2 Gallon Shrimp Set Up

[MermaidMel]

Its a nice little 2 gallon cube that I'm setting up and I am wondering whether to plant it with pygmy chain sword, dwarf hairgrass or something else? Don't say java moss please

It's going to have a large moss ball in it too.

 

[Wolfenrook]

Dwarf hairgrass is probably the easiest of that type of plant to grow.

Ade

 

[Esfa]

I'd use pygmy chain sword!

spreads quickly, can grow in a toilet bowl....

my shrimp love it, too....

then you can get something like Eleocharis vivipara for the background... you can crate a solid wall with this stuff!

 

[Wolfenrook]

I'd use pygmy chain sword!

spreads quickly, can grow in a toilet bowl....

my shrimp love it, too....

then you can get something like Eleocharis vivipara for the background... you can crate a solid wall with this stuff!

Grows bigger than dwarf hairgrass. If you want something that looks exactly like a lawn when trimmed, and grows even in low lighting (echinodorus tennelus needs a little bit more) then dwarf hairgrass is a real winner.

Ech tennelus is nice though, and is nice planted alongside or in amongst dwarf hairgrass. lol

Ade

 

[Esfa]

oh wow.. 2 gallon cube is 8x8x8 inch.

in which case, i'd use dwarf hairgrass, too lol.

 

[MermaidMel]

oh wow.. 2 gallon cube is 8x8x8 inch.

in which case, i'd use dwarf hairgrass, too lol.

Yep its 8 x 8 x 8 so I don't want it over run. It has a flat piece of slate in the centre and sand mix around the edges where I want to grow the plants and have the moss ball somewhere in the middle to give them a mixture of textures and places to go. I wanted 5 female cherries, I don't want any breeding going on. I want CRS but I dunno if they are sexable?

 

[Wolfenrook]

How about a nice algae 'lawn'? Not entirely joking, you could spread out a marimo ball and fasten it to the slate.

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