Amano's hairgrass

[Nick16]

hi, often in amano's tanks i see a type of hairgrass in the background. Its taller than the usual acicularis and parvula that are commonly used in foreground scaping. He uses it in many scapes. i have posted some pics to help the ID process.

is it vivipara, or montevidensis, or just acicularis left to grow? but im pretty sure acicularis gets to around 15cms so its not tall enough really.

anyone able to ID the plant he's using, and provide some info on it etc? i have 2ft of height to utilise now, and i like the hairgrass he uses!

 

[Ben M]

it looks like vivipara to me, but i'm not 100%

 

[Nick16]

thats what i thought, but doesnt vivipara grow small bulbs or nodes of each piece of 'grass' so surely it would look unsightly, amano doesnt seem to have this.

 

[chilled84]

http://ukaps.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=4822&p=54124&hilit=acularis#p54124

small bit of info!

 

[rawr]

Vivipara

 

[samc]

amano trims the plantlets off that grow at the ends. people have had problems with it dying when you do though

 

[Nick16]

wow, i guess that puts me back to square one for a background plant. i dont want loads of stems, im going to use a few bits of pogostemon stellatus but thats about it.
my other options seem to be vallis or cyperus helferi

 

[Nelson]

long shot but maybe isoetes japonica :idea: .

 

[Nick16]

ive just realised how big that tank in the first pic must be. to be using rocks that large, they totally dwarf the cardinals, impressive, the depth must be about 2ft.

ive had a think about my tank, and im going to keep this one simple, i need to brush up on my trimming. so its back to basics.