{"id":327,"date":"2021-07-10T18:50:15","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T18:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=327"},"modified":"2021-07-10T18:50:15","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T18:50:15","slug":"halophila-ovalis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=327","title":{"rendered":"Halophila ovalis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Halophila ovalis<\/em> is a beautiful species of sea grass native to Asia and the South Pacific. It is commonly referred to a spoon grass or paddle weed. The plants grow from a single rhizome and prefer shallow, calm protected habitats but can be found as deep as 80 feet. Individual leaves grow to about 4″ with a rhizome of up to 2ft long. Halophila<\/em> tolerate a large range of salinities ranging from 20 ppt. to 40 ppt. This particular species is not usually available to the aquarium trade in the United States, as it is an endangered plant, but is offered by some tropical fish exporters (mainly in the Philippines). Most species of Halophila<\/em> prefer very organic, soft sand or mud bottom habitats. They are fairly easy to care for in the aquarium, as the root system is shallow, so can even be added to a well equipped refugium. As in all sea grass species, they prefer organic nutrients derived from the sand bed, so will do best in a properly “aged” sand bed and\/or substrate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Scientific Name: Halophila ovalis<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Common Name: Spoon Grass<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Origin: Indonesia, S. Pacific<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depth Collected: 1-80 Feet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maximum Height : 5″<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growth Rate: Moderate<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Light: High<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Temperature: 72-86<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Propagation: Rhizomes, Seeds<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Difficulty: Moderate<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food Value: Not Palatable<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nutrient Uptake: Good once established<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flow Rate: Low to Moderate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Halophila ovalis is a beautiful species of sea grass native to Asia and the South Pacific. It is commonly referred to a spoon grass or paddle weed. The plants grow from a single rhizome and prefer shallow, calm protected habitats but can be found as deep as 80 feet. Individual leaves grow to about 4″ … Continue reading “Halophila ovalis”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seagrass"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions\/330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}