PicoSavvy Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 So I have taken an interest in seagrass lately and I have a 2-gallon cold water micro-reef pico dimension are 6 by 5 by 9 inches that I plan to use for this new interest, I also plan to use Mini Aqualight T5 for lighting. Do you guys see any problem with the setup or recommend anything else? The seagrass I am looking at is between manatee grass or shoal Quote Link to comment
Tired Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 6 inches deep? I'm pretty sure seagrass needs at least 2-3" of sandbed to grow in, and then that leaves basically no room for the grass to grow up above it. I also wonder about nutrient levels in such a tiny tank, and I'm not sure you'd get the best aesthetic. You should probably use a larger tank, maybe 10gal or more. Macroalgae is probably more doable, though. 1 Quote Link to comment
PicoSavvy Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 I guess you didn't google the tank its 9 inches tall so inside size is 8.5. The tank will be used just to house seagrass nothing else other then maybe some snail. so it would have a couple of inches of depth right now I can really setup a large tank until 2021 that is why i was looking at using the pico i already have. Quote Link to comment
Tired Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 "2-gallon cold water pico reef" doesn't tell me what to google to find the dimensions. I'd need a brand. What are you planning to use to add nutrients for the seagrass? Quote Link to comment
PicoSavvy Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 Actually i said "2-gallon cold water micro-reef pico" Brand is right there "micro-reef". I dont know some may think the idea of a pico seagrass tank being stupid i think it is kinda cool plus the strange size of the tank make it a bit difficult to use as a reef tank. I was reading this article and it suggested dosing nutrient into the tank Link I do have small doing much that have a ma flow rate of 2ml/minute and an always be slow down for the tank as it is a pico. Once I have a proper reef tank running i figure i could tie it into the system. Quote Link to comment
Mr. Awesome Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Manatee grass grows too tall for your tank. If the tank is 9 inches tall and you have a 3 inch sand bed, you’ll have 6 inches available. Manatee grass can grow to at least 2 feet. Even shoal is stretching it. I would go with a Halophila species such as star grass. Quote Link to comment
PicoSavvy Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 Cant they just be trimmed down? From the other sea grass thank i seen on other forum that is what they do. Never seen star grass Quote Link to comment
Tired Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 "micro-reef" is a description. If you mean to indicate that it's a brand name, it should be capitalized like a name. A pico seagrass tank plumbed into a big reef for nutrients could work great. It's not going to look very good if you constantly have to trim it, though- it'll look like it's been mowed. And it may not like that. Pick a smaller seagrass, or consider C. prolifera instead- it grows a bit like seagrass. It'll need a lot of pruning, though, grows like heck. Quote Link to comment
PicoSavvy Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 If "micro-reef" was intended as a description then it would have been redundant as the word "pico" is already referring to the size of the system so I don't think capitalization was needed much. Plus once again a simple google search would have clear any confusion anyone may have. You have my attention with " it may not like that" does trimming them to a certain size adversely affect them? I may have to look into C. prolifera heck even had to google what it was didn't recognize it by that name. I have seen some tanks with it but admittedly never looked much into them. My idea for the pico was for it to be a display fuge when I am able to set up a larger system. It was either between a Xenia Refugium or seagrass and since I haven't done seagrass that seems more interesting 1 Quote Link to comment
Mr. Awesome Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 About trimming, I read somewhere that trimmed leaves usually die and fall off. You could probably get away with shoal grass, just not manatee. Here's a picture of star grass with shoal grass mixed in: I got the picture from this helpful seagrass article: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=http%3A%2F%2Freefkeeping.com%2Fissues%2F2006-04%2Fsl%2Findex.php&psig=AOvVaw0xF2C-OrO_qfKVwby9FgVf&ust=1591048090004000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CA0QjhxqFwoTCNCep5SK3-kCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD Check it out. 1 Quote Link to comment
Mr. Awesome Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Oops, I was wrong. Manatee grass usually doesn't grow to be 2 feet. Its max size is around 20 inches. Quote Link to comment
PicoSavvy Posted June 1, 2020 Author Share Posted June 1, 2020 13 hours ago, Mr. Awesome said: About trimming, I read somewhere that trimmed leaves usually die and fall off. You could probably get away with shoal grass, just not manatee. Here's a picture of star grass with shoal grass mixed in: I got the picture from this helpful seagrass article: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=http%3A%2F%2Freefkeeping.com%2Fissues%2F2006-04%2Fsl%2Findex.php&psig=AOvVaw0xF2C-OrO_qfKVwby9FgVf&ust=1591048090004000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CA0QjhxqFwoTCNCep5SK3-kCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD Check it out. Funny i saw the same article but completely skipped the star grass stuff as i thought their spread would heavily limit me just 2 or 3 but they do look short Quote Link to comment
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