Black Mangroves

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  1. meagan1823

    meagan1823 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Hi,
    I was wanting a little more information about Black Mangroves.
    Do they have to be planted or can they just float at the surface of the water> Do they reproduce?
    How many is recommended for a 55 gallon aquarium?
     
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  3. jonjonwells

    jonjonwells Great Blue Whale

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    Growing Black Mangroves
    1. Placement: The propagule of the black mangrove looks like a few leaves bunched together. To get them to sprout in your aquarium, simply place them in the tank, and allow them to float. They will eventually grow hydroponically.


    2. Add light strong enough to grow macroalgae, or a grow light. You can get these at home depot, or for twice the price at your LFS.

    3. Heat. Mangroves like warm temperatures, try to keep them in a room that is at least 70 degrees for best results.


    Straight off the Reefcleaners website.
    Ask john how many you need. He will know better than me.
     
  4. meagan1823

    meagan1823 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    i have read that off of reefcleaners but I wanted to make sure I was reading it correctly because red mangroves it says need to be planted and the tops sticking out of the water.

    that is why I posted on reefcleaners forum....
     
  5. Gresham

    Gresham Great Blue Whale

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    A simple search will yield a lot of info as this topic as been well covered on this forum :)

    http://www.3reef.com/forums/search.php?searchid=485021
     
  6. jonjonwells

    jonjonwells Great Blue Whale

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    I have no personal experience with the blacks personally. Most of us just defer to John when it comes to macros.

    I do know that they will not reproduce in your system. These things don't grow popules until fairly mature. These things grow to 20+ feet in the wild.
     
  7. longballz84

    longballz84 Spaghetti Worm

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    u can also drill a small hole ina piece of styrofoam and place the pod in this...then just let it float around :)

    u will also want a little spray bottle with water...spray it once or every other day to get the salt creep off...
     
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  9. Newreef15

    Newreef15 Horrid Stonefish

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    i put my mangrooves in egg crate works perfect for me.
     
  10. johnmaloney

    johnmaloney 3reef Sponsor

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    all those methods will work, you can also just literally drop them in the fuge, they float on their own and stay, (generally) upright. But it is easier to keep them in one spot if you use the styro or egg crate methods above....

    time to update that site.... i need to get on that ball one of these days.
     
  11. meagan1823

    meagan1823 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    I don't have a fuge so these would be floating in the DT
     
  12. johnmaloney

    johnmaloney 3reef Sponsor

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    you will probably want to secure it somehow, so it doesn't get tossed around constantly from the additional flow normally found in DTs.