Sea grass to combat low pH?

[HighlandReefer]

I have been reading about sea grass, contemplating a new aquarium hooked into my existing system. From what I understand, the sea grass consumes quite a bit of CO2 and in some cases needs to be supplemented with it. I would assume that this would result in higher pH. Has anyone had any experience with the this?

 

[Jeff]

I find this very interesting. I have low ph issues myself. Can you link anything that discusses this?

 

[Jeff]

I just found this very informative article. I doubt that I could keep seagrass alive using T5's over a 30" deep tank .
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-04/sl/index.php

 

[HighlandReefer]

Here is another link for you:
Main Attraction -Beautiful Seagrasses - Keeping True Flowering Plants in Your Marine Aquarium By: Anthony Calfo
http://www.reefland.com/rho/0305/main3.php

I was thinking about plumbing a separate aquarium into my system using the seagrass theme, with a side benefit of possible higher pH.

 

[redfishsc]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13983910#post13983910 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Jeff
I just found this very informative article. I doubt that I could keep seagrass alive using T5's over a 30" deep tank .
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-04/sl/index.php

I have no experience with seagrass (though this thread has me trying to figure out how to do it ) but I don't see any reason not to try it if you have an existing system.

If you are going to put these in a refugium type tank, just load the light fixture up with the GE 6500K lights, you should be fine. Since most seagrasses seem to be shallower-water plants, the lower K spectrum and higher PAR of the 6500K should grow it fine. Especially if you have white aragonite so you can get the restrike effect from the sand.

 

[bertoni]

I don't know that the sea grass would be any more effective than macroalgae, but the basic idea should work. Many people use this basic approach. The macroalgae might take up more carbon dioxide per unit area.

 

[HighlandReefer]

Jonathan, you may be correct. I have been giving some thought to what type of tank I want to add onto my system. The possibilities with seagrass sound pretty interesting, even if they don't raise my pH. My pH is running around 8.0 - 8.1, which is ok. After reading that some hobbyists need to supplement with CO2 to get seagrass to grow well, I thought that with the CO2 in my tank, it should grow like a weed.

 

[bertoni]

I'd try it, but I like sea grasses, and wouldn't care whether they raised the pH much or not.

 

[HighlandReefer]

I would luv to get a few sea dragons and put it into a seagrass tank