Halophila decipiens

[Plantbrain]

Yay!
Nice photo's and glad you have taken to marine plants.
This genus makes a fine addition to marine planted tanks for those gangly bare white sand foregrounds.

Give things about 1 year and then see how you like the plant.
2 months looks good.

As the biomass increases, make sure to add a bit more nutrients.
Main thing that occurs when you overdose is a diatom bloom, not a huge deal, annoying is all for a few weeks.

I'd suggest some Fe and KNO3.
Start low and work up and keep a careful, eye on the plant's health/growth rate.

Adding a 20% suggested dose will not influence things for either of these. Note: adding inorganic oxidized forms will prevent over dosing fish food/waste etc and provide direct bioavailable forms to the plants.

Happy plants= happy fish/critters.

Also, fluffing the sand every 2 days or so helps reduce any build up, wave timers etc can really help keep them clean.

Regards,
Tom Barr

 

[Samala]

Actually, after reviewing your photos, I think Tom may have a point. A few of your Halophila leaves are showing slightly red coloration and some of the younger leaves are pale and yellowish. Overall the bed is really beautiful, but a smidge of Fe (see the "forum favorites" stickie for a good link) and keeping nitrate in a good range (1-5ppm, wherever you're comfortable) may go a long way.

Sure, feeding could do it too, but may bring on outbreaks of nuisance algae with it. They love ammonia and nitrite spikes, and decaying food.

>Sarah

 

[halophila]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8982070#post8982070 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Samala
I would absolutely love to see photos Skimmer, if you manage them. It would be a great contribution to the forum, especially since we have been having such rotten luck with H. ovalis so far.

>Sarah

Hi Sarah, not meant to cause embarrassment, but I think sharing unsuccessful experience is as equally important as sharing successful experience. If you don't mind can you share with us your previous H. ovalis setup? With your sophisticated nutrient dosing management and CO2 addition, the H. ovalis still diminish slowly. We still have long way to learn for Seagrass Keeping.:lol:



I too killed some rare and diffcult species/varieties through trials and errors, mainly because (1) I acquired too many different species at one time, and some species die because of ignorance. (2) I put too many mushroom corals into my seagrass tank, covered most of the space for seagrasses.

 

[halophila]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8988121#post8988121 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by skimmerless
Here are some pictures. Don't expect too much because I can't take a decent photo.

Skimmerless, very nice tank I can recognize two different color forms there! :thumbsup: I got them from Cebu.

 

[jmanrow]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8974299#post8974299 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by graveyardworm
I noticed its not listed for sale at Seacrop any longer, so perhaps she's just waiting for it to grow some.

Looks like it's available again. http://seacrop.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=MP

 

[graveyardworm]

I wish they'd label their seagrass alittle more specifically, - Green Seagrass - what the heck is it? I also wish it wasnt middle of winter cause I want to get some.

 

[jmanrow]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9162438#post9162438 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by graveyardworm
I wish they'd label their seagrass alittle more specifically, - Green Seagrass - what the heck is it? I also wish it wasnt middle of winter cause I want to get some.

I'm waiting for a reply from Mary at Seacrop about the ID of "Green Seagrass" , and will post when it it shows up.:thumbsup: