Dwarf Hairgrass Question

[Velksfish]

I planted some dwarf Hairgrass in my tank about a month or so. Every now and then I find some piece floating around. I have sand substrate. When I planted it I just buried the base section.

I am just wondering if I didn't plant it right? What do I need to do to make sure it is growing good ? Any information would be great.

Thanks in advance.
Attached is a picture of mine.
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[emerald76]

What's the light and co2? Those cories might be uprooting it a bit when digging


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[surfnturf]

I planted it past the roots. My dwarf gourami likes to pull it up. It seems to help but I still loose some every now and then. There are long tweezers and scissors I got on Amazon that came in an aquascaping kit. They helped a lot. There are some videos on YouTube that might be helpful.


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[Velksfish]

I do add Root Tabs. Once a week to them. Is this beneficial or not ??


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[Sk3lly]

I do add Root Tabs. Once a week to them. Is this beneficial or not ??


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Very. This plant simply will not do well without at least DIY co2, pressurised co2 is better


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[jetajockey]

I have to disagree with that. It does need decent lighting, but I keep it alive and growing just fine (albeit slower) without any co2 or glutaraldehyde dosing.

 

[Brookster123]

I have to disagree with that. It does need decent lighting, but I keep it alive and growing just fine (albeit slower) without any co2 or glutaraldehyde dosing.

Must need some pretty intense lighting to for go the gas??

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[jetajockey]

I wouldn't say intense, I just think that people often underestimate how much PAR they have at substrate level with these tiny plants. That, combined with transition melt/dieoff. I'm sure there's other factors, though, as I've taken DHG right out of tissue culture and into a high light high tech tank and still managed to watch it struggle and die.

 

[Brookster123]

I wouldn't say intense, I just think that people often underestimate how much PAR they have at substrate level with these tiny plants. That, combined with transition melt/dieoff. I'm sure there's other factors, though, as I've taken DHG right out of tissue culture and into a high light high tech tank and still managed to watch it struggle and die.

That's where I'm at.. got a new tissue culture yesterday.. they seem to be hit or miss huh?

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[Sk3lly]

That's where I'm at.. got a new tissue culture yesterday.. they seem to be hit or miss huh?

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My UG was tissue culture and thats melted into nothing


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[jetajockey]

I don't know if it has to do with the shock of moving from a very sterile TC environment or just having tiny starter plants, or it could be a combination of both.

I get in DHG (I think they are e.parvula) in quarter diameter plugs. I used to take them to the greenhouse and let them stay emergent where they would take a few weeks of kinda just existing not looking great, and then eventually a month or two in they would take off and get mixed up in everything. Since then though I've been just putting them in a shallow tank and they seem to stay generally in good condition with no dieoff and plenty of new runners along the glass. It actually complicates things when I have to pull some for an order because it screws everything up since they send runners all over.