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I've recently planted some eleocharis (hairgrass?) in my 10g, which has 3wpg. I separated it into small bunches of a few blades each and planted them in the sand.

It's been a couple of days and some blades are already turning brown, which is a little discouraging considering how hardy this plant is supposed to be. I suspect they may be blades that were broken by the tweasers I was using to plant them.

Should I try to cut these blades off or just leave them?

Is total annihilation imminent?

After reading one of Frank's posts I thought it might be worth mentioning that there are two small crypts in this tank, though I don't think they're big enough to have much of an impact.

[span class="edited"][Edited by johnsmith 2004-09-09 14:58][/span]

Hi
In that post, I did mention Crypts, but that was not
to imply that that specific type of plant would, or
could, be eliminating something that could impair
the growth of another plant. I could have just as
easily said Hairgrass, or Hornwart. The reason I
mentioned Crypts, was that I knew it was a popular
plant and that many have whole tanks with nothing
but them in it.

I would suspect that a couple of things could be
coming into play. First, nearly every plant when
moved and replanted, can take as long as a couple
of weeks to use up its stored reserves, and begin
to draw on what nutrients are available in the
new tank, or even, new location.
Second, it could very well be the amount of light,
and quality of light, that the plant is receiving.
Lastly, it could be the nutrient conditions within
the tank. If it is newly set up then the necessary
nutrients may either not be present, or not present
in enough of a quantity for the plants to thrive.

I'm sorry if my post mislead you in any way.

Frank


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No, you didn't throw me off too badly Frank. I did think you mentioned crypts purposefully, but I didn't think two small plants would cause a problem.

In terms of the brown blades I guess I'll just leave them and see how the rest turn out.

I've noticed some tiny, bright green blades poking out of the sand, which coud be good news. Or they could just be small blades that were planted with the rest.

I guess time will tell.