Plants
Hairgrass
Eleocharis acicularis
Key facts
- Temperature15–28 °C
- pH5.5–7.5
- Adult size15 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Origin
- Cosmopolitan
- Size
- 5 – 15 cm
- Temperature
- 15 – 28°C
- pH
- 5.5 – 7.5
- GH
- 2 – 15 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Light
- high (PAR >100)
- CO2
- recommended
- Fertilization
- medium – high
- Growth
- slow – moderate
- Position
- foreground (carpet of thin stems)
- Substrate
- nutrient-rich substrate recommended
- Propagation
- stolons
Notes: Easier to establish than HC Cuba. With CO₂, it grows laterally, forming a carpet.
