Grassy Plants

[demonmagus]

can anyone recommend some hardy grass-looking plants?

With tall, thin leaves, not a 'carpet'

Thanks

 

[kenneth_kpe]

hmmm some sagittaria sp. and valliseneria sp

 

[Sean_Buckley]

What kind of vallis though Kenneth? I bought just plain "vallis" once, and it sure was tall (about 5 feet tall!), but the leaves were anywhere from 1" to 2" wide, not thin at all. I would suggest Vallisneria spiralis, it has nice, thin leaves that make a sort of loose "cork-screw" look.
Sean

 

[kenneth_kpe]

yup hehehe oopsie there are far too many vallis species i had to be specific i forgot hehe

 

[George Farmer]

I would suggest Vallisneria spiralis, it has nice, thin leaves that make a sort of loose "cork-screw" look.

Vallisneria spiralis is actually straight leaved, it is named "spiralis" due to its root shape. Vallisneria tortifolia is commonly reffered to as Twisted Vallis and is more demanding IME.

All Vallisneria generally need a fair bit of light i.e. 1.5 Watts per Gallon or higher but you may be lucky and have success with lower lighting levels. Most species grow fairly long leaves and are suitable for mid to background.

All variaties prefer harder water as they extract carbon from the dissolved bi-carbonates. Twisted Vallis in particular loves very hard water. I have has success with spiralis in softer water (3 dKH) but was injecting CO2.

 

[cashton]

Bamboo Plant (Blyxa Japonica) is moderately tall and thin.

 

[modernhamlet]

Crinum thaianum, or Thai Onion plant, is hardy, low-light tolerent, and will grow as tall as you'll let it. Easy to trim as well...

 

[Sean_Buckley]

I would suggest Vallisneria spiralis, it has nice, thin leaves that make a sort of loose "cork-screw" look.

Vallisneria spiralis is actually straight leaved, it is named "spiralis" due to its root shape. Vallisneria tortifolia is commonly reffered to as Twisted Vallis and is more demanding IME.

All Vallisneria generally need a fair bit of light i.e. 1.5 Watts per Gallon or higher but you may be lucky and have success with lower lighting levels. Most species grow fairly long leaves and are suitable for mid to background.

All variaties prefer harder water as they extract carbon from the dissolved bi-carbonates. Twisted Vallis in particular loves very hard water. I have has success with spiralis in softer water (3 dKH) but was injecting CO2.

Whoops, my mistake.
Sean

 

[kenneth_kpe]

oh you could also try common saggitaria subulata with low lighting it has a tendency to grow tall, but its a gamble and would not always work mine did but i got lucky

 

[UniFish]

You may as well give Eleocharis sp. a go; needle like filamentous leaves.

 

[pseud]

I was just about to suggest the obvious and was surprised it wasn't already noted until only just now, Unifish! Hairgrass... should be exactly what you're after.