Plant I.D.

[Fishey bricks]

Hi all, I've recently got this plant from my LFS and have been unable to I.D. it. I'm thinking that it might be a member of Eleocharis genus, but I've never seen one with roots like this. Any thoughts on the subject?

 

[PoppaRyno]

Im not the best plant identifier but it looks like dwarf chain sword... not positive though.

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[Fishey bricks]

That was one of the species that I thought it might be to, but the leaves are more characteristic of a hairgrass.

 

[Nils]

Maybe micro sword? I have some growing, not in that big of a clump but similar looking.

 

[PoppaRyno]

Good call nils.

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[Fishey bricks]

Great thank, now for the next question. What's the best way to plant it. Should I plant it like hair grass or is there a better way.

 

[Nils]

You can just plant the whole clump. May work better if you spread it ut though. Are you running high light/Co2?

 

[Fishey bricks]

You can just plant the whole clump. May work better if you spread it ut though. Are you running high light/Co2?

I'm going to be keeping them in a 5 gal tank that is running a 6,000 CFL. I am also going to hook up a DIY Co2 system.

 

[ImACoolguy]

Too think for hairgrass.

I'm with nils on the micro sword. Not a hard plant to keep.


Caleb

 

[Nils]

Yea, pretty easy. Grows pretty fast under my Finnex light with DIY Co2. You could probably grow it in a low tech set up, but it sounds like you have everything you need.