Hair grass

[eGGS]

Hello, planning to plant hairgrass. How tall can it grow to and also, is it a fast grower and does it creep like glosso?

Does it need high light like glosso?

Is $3 a pot considered reasonable?

Thanks.

[hwchoy]

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On 7/22/2003 12:24:46 AM

Hello, planning to plant hairgrass. How tall can it grow to and also, is it a fast grower and does it creep like glosso?

Does it need high light like glosso?

Is $3 a pot considered reasonable?

Thanks.


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4-inches; Can be; Yes; Yes; Only if you can't make it to Teo's.
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[eGGS]

How much is the hairgrass @ Teo ?

[WatsUp]

Halo, I find out that....there are 2 type of hairgrass, thick & thin types. PetMart is selling the thick type which is $5 per pack then the thin type is selling in the pot. WHICH 1 IS THE BEST?[]

[eGGS]

How big is the packet from Petmart?

I'm planning to get from Sam Yick, $3 per pot.

[eGGS]

How do I trim hairgrass? Like glosso?

[Georgeer]

I planted the thin type, the growth rate is pretty slow. Need to have patience to see the runner finally appears. Now about 3 inches long.

I bought my "bunch" from the Pasir Ris "Mermaid" Ah Pek at $2 a bunch. Quite a lot but you need to have patience to seperate them as they comes in "bunches", turn them one by one making sure the roots are not planted the other way around.

[scoobydoo]

Ah Pek @ Lor Halus (Capricon) has hair grass. Saw it last weekend. I use to get from him a handful for $2.

[bluezing]

$3 for a pot!??!...and er...if go to Teo,heard from bro hwchoy its like $5 of hairgrass enuff to fill a 2ft tank...of cos i rather make the trip to Teo's!

[hwchoy]

bluezing, $5 at Teo enough to PLANT a 2ft tank, not FILL hor!

[theodore]

You may want to compile a shopping list if you really do want to drop by Teo. IMO, making a trip down to Teo only to get some hairgrass may not be worth time and effort, esp. if you are trying to get there by public transport.

[bluezing]

ohhh....icic..lax lax bro choy.hehe...anyway...i just came back from Teo just now.bought $15 worth of hairgrass!ALOT sia!haha...i tink if outside buy,that amt is worth around $50!im gonna remove my current plants now and happy planting tomoro.anyone wants my current plants?can go buy/sell section take a look.

btw...Teo is inside the brown colour fence rite?hope i din went to the wrong one.i asked them and they said yah,here is Teo.cos the place no signboard nothing.hehe

and also...i went there by public transport.not really so far when alight from bus 175.alrite lah.bro eggs,if u wanna buy hairgrass....my advise...dun buy from LFS. not worth it.

[hwchoy]

congrats, you "graduated" to Teo's [:] yes you went to the right place. $15 worth hairgrass, you are damn greedy lah. Remember you have to keep a distance between planting, don't tam sim plant too close together end up messing up the ke-kanan lurus and the plants cannot anchor properly. Think you can resell the left overs

Anyway, tomorrow we see whether your grass finish first or your kidneys kaput first

[bluezing]

ahahhaa...yah..super greedy.they also abit shock when i told them i wanna make the bottom "mua".haha...the guy who got for me is got ang many ang kong one.very dark skin.but very friendly also.he at first quote me $20.i was quite taken aback.tinking...SO MUCH AH!?[:0] ...then i ask issit too much $20?then he say ok nvm.give me $15.haha..but i tink the amt of hairgrass he got for me is $20 worth also.really alot ah bro!lol...tomoro i plant 1st...hopefull my back can tahan.haha...if got any left overs...will let bro egss noe.

[kadios]

hi Bluezing!

This warning may come a bit late:

Please clean the hairgrass and split them thoroughly, while lookin out for slugs that may stay close to the roots. This was my experience with purchasing submersed hairgrass.

Another thing to look out for is green algae that stays near the growth tip. Anyway, green algae is not so much of a concern since SAE will eat them usually.

Juz tot I share my experience!

Cheers!

[bluezing]

ah yes bro kadios.i saw those slugs and even a spider!lol..and yes...those green algae...saw them too.thanx for the advise anyway.cheers![]

[hwchoy]

actually Teo's hairgrass is planted emersed, so you need to give them some time to adjust, so don'ch gabra when they start yellowing. After a little while you will notice many green leaves emerging from the gravel because the runners have been running without you knowing. [:]

[bluezing]

emersed meh!??!?!....i saw that guy took out from those mud soil leh.[:0]

[bluezing]

and btw...they advise me not to use very strong light.otherwise the grass will chao tar.

[hwchoy]

hairgrass needs LOTS of CO2, do you know they also pearl, when mine pearls you have a sea of tiny bubbles, with the occasional jumbo ones (like f*rting underwater ) scaring the fishes, because all the O2 trapped in the base of the hairgrass, accumulate until "blow up". Should be excellent for aerating the substrate.