Hairgrass...

Hey...

Is there anyone with hairgrass clipping or small plants???

I am willing to come and collect in PTA and Centurion...

Or does anyone know where i can get Hairgrass???

Please...

 

Hairgrass (Eleocharis Parvulus) is blacklisted so you won't find it in shops... And if you do DON'T buy it... The fines for possession are heavy and you could even loose all your aquariums

 

Thank you very much @Double-D... I did not know that.... Do you maybe know of another ground cover that is not blacklisted?

 

maybe lilaeopsis?

 

even styrogyne

 

Glossostigma Elatinoides, Staurogyne Repens and Hemianthus Callitrichoides that I can think of fast. They are all small leaves but the the HC is very fine. Give me some time and I'll check for grassy type ground covers for you

 

You could check out "dwarf sag", you could also try Riccia
Also Echinodorous Tenellus.
Java moss but that isnt really going to give the grassy effect.

Hope this helped

 

glosso is also an option

 

Dwarf sag and Echinodorus tenellus are blacklisted. Riccia fluitans aswell. Lillaeopsis Brasiliensis is a very nice grassy ground cover... People use it to create a lawn effect *whispers* and it's legal...

 

Wow so many plants are blacklisted. Cant believe that they could be that much threat to the enviroment.

 

thing with this BL is that with most of these plants theres no concrete evidence that it is invasive in our waters. from what i heard, some researcher does a study and finds that a certain plant is invasive in a nother country similar to our environment and they put it on the BL just incase.

 

This is true in most cases but in some cases plants have been added to the BL due to some idiot wanting to toss the plants but not kill it whom then dumps it in the local river systems... Because our rivers are very rich in minerals the plants then thrive and overpower the indigenous plantlife and in some cases like the hyacinth even become a problem

 

Ok I see how they could be a threat. Thanks guys =)

 

yes.. Ive seen cabomba take over.. And Its scary..

 

@Double-D... I would really appreciate it if you could tell me where to get some Lillaeopsis Brasiliensis...

 

@BugMan - Pet Stop gets it in quite often...

 

Thank you @azurekoi...

 

@shihr,

Where have you seen this ?

In one of our local dams or rivers ?

 

ya,when i was in high school..i dont rem where though.. we were on a geol tour.. didnt know it was an alien species till last yr it looked really pretty though. water was clear and plant was red!