Planting dwarf hairgrass in only sand?

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ucng

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Hi guys,

I recently bought a clump of dwarf hairgrass on the internet and i was wondering if it is able to grow and spread out if i just put it in sand? I noticed how other people have a layer of organic soil on the bottom and then a layer of sand, but is is ok if i dont have the organic soil? I will be using seachem flourish excel for my 10 gallon tank. Thank you very much.
 
msjinkzd;4483834; said:
yes. light and nutrients would be your limiting factor.
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If the grass is just in the sand and does not have any soil, where will the plant get its nutrients from? Would this cause the plant to not get enough? If i was to get soil, for the bottom layer, do u guys have any suggestions on what kind of soil i should use and where to get it? Thank you
 
LBathory;4483925; said:
mine grows wonderfully in sand. i nutrify the sand with flourish tabs.
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Hmmm, this might actually work for me.
Im trying to have a red cherry shrimp tank, and through research, i have learned that they usually die when exposed to copper and other metals. I found the ingredient list and percentages please see if this is ok for a shrimp tank.


"Guaranteed Analysis
Total Nitrogen 0.28% Available Phosphate 0.17% Soluble Potash 0.16% Calcium 14.9% Magnesium 0.06% Sulfur 12.2% Boron 0.029% Chlorine 0.55% Cobalt 0.001% Copper 0.001% Iron 2.2% Manganese 0.23% Molybdenum 0.0009% Sodium 0.14% Zinc 0.0024%
Derived from: Potassium Chloride, Calcium Chloride, Copper Sulfate, Magnesium Chloride, Ferrous Gluconate, Cobalt Sulfate, Magnesium Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Boric Acid, Sodium Molybdate, Zinc Sulfate, Protein Hydrolysates.?
 
Depending on your substrate you may have nutrients in there. I use black flourite sand and my grass will grow. However I'm having trouble getting it to spread, but it's clearly alive and well and grows quickly over a week span. I know of many people who have had a lot of luck with hairgrass carpets with just plain sand though, so as long as you dose properly and have co2/light you should be just fine
 
ucng;4483974; said:
Hmmm, this might actually work for me.
Im trying to have a red cherry shrimp tank, and through research, i have learned that they usually die when exposed to copper and other metals. I found the ingredient list and percentages please see if this is ok for a shrimp tank.


"Guaranteed Analysis
Total Nitrogen 0.28% Available Phosphate 0.17% Soluble Potash 0.16% Calcium 14.9% Magnesium 0.06% Sulfur 12.2% Boron 0.029% Chlorine 0.55% Cobalt 0.001% Copper 0.001% Iron 2.2% Manganese 0.23% Molybdenum 0.0009% Sodium 0.14% Zinc 0.0024%
Derived from: Potassium Chloride, Calcium Chloride, Copper Sulfate, Magnesium Chloride, Ferrous Gluconate, Cobalt Sulfate, Magnesium Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Boric Acid, Sodium Molybdate, Zinc Sulfate, Protein Hydrolysates.?
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i breed shrimp in that same tank.
 
I was using pool filter sand in my tank. The hair grass really didn't take off until I added the root tabs. Once I did that, it spread like mad.
 
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