Eleocharis acicularis is a small grass-like plant with filamentous leave. It creates a fine dense carpet at favorable growth condition. It is quite sturdy and hardy with a wide temperature tolerance. Thus, it is suitable as pond plant, too, because it usually survives the wintertime. The plant prefers a fine-grained and nutrient rich substrate and the growth benefits greatly from CO2 enrichment. 

This plant is very suitable as foreground plant. It spreads by means of runners but the horizontal growth is nevertheless quite slow. Therefore, we recommend dividing the pot into 10-12 or even smaller plants before planting them spaced 2 to 5 cm apart. In any case, this plant looks best when planted in-groups. The plant requires much less attention than the fast-growing foreground plants, which requires repeated trimming of the runners with long internodes.

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