hi does any one no where to get some tropical grass from at a reasonable price in wellington

cheers

Not sure about Wellington, but up here in Auckland you can usually find a good selection of aquatic plants in stores like Mitre10, and they are normally quite cheap too ($11.95 for a big pot). I have bought Glosstigma (spelling) and some grass like plants that I have in my tanks now and they grow quite well! It might pay to check them out.

Cheers, CatBrat.

Catbrat, what do you call "tropical grass"

Something like from Jamaca??

Alan 104

:lol: alan it was critter_guy that wants grass ....

ITS PLANTS!!

most bog plants do well in tanks

Thanks Kim

Woops getting late

Sorry Cat_brat

Critter, what do you call grass.

Is it something ya mow, smoke, or drown.??

Alan 104

drown

ive seen it in a few peoples tanks and i really like it but i havent yet been able to track any down

Might help if ya put up a pic of it, then we'll all know what you are talking about, and maybe able to help.

Alan 104

$5.95 at Animates melling, I have a couple, they take years to grow, so dont get ur hopes up and think propogation, just buy a whole tonne.

i cant find a picture

Do you mean hairgrass?

yes yes thats it

does any body no where to get "hair grass" from

thanks Caryl where did you find the pic?

I have a different type of hair grass to that, darker green , and extremly thin strands. Also i have one that look similair to that but does not have the yellow tinge.

Shae 250

http://www.petfish.net/Hairgrass.htm

Tons of sites but of course I knew it was HAIRgrass

I have seen big pots of hairgrass at Mitre10 aswell!! Up here they have a really good selection of plants .

Cheers, CatBrat.

I find it beside walking tracks in damp areas.

It's NOT an aquatic plant.

Like you said, "drown" it.

Alan 104

Lilaeopsis brasilienses is dark green, wider flat leaves than the others below.

Lilaeopsis novae-zelandiae - a New Zealand Native, light green

Lilaeopsis mauritius - commonly known as Hairgrass , dark green

The last two plants look very similar except for the colour of green and leaf shape.

Lilaeopsis mauritius has a thin cylindrical leave and Lilaeopsis novae-zelandiae has a thin flat leaf.

Look at the website http://www.fnzas.org.nz/ under Plants and look up Lilaeopsis

How did you get on with the artificial grass Mystic?

i have artificial grass in my barb tank at work and everyone always asks to by it , then i tell them its fake , but most people buy it because it looks so real.

What about that carpet they sell as artificial lawn? You could carpet the tank. After all, Jude has carpeted her garden :lol:

:lol:

Why not? Get a bit and try it.

Lilaeopsis brasilienses is dark green, wider flat leaves than the others below.

Lilaeopsis novae-zelandiae - a New Zealand Native, light green

Lilaeopsis mauritius - commonly known as Hairgrass , dark green

The last two plants look very similar except for the colour of green and leaf shape.

Lilaeopsis mauritius has a thin cylindrical leave and Lilaeopsis novae-zelandiae has a thin flat leaf.

I bought this as 'Hairgrass' so don't know which one it is, presuming Mauritius - what do you think? Sorry it's a bit blurred.

And this one is very similar but not Hairgrass and she didn't know what it was - I thought perhaps Triglochin striatum - Arrowgrass - anyone know, it's not a good photo unfortunately?