I have dwarf hair grass from petco (came in a plastic airtight sealed pocket with jelly) planted in my 29 gallon with a hood light that I got from Drs. Foster & Smith online, similar style, one bulb and I added aluminum foil behind the stock bulb, which I may upgrade. This DHG specimen has been planted for 6 weeks and the lights are on a 12 hour daily cycle.
Hmmm, prognosis: eh. The grass was bright green when I purchased it and was not old like plants can get on the shelves. 6 weeks later planted in fine gravel with a base of Eco-complete substrate it has not grown noticeably and looks a bit tired but still intact and mostly green. Some strands are tipped in decay but a few could be new growth, so we shall see. I am not impressed but honestly I wonder if a better source of grass would have better results.
People somewhere warned me about DHG but I got it anyway. My current star plant is similar looking only 3" tall not 1", called micro sword. I got this plant from lfs from a cycled tank with happy fish in it as seed bacteria for my new tank. I think it looks quite happy and has been growing nicely! My other plants are in my profile.
I have been waiting to move my tank before adding root tabs or starting any liquid fertilizers. I bought Mopani driftwood and want to pick more plants to attach to it.
Also: I hear good things about Indian almond leaves, and I have seen extract more often than whole leaves but I want to find leaves for my tank. I love the look of the floor if fallen leaves in that video. Great link btw, very inspired now. I really want to find a way to offer lots of shade as I heard Bettas prefer lower light habitats, not sure on that though.
