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Flowering Ludwigia Aquatic Plant

August 24, 2014

Flowering Plant

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Best non CO2 aquatic carpet plant Pygmy Chain Sword Echinodorus Tenellus

I found that Pygmy Chain Sword, Echinodorus Tenellus, Helanthium tenellum is the best carpet plant for a low tech tank without CO2 and soil. With just holland sand and LED lighting setup, this plant will just keep on growing. Other easy plants like Annubia, Java Fern, Java Moss, Singapore Moss all will melt in my tank after a few months probably due to the warm temperature.

Aquatic Dwarf Hair Grass Seeds Pod

It look like hair grass that I planted outdoor (emersed) have started to grow some seed pods? Or is it flowering?

Growing Emersed Hairgrass

Some photos of my emersed hairgrass and dwarf hairgrass. Growing them outdoor emersed is kind of like "unlimited" supplies of hairgrass for your aquarium. Emersed setup is quite straight forward and easy, as CO2 is already in the air. I use a plastic container because it can hold water to make sure the soil is wet most of the time. Just have to be careful with mosquito breeding.