Dwarf hairgrass
Eleocharis parvula
Also called hairgrass, eleocharis.
Carpets only under strong light. In a low tech tank it grows upward instead.
What it needs
- Grows to
- 10 cm
- Smallest sensible tank
- 40 L, at least 45 cm long
- Temperature
- 20 to 28 °C
- pH
- 6 to 7.5
- Hardness
- 2 to 15 dGH
- Grown
- planted in the substrate, which is where it feeds from
- How hard
- moderate
These are the figures the stocking advice is built on. Make a room and it will tell you whether a dwarf hairgrass fits the tank you have.