Plant eel grass deep enough that long neck geese cannot reach it - like 4-5ft deep. It will tolerate fairly low light conditions of the deeper water. Grass carp are a concern but the carp usually eat other more palatable plants first while the eel grass establishes - hopefully. This is the main reason why I now dislike grass carp because when you want to plant something beneficial, the g.carp make it very difficult if not almost impossible. My grass carp, when I had them, mostly left the eel grass alone until early mid spring when they trimmed off old growth until new species started growing. At those times they also trimmed new water lily shots. When he other plants got growing, g.carp ate those plants, and shunned eel grass. Although not all grass carp 'think' alike!
Tilapia trimmed off eel grass as it grew up through the bottom of the fish cage. It was probably better than eating nothing.
I prefer to get the e.grass growing well in shallow tubs as 'esshup' mentions and then transplant the dense clumps wherever desired. It grows much better from established clumps compared to single transplants.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 09/12/13 08:31 PM.
