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06-01-2005, 07:02 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 50
Posts: 1,181
|  Need Info on Mangroves
 Does anyone have any experience keeping Mangroves? I'd like to put a few in my new refuge and would like to know their requirements and are they hard to keep alive? Thanks! _________ 75g reef with Nova Extreme 8 bulb HO T-5 lighting, refuge, Remora skimmer, DSB, Seio powerheads, Acro's, LPS corals, assorted zoo's & mushrooms, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown, Blue Cleaner Goby , Cleaner, Fire and Sexy Shrimp, Coco Worm, T.Crocea Clam, Derasa Clam
120g FOWLR, 260w Orbit power compact lights, Remora Pro skimmer, 30g DIY Sump/Refuge, DSB,Seio Power heads, Powder Blue Tang, Purple Tang, Flag Fin Angel, False Eye Puffer, Copperbanded Butterfly and a Moorish Idol  | 
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06-01-2005, 07:04 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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|  Re: Need Info on Mangroves
nope, but i hear they r great, one thing that i know is not to prune them, the leaves will get salt on them, fall into the water and the salt is redistributed into the tank and some moisture is put back so that will keep the tank a little better balenced...uh i guess lol...GL! i always wanted a MG tree  _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1 x 54w Fiji Purple T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w Super Actinic Blue T5 HO Flourescent
1 x 54w 14000K AquaBlue 75/25 T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
Hard Stuff:
100+ lb. Fiji Live Rock
65+ lb. Live sand
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06-01-2005, 07:42 PM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 42
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| Re: Need Info on Mangroves
Wha? The leaves should be pruned IMHO...you don't want rotting leaved\s that have absorbed excess nutrients laying in your tank water!
I believe, as they uptake the water, the salt is excreted through the leaves, yes...but decaying material in a reef tank is never a good thing.
They can use a good bit of magnesium as well, so checking salinity and mag from time to time would be a good idea.
I had 2 that were given to me. One rotted at the base (whew! stinky!) and the other it growing roots. I have no leaves yet. I think the red mangroves can grow partially or fully submersed.
They need daylight lighting...yellower color.
Some folks stick em right in the substrate, while others place them in a rack (usually made of egg crate) inside the sump or aux tank. _________  I Love My Sig By John Hawkins!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date Started 9/04 58 gallon Oceanic Tank, 20 gal DIY sump/fuge w/ Kent Marine Auto top-off, Air Water Ice RO/DI, 10,000 K 175 W MH, 2 VHO 03's 96W each, AquaC EV 120 Skimmer
80 lbs LR, DSB in FUGE, 1 - 2 " LS in tank
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06-01-2005, 08:43 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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| Re: Need Info on Mangroves
no, u let the leaves fall in and then collect them...idk i read it up somewhere...  | |
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06-01-2005, 10:11 PM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
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   | Re: Need Info on Mangroves
Someone sent me one a year or two ago that didn't have leaves. I put it in a plastic pint glass with beach sand and water from San Francisco Bay. Periodically I top off with freshwater or replace with old aquarium water. I must have a dozen leaves now. I guess I am saying I find them easy. It just sits in a window.
LInks to check out: A Guide to the Ecology and Care of Mangroves Mangroves In Reef Aquaria | |
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06-02-2005, 03:26 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: East Taunton, MA,Massachusetts
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 | Re: Need Info on Mangroves
I've had mangroves in my sump for about 6 months now. I started with 11 that I bought off of eBay. They started as just a stem with a few roots. I then found out from a friend that you should only have about 2 as they will take too much magnesium out of your system. I gave a some away and sort of weeded out the others. I'm down to the 2 of them now. They have grown quite a bit. You do need to prune them back as they will grow quite large. I have also found that you need to spray their leaves with fresh water a couple of times a day as this is how they release the salt that the roots take up. My water parameters are always great, so I assume they are helping somewhat. The pic shows them when I first got them. _________   | |
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06-02-2005, 01:40 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 50
Posts: 1,181
| Re: Need Info on Mangroves
Thanks for all the help guys, I think I will purchase 2 of them. I'll let you know how they do. | |
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