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[JustOneMore20]

You should consider DIY CO2. It isn't that hard to put together and is cheap. If you want to grow a nice carpet of Dwarf Hairgrass, then you'll want to accommodate it and give it what it needs (Co2, nutrients). You'll want to dose nitrates, potassium, and possibly phosphates, as well as a micro nutrient like Flourish.

Dwarf Hairgrass grows very nicely in Aquasoil and in Eco Complete. I suspect it would grow great in Flourite as well.

You could get away with 1 bag of the latter 2 and 2 small bags of Aquasoil, so I encourage you to go this route and get a nutrient rich soil for the plants. Hairgrass really thrives in these IME.

[Bubbleback_ek9_]

1. I plan on getting a filter rated from 5-15 gallons of water so flow should be good...

2. I plan on having the tank for 2 bamboo shrimp and some snails if they wont eat the hairgrass... is anything wrong with this ?

3. I have tried making a diy co2 but i failed like 2 times but i don't know i could never get it right...

4. In the future i might put in 2 dwarf puffers but arent this like brackish type of fish ?

***Thanks for the help everyone***

[Purrbox]

The shrimp won't eat plants. Some snails are plant safe while others treat live plants as a buffet. You'll need to make sure that you are getting plant safe ones. AppleSnail.net is a great site with information on identifying the various types.

There are freshwater, brackish, and saltwater varieties of puffers. Some need different conditions depending on what stage of their life they are in. Dwarf Puffers are the only true freshwater species that spend their entire life in freshwater. Unfortunately they are unlikely to be compatible with the shrimp or the snails, and could easily end up killing them.

[pitt420dude]

I think the shrimp and snails should be fine, so long as you don't have plant-eating snails. I know Malaysian Trumpet Snails eat algae and won't eat your plants. Moreover, they make nice snacks for Dwarf Puffers.Some species of Dwarf Puffers are strictly freshwater and do just fine with purely freshwater. Check out Dwarf Puffers : Home to check em out.

Dwarf Puffers are pretty dirty eates, so you may want to get a higher filter. I have an Aquaclear 50 on my 10 gal, and the flow is nice and strong and it was only $30.

I'm sure you could get a DIY CO2 system going. Check out some pre-made ones to get an idea of how they work. I'm sure there are some photographic walkthroughs to help.