I'm interested in doing a little collective investigative work on the origins of one of the most beautiful and low maintenance foreground plants in the hobby. The purpose of this thread is to share information and thoughts about this plant. The goal is to form some sort of consensus as to the origins as well as whether all three names describe the same [unknown] plant species that we commonly refer to at Eleocharis "Belem."
Please fee free to share pictures of your Eleocharis "Belem," Eleocharis "sp. Mini," and "Japanese Hairgrass."
Please share where you acquired the plant and any history you know about its origins.
My personal history with the plant:
I acquired starter plants from the SFBAAPS organization from fellow members. It's well known within the club that Aqua Forest Aquarium in San Francisco sold 1" clumps of what they were referring to as "Belem Hairgrass" for $20. This plant was sold there for a limited amount of time to select individuals. They stopped selling it as soon as their original supply ended. I have no idea where AFA got this plant. I believe they sold it in 2008 or 2008.
I farmed the Eleocharis "Belem" I acquired from SFBAAPS and sold it for a while on three sites: TBR, TPT, and SFBAAPS. I have since stopped farming this plant, but I still keep it in emersed and immersed forms. I gave some of this plant to Gerry here at TBR in emersed form to start his 180 gallon tank.
Emersed Belem (it can grow taller than this):
Immersed:
Immersed:
Harvested my first 20"x1.5" portion of eleocharis belem. Barely made a dent. Gave half to two sfbaaps senior members.
Here are the two portions I removed:
I was in need of some amazonia 1 to fill in the divit. Henry Diep came through at 9pm at night! Thanks broski!!!
Here is what the tank looks like post trim.
60P:
Untrimmed for months:
trimmed:
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Current Scape:
Day 3
Recent shot:
A couple weeks after mowing the "H'Ra"
Please fee free to share pictures of your Eleocharis "Belem," Eleocharis "sp. Mini," and "Japanese Hairgrass."
Please share where you acquired the plant and any history you know about its origins.
My personal history with the plant:
I acquired starter plants from the SFBAAPS organization from fellow members. It's well known within the club that Aqua Forest Aquarium in San Francisco sold 1" clumps of what they were referring to as "Belem Hairgrass" for $20. This plant was sold there for a limited amount of time to select individuals. They stopped selling it as soon as their original supply ended. I have no idea where AFA got this plant. I believe they sold it in 2008 or 2008.
I farmed the Eleocharis "Belem" I acquired from SFBAAPS and sold it for a while on three sites: TBR, TPT, and SFBAAPS. I have since stopped farming this plant, but I still keep it in emersed and immersed forms. I gave some of this plant to Gerry here at TBR in emersed form to start his 180 gallon tank.
Emersed Belem (it can grow taller than this):
Immersed:
Immersed:
Harvested my first 20"x1.5" portion of eleocharis belem. Barely made a dent. Gave half to two sfbaaps senior members.
Here are the two portions I removed:
I was in need of some amazonia 1 to fill in the divit. Henry Diep came through at 9pm at night! Thanks broski!!!
Here is what the tank looks like post trim.
60P:
Untrimmed for months:
trimmed:
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Current Scape:
Day 3
Recent shot:
A couple weeks after mowing the "H'Ra"
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