Manatee Grass, (Syringodium filiforme), is a tall seagrass that requires a deep sand bed, and intense lighting.

    It requires a sand bed that is at least four inches deep, but would do better with a sand bed around six inches deep. A shallow water seagrass, it requires full spectrum lighting that is at least 4 watts per gallon in strength, with 6 watts per gallon being ideal. It should be planted into the sand, with the leaves allowed to poke out. If you find it difficult to plant, gently tie it to a small pebble, or similar item between the leaves with fishing line, and then place it in your tank, covering th exposed roots still remaining with sand and then, gently pull the leaves above the sand. Until the roots establish themselves in your tank, you should try to keep the flow reduced in the area the grass is planted. After established, it is likely this patch will spread to the rest of the nearby sandy areas in due time.

With this item, you will receive approximately 5 blades of Manatee Grass.  Florida law protects sea grass that is not washed up on the beach, so we will only be able to carry this item sporadically. We will do our best to distinguish viable grass from non viable, and have gotten pretty good at this recently. Because we cannot collect planted root structures, you may get more than one segment of oar grass, to reach the total of 5 blades.