In low-light conditions it will start to etiolate and grow too tall to work as a carpeting plant. The best way to plant Dwarf Hairgrass is to separate it into a few clumps and plant it a few inches apart so they spread out quickly. It seemed to take close to a month for it to turn green & adjust well. I upgraded the filtration and lighting early on, and it has been running cycled for about 4 months. I have culled my floating plants several times over the last 4 months; any time they get close to taking over the surface, I pull a bunch out for composting, and I leave a few big healthy individuals that restart the process. I have had Eleocharis Vivipara & hairgrss in there for nearly 2 months now and when I first added it it was so nice and green now its more like yellow and some brown bits. Substrate: Light gravel layer covered by Fluval black sand, latest Parameters: Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate: 5ppm, PH 7.5, Animals: 1 male Betta, 3 black Khuli loaches, 15-20 cherry shrimp (Don't worry, the betta and the shrimp get along fine, no chasing or violence). They are browning and turning white. Discussion in 'Aquascaping' started by JadeButterfly, Jul 29, 2005. If these aren't met, the plant will quickly start losing its shape or fall prey to algae, which can quickly cover and suffocate it. Growing Dwarf hairgrass in a coarse gravel substrate. Press J to jump to the feed. There are no algae. The substrate is only a thin layer of gravel, as a single layer of pea-size gravel under about a 1.5-inch layer of the Fluval sand. But some of the plugs are entirely dead. There's some green left on 3 or 4 of the plugs closer to the aquarium's front. Hey everyone, I recently moved house and and completly replanted. It was sold to packaging out of the water with the gel stuff around the roots. Plants: some form of Bacopa - I think. no noticeable improvement. Everything in my tank seems healthy and the correct set up for the grass. The Dwarf Hairgrass will make an excellent spawning medium, as well as a great foreground plant. I drained 85-90% of the water and moved the aquarium across the room. Fast forward to now, I made some recent changes to my tank, and I can't identify what's killing them. First, it has several practical uses. Mini hairgrass is the shortest hairgrass variety and is a superb carpeting plant, even in low-tech systems! -Dwarf hair grass (growing white fuzz and some appear to be dying)-Water temp is consistently 78 to 80 Fahrenheit. I ran the tank with this exact setup for about 3 months, and all the plants were doing really well. More posts from the PlantedTank community. Everything in my tank seems healthy and the correct set up for the grass. It is an attractive bottom covering plant with long light green grass-like leaves. I spread them around the tank evenly and let them go. Eleocharis parvula is a plant from circumboreal region: it is encountered in Eurasia and from North America up to Central America. … TL: DR - My dwarf hair grass was doing fine for 3 weeks, and suddenly overnight, they have died. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Another problem might be that your temperature is too high but I have grown carpets of hairgrass at 85F so *shrug*. They might have been fine for a while, but without root tabs I don't know if they were really accessing the ferts you added to the water column. If plant leaves are turning white and dying, the underlying reason is most likely either sunscorch or powdery mildew. Like many other carpeting plants, Eleocharis acicularis does have some requirements. That would explain why your floaters were doing really well. I have some dwarf hairgrass on the foreground (eleocharis acicularis) which looks to me like it's being eaten by my two small blue rams. Greenpro Dwarf Hairgrass Live Aquarium Plants Tissue Culture Cup Freshwater Fish Tank Decorations 4.3 out of 5 stars 336. Benefits of Dwarf Hairgrass. Commo. I just had to make room for a new 36 gallon I'll be setting up soon. I want to say it's a cardinal plant. Red dwarfs, the most common type of star, keep burning until they have transformed all their hydrogen into helium, turning into a white dwarf. - You get 1 Dwarf Hairgrass tissue culture aquarium plant - Cup size 2.5" cup. Also, was your dwarf hair grass grown out of water? They usually come back after a while, but in gravel it will take much longer for the roots to grow out. I've only had it for a couple of weeks, and It was doing really well, and then I went to work yesterday, and when I got home, the grass was withering away, and a few patches are almost completely dead. Change 2) I added 4 more Khuli loaches last Friday, bringing the total up to 7. Maintenance - I do a 30% water change every 7 days and test the water parameters as frequently as I can. I didn't even see a change in the dwarf hair grass. In other words it's is only 8.341125 litres. I monitored the water parameters every day for a week and did sever small water changes (20%-30%). Change 3) The floaters are growing. Numerous diseases and abiotic disorders potentially impact grass, but only a few of these cause grass blades to turn light-colored or white. There are a couple main species of this plant (eleocharis parvula and eleocharis acicularis) but for the most part the same principles apply to both. my fish has white eyes too, i have treated him with maracyn plus for the time specified on the bottle and then did a water change. This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register. I followed a few tutorials I found for planting and separated the plants into tiny "plugs" and, with planting tweezers, pushed the roots deep into the substrate. I'm not sure about the specific PAR, but I'd say the light is a medium intensity. Extra nut… I culled my floaters on Friday after I added the Khulis and did a 30% water change. I have started to add additional ferts today, but i am not adding C02 The plants don't seem to be doing too well, and are turning white in some areas. Grass Disease & White Blades. any other ideas what could be ailing our fish? Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 . What am I missing? If so, it could just be melting. -Fluval 30 filter with following inserts: white foam, biomax, and carbon-10 watt LED light (temporary, ordered a new light but won't arrive for about a week)-Air stone-Added API bacteria 5 days ago when I first started the tank I dose fertilizer once every 2 weeks. Alright. It made a comeback and is going well now. Re: Dwarf hairgrass turning white The wood could have screwed up your CO2 if you assumed the KH was the same or pH, wood can sometime lower these and make you think the CO2 is higher than it is. Hello everyone. I use a Fluval CO2 checker, and the color is always green which, according to their documentation, means my CO2 is about 30-40ppm. This species uses runners to propagate and will spread out in a thick carpet of grass. So far, I have seen no change in the water parameters; all other animals and plants are healthy. We are after as many aquarium plant images that we can get, doing so will assist us in completing the aquarium plant database. But this time, i would really like to have a wall of dwarf hairgrass in the back while the rest of the tank will be (hopefully) carpeted with cubas. I have recently (a week ago) attempted to plant a dwarf hairgrass carpet, specifically eleocharis parvula. I planted it in tropica aquasoil with seachem flourish tabs. (Seachem Flourish). - Plants convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and absorb nutrients from water that are derived from fish waste. Also you can find it in North Africa (Egypt) and South America (Cuba, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Venezuela). My tank is 29.5cm(L) by 14.5cm(B) by 19.5cm(H). I imagine it might be super difficult for hair grass to weave their delicate roots through gravel under the weight of sand. Dwarf hairgrass needs high lighting, co2, ferts, and preferably a nutrient rich substrate. Similar Threads - Dwarf hairgrass turning, https://barrreport.com/threads/aquatic-plant-images-wanted.14374/, (You must log in or sign up to post here. It oxygenates the water, helps to control nitrate levels and remove pollutants. The plant grows in brackish waters, bogs and in humid alkaline soils. This hardy, fast-growing plant can quickly “carpet” most aquariums. The first week everything was fine, but browning began in the center. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. I have a 10 gallon Top Fin kit that I bought from PetSmart. this stinks! Mini Hairgrass (Eleocharis acicularis “Mini”) is a very popular foreground plant for the serious freshwater aquarium. I'll be starting on a nano tank tomorrow and normally it doesn't bother me when plants start to 'mix' with each other's planted areas. Frogbit and dwarf water lettuce for floaters. Known for being an aquatic grass, Dwarf Hair Grass features thin, bright green blades that spread horizontally by sending out runners. Dwarf Hair Grass, Eleocharis Parvulus Mini Dwarf Hair Grass is an extremely popular and easy to keep foreground aquarium plant that produces a grass-like lawn when provided with optimal conditions. TL: DR - My dwarf hair grass was doing fine for 3 weeks, and suddenly overnight, they have died. They're at least a month or so old, lights are on for 7 hrs, it's very low tech, the light can be white, blue or both, I did keep it on both for a while but since I noticed it, I changed to just white incase both was too bright for them but hasn't changed at all. - Photo are not actual plant you get but they are some sample of our stock. I saw a lot of good growth, mostly just upwards ( no carpeting). I've tried searching but can't find much. Lots of small round leaves. Dwarf Hair grass turning brown. Researchers found the lithium in … It might be the substrate. Customers also shopped for. I can see that you have 2 of the 4 but your light is probably too high above the tank to reach the hairgrass, maybe lower it 6"? Very green. When you initially add the plugs you can expect a bit of die-back as they adjust to your water parameters. About a month ago, I added a few starters of dwarf hair grass. As the title states, I have dwarf hair grass in my aquarium, and overnight, it is starting to die. Otherwise, NO3, but that's sort of rare with hairgrass to the point it will turn white. Fluval spec v, planted nano tank update. A place for aquatic flora and fauna enthusiasts! But today (Tuesday), I woke up and saw that almost all of the hair grass was dying/dead. Help:/ Apr 16, 2013. I did remove 2 plugs of the dwarf hair grass that were visibly dead and the roots were massive! Dwarf-hairgrass turning brown!! I hope someone can give advice o me on this. Dwarf Hairgrass is a smaller version of the ever-popular giant hair grass. As the title implies, my attempt at dry starting Dwarf Hairgrass went completely awry. It grows very low to the ground and doesn't carpet. One of our favorite foreground plants, Dwarf hairgrass is the shorted of the eleocharis acicularis variety. This site is supported by the advertisements on it, please disable your AdBlocker so we can continue to provide you with the quality content you expect. Hi There Guys: I know this topic has been talked here before but I need your opinion in my specific case to see what I'm doing wrong. Crushed-up remains of large asteroids discovered in a white dwarf star could help astronomers find the universe's 'missing' lithium. For the first few weeks, it looked good in my tank then started to seriously melt. I will update this thread again next week with a conclusion. Next. $15.99. I always have serious die back from carpeting plants after a few weeks. HI Fishlore, I want to grow dwarf hairgrass as my carpeting plant, but I've heard that it doesn't do well when not in a very fine substrate, and I just have mostly regular gravel.My substrate is still roughly 40% flourite though, as I have 30 lbs of flourite and 45 lbs of gravel, but the flourite tends to be deeper down and on the bottom. CO2: 5lb canister running at about 1 drop/2 second. You can grow dwarf hairgrass in a coarse substrate such as gravel, but there are a couple of things to consider: The hairgrass will have a slightly harder time to form a carpet in gravel, as its runners won’t spread as easily as … ), 10x14 dwarf hairgrass (Elocharis acicularis), FS: Dwarf Hairgrass, R. macrandra 'Mini Type 2', L. repens Rubin, S. sp Belem, rotalabutterfly.com Calculator Data Submission Forms, Jealous Media - Branding, Website Design & Entertainment. It easily and quickly adapts to new growing conditions and habitats. I just added about 6 … It happened so fast I didn't even see the change. It is entirely possible that the Dwarf Hairgrass that you bought from the market is not growing in your tank. They were doing good for about 3 weeks. I think it is most likely, as suggested in the comments, that the plants were grown immersed and needed dieback to start growing again. so I bought a DHG mat a few days ago, put in in the tank,it was nice and green! Could algae be smothering your dwarf hair grass to death? If there is any green left you might be able to salvage them with root tabs. The move was about 2 weeks ago. - Your plants are 100% satisfaction guaranteed. Ill is pulling them out when I get home today. It simply look battered up and mangled. I bought some eleocharis acicularis (dwarf hair-grass) 10 days ago and it was so green and lovely. It's a small stem and sort of looks like bamboo with 2 broad leaves in every segment. And i recently started my planted tank. Also, I got it to grow in just plain inert gravel using roottabs. I split my hairgrass into little clumps of 7-10 blades each and planted them and put them under light for 13 hours a day. My first batch of dwarf hair grass I bought was grown out of water. Member. 1. Nevertheless the tank is not a new one. Dwarf hairgrass makes an excellent dense … I replaced the water levels with new fresh dechlorinated water, and I dosed fertilizer and bacteria. This leads to brown patches and very slow growth. Everything has returned to normal, with no loss of plants or animals. Now, it seems to be dying off-- turning brown and melting all over the place. Whether you have a question to ask or a planted tank to show off, this is the place. Dwarf Hairgrass, however, is a little more difficult and requires co2 to properly carpet. I typically stay at the levels stated above with some ups and downs in Nitrates. The location isn't fundamentally different (no windows, no HVAC vents, no room lights), just as it was before. Lighting Hygga auto on-off Aquarium LED (8 hours of full light - night mode only runs 2 hours before bed). They are browning and turning white. Sometimes, you will notice that the grass has become home to hair algae, which is a result of excess light and nitrates. I had some dwarf hairgrass that also looked like this when it was newly planted. How to work with TC plants. Dwarf Hairgrass is a great plant for beginners and seasoned aquarium keepers alike. The dwarf hairgrass have lots of different uses. UPDATE: During this week's water change I trimmed all the grass back to about an inch and a half of growth and using tweezers I did my best to remove all the dead grass. To keep your Eleocharis acicularis looking its best, provide medium to high light. Scoutsfish. I am new here. Short how to on how I plant DHG Dwarf Hair Grass and what works for me. also, my white eye is not caused by overstocking b/c my tank is simply not overstocked and i water change 35-40% every other week. Hi all, Does anyone know why my dwarf water lettuce is turning white? 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