View Full Version : Can i grow hair grass with the lighting from this aquarium kit?
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=15493&N=2004+62760
Rex Grigg
02-06-2007, 9:10 PM
I highly doubt it.
See www.rexgrigg.com/mlt
Mgamer20o0
02-06-2007, 11:45 PM
smaller tanks need more lighting. if you want small. i would get i 5 gal tank and get some of the screw in power compact bulbs to put over the tank.
fishcatch22
02-06-2007, 11:56 PM
I doubt it. i'd just go with java moss.
do u guys think i can find a replacement flourescent bulb for that lamp?
fishcatch22
02-07-2007, 4:05 PM
do u guys think i can find a replacement flourescent bulb for that lamp?I doubt it. i'd just go with a 5.5G and get something like the coralife mini aqualight for it.
phanmc
02-07-2007, 4:19 PM
You'll need to replace the lamp since the ballast for fluorescent lamps are designed to work with a specific wattage.
skillful abbot
02-11-2007, 9:51 AM
I have a 10L setup and one of those clip on 9w lamps.
I am growing these plants below successfully with that light and co2 injection
Alternanthera reineckii
Bacopa monnieri
Limnobium laevigatum
Java Moss
Tonnina
Some kind of Hygrophila plant (from amazon, purple)
Windelow Moss (?) or something that looks very much like it.
Why not try dwarf hair grass? It says "ANY" light is okay.
http://www.aquahobby.com/garden/e_Eleocharis_parvula.php
FishyMatty
02-11-2007, 5:47 PM
In my 45g with co2 and 192watts of light, I had a hard time getting it to establish.
Marinemom
02-11-2007, 10:16 PM
Hairgrass neds more light then that. If it does not have enough light it will just turn brown and die and that is not very pretty.
Marinemom