mangroves

Does anyone here use mangroves in their sump or tank?

Cindy

Yep, I have had them in my tank. They do seem to do better in freshwater
tanks though. I have a bunch if anyone is interested in buying any.

Susan
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Does anyone here use mangroves in their sump or tank?

Cindy

* Susan wrote, On 9/27/2006 3:24 PM:
Yep, I have had them in my tank. They do seem to do better in freshwater
tanks though. I have a bunch if anyone is interested in buying any.

Susan

Cool. Red mangroves? How big? How much?

Cindy

I have around 30 of these. 15 have real nice green tops with leaves and 15
of them don't have the green leaves/tops. (They don't look quite as good as
the others since they don't have their leaves yet) All look to be around
8-10 inches or so. They are slow growers. I've had them for awhile and
they haven't sprouted up much during that time. Root systems aren't real
big so shouldn't be a problem at all in a tank or refugium. I'd like to
sell them all together if possible but am opened to offers I do believe
these to be the red mangroves but am not 100% sure. LMK if you or anyone is
interested.

Susan
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* Susan wrote, On 9/27/2006 3:24 PM:
Yep, I have had them in my tank. They do seem to do better in freshwater
tanks though. I have a bunch if anyone is interested in buying any.

Susan

Cool. Red mangroves? How big? How much?

Cindy

* Susan wrote, On 9/28/2006 1:40 PM:
I have around 30 of these. 15 have real nice green tops with leaves and 15
of them don't have the green leaves/tops. (They don't look quite as good as
the others since they don't have their leaves yet) All look to be around
8-10 inches or so. They are slow growers. I've had them for awhile and
they haven't sprouted up much during that time. Root systems aren't real
big so shouldn't be a problem at all in a tank or refugium. I'd like to
sell them all together if possible but am opened to offers I do believe
these to be the red mangroves but am not 100% sure. LMK if you or anyone is
interested.

Susan
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* Susan wrote, On 9/27/2006 3:24 PM:
Cool. Red mangroves? How big? How much?

Cindy


I don't need 30! How about five?
Are they acclimated to sal****er?

Cindy

Be careful with the mangroves you use. The three of them are very strong
and their roots can break havoc in your tank, watch for leaks.
There are many species of small plants that may be suitable to any tank.
Mangroves are not salt obligates, they will do fine in any water. In the
field they flourish in sal****er or brackish waters because they encounter
less competition. Nevertheless, they can grow big, I mean BIG.
Careful!
iy
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Does anyone here use mangroves in their sump or tank?

Cindy

* Inabón Yunes wrote, On 9/27/2006 8:54 PM:
Be careful with the mangroves you use. The three of them are very strong
and their roots can break havoc in your tank, watch for leaks.
There are many species of small plants that may be suitable to any tank.
Mangroves are not salt obligates, they will do fine in any water. In the
field they flourish in sal****er or brackish waters because they encounter
less competition. Nevertheless, they can grow big, I mean BIG.
Careful!

In one of the articles I read about using them, it said to pinch back most of
the leaves so they don't get too big, and prune the roots when they start
getting large and tangled.

Cindy wrote:

In one of the articles I read about using them, it said to pinch back
most of the leaves so they don't get too big, and prune the roots when
they start getting large and tangled.

In other words, make a bonzai mangrove.

George Patterson
All successes in conservation are temporary. All defeats are permanent.

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Cindy wrote:

In one of the articles I read about using them, it said to pinch back
most of the leaves so they don't get too big, and prune the roots when
they start getting large and tangled.

In other words, make a bonzai mangrove.

theres a great plant for brackish tanks at least that even scat won't eat.
you will have to collect it yourself tho
called mangrove fern
and the little plants grow underwater
w0000t

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Does anyone here use mangroves in their sump or tank?

Cindy

tried but they need TOO much light
if ya could have the thing hanging out a window in the sun you'd be laughing
hey! even a sky light would kick ass
small ones just don't suck the nitrates and phosphates enuf and large ones
are.... large.
I gave up but the theory is sound....... have a monsteria delicio in a
cichlid tank, and duckweed/taro in me ponds so thats enuf for me.
mangroves remain like algae scrubbers
interesting
but only really for the sake of being interesting and fun to muck around
with