems to grow in my 1ft.

[Apistoinka]

Thanks for all the info... Does it really cover the ground of the tank like those glosso or hc does??? Seems interesting about this plant... Want to give it a try so would like to ask all pro here some opinion...

[Aquanoob]

This is quite strange. Staurogyne should be quite hardy plant although I won't say they are thriving in my tank but they are still doing fine after a year now in my low-tech tank. One thing I notice is that it is taller than usual due to my low light, and I do put in excel, macro and mico ferts regularly. They mix really well with Marsilea Hirsuta in the foreground and it looks quite natural to me.

[Aquanoob]

It will take a very long time for Staurogyne to cover the entire foreground, you can try Marsilea Hirsuta, the so-called poor-man glosso, they will cover your foreground very fast. Another undemanding and hardy plant and some people do like its clover shape leaves, I do too.

[Apistoinka]

Bro aquanoob where can I get marselia hiratus plant as u mention... Want to give a new try on these new plant on my new 1 ft tank... Hehe... Really learn alot of info from u guys here... Thanks alot alot...

[Aquanoob]

Marsilea Hirsuta is readily available at C328 at $5 for a cup but not much quantity, I never see it at Seaview. You can see the marketplace for any member selling it too. My Marsilea Hirsuta is still spreading so I don't have enough to sell you.

[zonkkie]

My Staurogyne growing well. It's the plant between the rocks towards the back. Compared to the mini nanas on the rock and HC foreground.

[equidorz]

My Staurogyne also grew tall like aquanoob, also because of low light.(YNWA) However my plant do creep abit but quite slow. Some melted in the process. But one thing they dont spreed as fast as glosso. It has a different feel when it grows taller. haha!

[Apistoinka]

Nice tank and nice spread of hc... But hc need cold high light which cause easy algae bloom... C328 is too far for me... Still looking for a easy foreground plant...

[Aquanoob]

Apistoinka, can share your tank's specification like size and light, co2, substrate etc? It will really help in deciding the easy foreground plant. I tried before many foreground ground like APP (Elatine Triandra), normal hairgrass, echno tenellus, crypto parva... but in my low tech tank, only Marsilea Hirsuta and Staurogyne manage to grow and spread. I am trying to get Sagittaria Subulata (Dwarf Sagittaria) next to grow and even Lilaeopsis Brasiliensis but this one is tougher to maintain.

[Apistoinka]

spec of my tank is as below

1) tank is 30x30x30 cube tank
2) light is 1ft aqua zonic double tube, in it per tube is 6w/2000k
3) co2 @ 5 sec per bubble
4) using gex red packet soil
5) easy aqua external filter

bro aquanoob tanks for your help...

[Aquanoob]

Since you have a high-tech tank, you can try HC, glosso or riccia.

[Apistoinka]

I have glosso in my tank but it just won't crawl... They jus grow upwards... That is why I still confuse... Is it bec the light is not strong enough??? Thought of changing the tube to pl tube and change the glosso to hc... What do you think bro aquanoob...

[Apistoinka]

Anybro out there who knows can help me and give comment too...