A failed experiment

[lancer99]

15 months ago I decided to try a seagrass tank....here it is, shortly, after planting:

 

 

Here it is now....

 

 

Only the Thalassia/Turtle grass is still alive...but it's still a "pure" Florida/Caribbean tank...even the flatworms must be from the New World

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers,

-R

[flowerseller]

I like it.

Nice job and it looks very natural.

[jason the filter freak]

wow that looks great are all those grogornians photosynthetic.

[varora]

that tank looks great, perhaps the plants didn't do so well because lack of nutrients, where you testing P and N? what kind of levels have you been seeing?

[mogurnda]

That Pterogorgia is turning into a beast! What's the small purplish gorgonian near the front?

[Sugar Magnolia]

I rerally like that! Very natural looking.

[lancer99]

that tank looks great, perhaps the plants didn't do so well because lack of nutrients, where you testing P and N? what kind of levels have you been seeing?

That could be...my nitrates stay very low, phosphates as well, but that doesn't mean anything

 

Jason, they are all photosynthetic...I learned my lesson long ago

 

Dave, that's a new Pterogorgia (guadalupensis?) that I just got a couple of weeks ago. I know that Pterogorgias used to be considered more difficult to keep than other gorgs, but based on my experience from a former tank and my P. citrina in this tank, I don't think that's true. I'm keeping my fingers crossed with this one

 

 

 

 

Cheers,

-R