Good Forground Cover For Small Pebble Substrate

I am thinking about taking my patch of hairfrass back to the LPS (local plant shop) today. It is very transportable becuase it is in a grate type of thing which is how I got it from them. I would like to just trade them for another type of ground cover which would be more suitable for my substrate (see pic)



Also if anyone contacts me soon I have some Java fern I will give away about 3 stems, it's not the best condition

Erm, that's not dwarf hair grass but Lilaeopsis brasiliensis.


Some suggestions are:
Four leaf clover
Glosso
Pygmy chain sword
Riccia secured to slate

Hi what about java moss it looks a bit like grass

RadaR said:

Erm, that's not dwarf hair grass but Lilaeopsis brasiliensis.


Some suggestions are:
Four leaf clover
Glosso
Pygmy chain sword
Riccia secured to slate

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It's not, so should that be growing well in my substrate? I thought it was hairgrass I'm kinda suprised George framer didn't tell me that in the other thread I made about this.


Oh and thinks for the ideas


As far as Java moss goes right behind that grond cover is a log COVERED in java moss and java fern, it's great but I don't think I need more

I also thought it was Lilaeopsis brasiliensis, but since George didn't say something, I thought I was wrong. It grows very slowly and requires hight light. The best thing to do if you want it to spread is to plant individual plants or clumps of a few scattered across the area you want covered.

I have to agree it doesn't look too much like hairgrass, although i've no idea what it could be. Hairgrass has rounded leaves, where as yours look flat

You could try dwarf sagittaria

Sam

I have to agree, my gut instinct was Brazilian Micro Sword too.

Not sure about your tank conditions but what about some Sagi (Sagittaria Lileopterus/Sagittaria Natans) or Small Helsine (Micranthemum Micrathemoides) ? The Carpet Sagi (Lileopterus) is similar in looks to the Micro Sword (and I'm guessing won't be that great for spreading in gravel, but I couldn't say for sure) so you might want to have a look at the Dwarf Sagi (Natans) or the Helsine if your looking for something other than a grass. The Glosso as previously suggested would be nice too if you have the right conditions.

EDIT: Lol, Dwarf Sagi was suggested while I was writing my post, sorry for the repetition.

well after all that the LPS said they didn't want it back, so I opened up the grate it came in and I think I might have found the problem, the roots were getting all tangled up on each other but not growing throught the bottom of the grate. I took it out of the grate and planted it in the substrate directly in smaller patches, so we will see how this works out.