mangorves

[sean1]

I bought a mangorve for a seahorse tank. I was wondering if it is necessary to have the top of the plant petruding out of the water as they were at my lfs.

 

[graveyardworm]

You'll find alot of info in the links in this thread

 

[Samala]

Yes, the leaves need to be in the air. They can take being submerged for a few hours to a few days but this cant be a permanent situation. There are soo many ways to accomplish this, but David's link is an excellent resource to browse. My personal favorite way was to stick a length of rigid airline tubing into the sand, and then rubber band my mangrove in place in two spots so that it wouldn't slide off and would stay at a good level with the water line.

>Sarah

 

[graveyardworm]

Some people also float them stuck through a piece of styrofoam.

 

[dalbrecht]

I agree with the solution Sarah proposes, it worked quite well for me.

 

[graveyardworm]

I am also using the airline method, I slowly move the mangrove up as the roots grow keeping the roots barely in tha sand. This way it'll develop awesome prop roots.

 

[sean1]

Thanks. The one I bought would have been dead pretty soon.