what kind of plant is it?

[cocoa_pleco]

Since puting a T-5 light on the hex doesnt make much sense, im gonna take the 2.5g out, get a small T-5 for it, heavily plant it with sand, and stick a betta in it.

As far of plants go, ive seen that cool plant that looks like underwater grass. what's it called?

[Rue]

Val? If it's Mondo Grass...don't use it...it rots...it's not fully aquatic...

[cocoa_pleco]

could be mondo grass then. It's not val, its really thin.

can you name a good plant that can carpet the 2.5g then?

[hungryhound]

As far of plants go, ive seen that cool plant that looks like underwater grass. what's it called?

Their are two that come to mind off the top of my head:

Dwarf hair grass (Eleocharis parvula)
http://www.aquabotanic.com/images/tombarr2.jpg

Chain micro sword (Echinodorus tenellus)
http://planta.aquariana.cz/foto/Ech_tenel_00.JPG

[Rue]

Lovely! Now to try to find them around here!

Either good for low light?

[hungryhound]

Lovely! Now to try to find them around here!

Either good for low light?

From what I have read, Echinodorus tenellus should grow in a low light tank. I currently have some in a 30g with 42w of T-5 over it (you can check my blog to see pictures) and will have more on this subject in coming months.

As fate would have it, I actually have some of the dwarf hairgrass as well growing in my highlight 46g 192w tank. It also just went in, so I can't say much more about it, but I believe it is a high light plant.

[cocoa_pleco]

Thanks hungryhound! I found my old canister filter for the 2.5g, so i just need the T-5, sand, plants, and the betta

[Chrona]

The pygmy chain sword would be best as it spreads quickly. Dwarf hairgrass is a pain to get to spread a lot of times, even with a high tech tank.

Cocoa, keep in mind that T-5 is usually only worth it for larger tanks, where you can get multiple long tubes over the tank. For a 2.5g tank, you should just get a small screw in compact fluorescent or something.

[sergo]

microsword?