Feedbook/Plants

Hairgrass

Eleocharis

Portrait of hairgrass: fine green blades standing in a dense carpet

Essential gear

  • Medium-strong lighting
  • CO2 (recommended)
  • Tweezers
  • Scissors
  • Root fertilizer

Lighting

Medium–strong

CO2

Recommended

Water temperature

20–28°C

Placement

Foreground / midground meadow

Good as meadow along path edges

Growth

Medium-pace spreading

Runners spread into sheets

Hardness

Soft to medium

Stable lighting matters more than chasing hardness

Suggested habitat

Plant foreground clumps in zones with room to spread. Strong light stays short lawn; weak light stretches into “bamboo”—plan height by light.

Plates are husbandry references—not build plans or generator parameters. Check your own water, vessel, and stocking before you act.