Lilaeopsis Novea-Zealandiae

[Tener ds]

hi all,was thinking about getting some off this to go round the base of the bog wood in the middle off my big tank:
http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/aquafleur-lilaeopsis-noveazealandiae-p-2772.html
has any one got this in there tanks?
does it melt if u use easy carbo?
if no good for my tank wot else would look like grass?

 

[FF MkII]

Hairgrass is always my favourite, easier to keep than what you have mentioned. I believe there are two common types eleocharis parvula and another that I can't remember but one grows longer than the other

 

[FF MkII]

And you can trim it quite heavily, could also have a look at echinodorus tennellus, a nice low growing mini sword

 

[Tener ds]

Hairgrass is always my favourite, easier to keep than what you have mentioned. I believe there are two common types eleocharis parvula and another that I can't remember but one grows longer than the other

cool,ill see if i can find any..

 

[Tener ds]

found some on ebay,also found this web site:
http://www.aquascapingworld.com
got some great info about plants ect.

 

[Tener ds]

ordered 3 pots off hairgrass,should be fun planting it..

 

[FF MkII]

3???? you would probably get away with one. like you said should be fun planting each individual plantlet and if happy each of those will send out runners and you'll have double the amount in a few months

 

[Tener ds]

The guy that was selling the hairgrass said there is only a small bit of hairgrass in a pot so that's wy he is selling 3 pots a time.I found a web site last night that shows the best way to plant them. With 3 pots to plant I'm looking at 1 to 2 hours sorting them out and planting..... Should be fun

 

[Tener ds]

hi,got my hairgrass today.now i havnt got time to plant it today,only free day is sunday .so,whats the best way to keep the plants,3 pots, so thay dont die before i plant them?
i dont wont to add them to the tank yet just in case there are bugs and algea ect on them.is it ok to leave in a bucket with a little easycarbo as a dip till sunday?
don,t wont them to die before i add them.

 

[jessonthenet]

Other nice carpeting plants:

hemianthus callitrichoides - didn't have much luck with this one myself

riccia fluitans - I have this floating but effective as carpeting plant

cryptocoryne parva - had this before , did get some spot algae but really nice.

Haven't had echinodorus tennellus that FF recommends but a really nice plant would have it in my tank.

 

[Tener ds]

managed to find time to plant the hairgrass this morning,just got back from shopping etc and found 3 of them floating :wb:
so replanted them and have just seen ned dig them up again :dk:
don,t think hes kean on the new plants.

 

[D-MAC]

The Tropica site is really good, worth a look. Here's a link to their tips page.
http://www.tropica.com/advising/tropica-abc/vdo-tips-og-tricks.aspx

 

[Tener ds]

The Tropica site is really good, worth a look. Here's a link to their tips page.
http://www.tropica.com/advising/tropica-abc/vdo-tips-og-tricks.aspx

got some good tips there D.

 

[Tener ds]

all still in place,even got a bit in my edge now.