graveyardworm
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Some pics of my seagrass QT/propagation tank. Hopefully once they are grown enough I can move some frags to my lagoon tank.
Seagrass tank
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hogpark7430
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That look cool I could almost see a frog fish in there.
graveyardworm
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I was planning on waiting until I have atleast 15 sets of leaves before I split the rhizome to transplant in lagoon.
ClamIAm
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I actually wouldn't reccomend this having done it myself, for 2 reasons. 1st, the frogfish is going to trample all over the seagrass, which is a problem for the more delicate halophila. 2nd, mine only eats live food right now and there have been a couple times when a ghost shrimp was right behind a blade of grass and the fish ended up biting the grass in half going for the shrimp.
graveyardworm
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The cyano is much less than it was. The tank went through a small cycle when I first set it up, and the seagrasses rode it out. I attribute atleast some of the H. Ovalis mortality to this. I have siphoned out the cyano once allready. I have started dosing nitrates, .5 ml per day of the mix you described in KNO3 dosing. This is a stand alone 10 gal tank with one LOA 65 watt 6500k PC fixture.
graveyardworm
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The H ovalis already has another set of leaves poking through the sand, its been three days since the last ones first emerged. Is two sets of leaves per week average growth?
graveyardworm
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Sarah, what are you using for light, and what is the photoperiod?
Samala
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Still using 130w PC 6700K for 14:10 light:dark cycle. NO3 drip to keep steady at 5ppm, PO4 dosing to 0.1ppm since there's no fish in the tank at the moment. Lots of CO2 through the powerheads.
Mine also had that small leaf shape, in comparison to the original material that was sent. I almost wonder if I'm giving it too much light. Or perhaps just the opposite.
>Sarah
Mine also had that small leaf shape, in comparison to the original material that was sent. I almost wonder if I'm giving it too much light. Or perhaps just the opposite.
>Sarah
graveyardworm
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Your tank is 20 long correct. I'm in a std 10 gal which I believe is the same height. My lighting is also 14:10, 65 watts PC 6500k. So comparatively we have identical watts per gallon .
graveyardworm
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I have question on the H. Ovalis. The first set of leaves has died, but this happened as a fifth set came up. Should I expect the plant to continue to grow this way, and never have more than 5 sets of leaves? Will a new set of leaves come up where the set just died. Finally will the root structure begin to grow in more than one direction and branch off?
graveyardworm
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From my previous post. Is this typical growth? Anyone?
Samala
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Sorry David, musta missed that one. The ovalis I have left exhibits the same growth you are talking about. Add a few, drop a few. The rhizome has branched once or twice but I'm not seeming to make any headway in transforming spotty patches of ovalis into a nice little field. Not sure what we're missing here. Perhaps it isnt competing well with our other, more established, plants?
>Sarah
>Sarah
graveyardworm
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Halophila's errr Halophila seems to be spreading really well. Must be keeping some secrets. 
Maybe I should change my screen name to Thallasia.
Maybe I should change my screen name to Thallasia.
graveyardworm
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I need microbes how would you suggest I get some. Would mud collected from around the NH coast be of any use?
As a side note I just ordered 4 Thallasia rhizomes, and some live sand from the same vendor hopefully the sand will have some of what we're talking about.
As a side note I just ordered 4 Thallasia rhizomes, and some live sand from the same vendor hopefully the sand will have some of what we're talking about.
Samala
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Its really just a thought David. 
I find that paddle and stargrass do well without any 'native' substrate transplanted with them. I'd hope ovalis, which is so successful globally, would do the same.
Its really hard to say if sand that supports other types of seagrass will help or not. I cant find any information regarding the specificity of microbes to seagrass relationships. Something else to research in the off hours.
So you are getting Thalassia hemprichii then? Thats the pacific analog to our turtle grass. Maybe it will be a better tank inhabitant.
>Sarah
I find that paddle and stargrass do well without any 'native' substrate transplanted with them. I'd hope ovalis, which is so successful globally, would do the same. Its really hard to say if sand that supports other types of seagrass will help or not. I cant find any information regarding the specificity of microbes to seagrass relationships. Something else to research in the off hours.
So you are getting Thalassia hemprichii then? Thats the pacific analog to our turtle grass. Maybe it will be a better tank inhabitant.
>Sarah
graveyardworm
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Wish I could find a source for T. Hemprichi, I've got T. Testudinum coming.
