Dwarf hair grass question.

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Jemi39

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For those of you have grown dwarf hair grass, do I absolutely have to fertilize it? It's in my 2.5 gallon with a sandy substrate and it's been there about two weeks and it seems to be spreading alright... Just curious.
 

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I'm going to go out on a limb and say, if its growing fine and spreading well, then you maybe able to get away without fertilizing it... but if you did fertilize it, it may grow a little better / faster...
 

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I've never had luck with it myself, with or without liquid ferts, but I don't have a lot of lighting on my tanks either. Like Homer said if it's spreading it should be fine but ferts will always help it spread faster.

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yea i have had some in my tank for abt 3 weeks I fertilize once a week using the aqueon food and i cant even tell that mines doing anything I even have a DIY co2 and med lighting. so I guess if it is spreading sb fine but I would still feed once a week as sand has no nutrients and that small of tank might not get enough nutrients from the tank
 

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Understandably. There's a betta and two ghost shrimp in there. They get along pretty well xD I'm gonna pick up some excel and maybe some root tabs.
 

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^ if you have shrimp make sure not to over-dose on excel, in the past i'm sure i've lost some of the more sensitive shrimp to excel...


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It grew well for me in a high tech setup... I have been trying to find some Giant Hairgrass for my current low tech tank but haven't tried it yet.
 
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