Mangrove and Chaeto?

[samwoo2go]

I want to keep 1 single stalk of red mangrove and some chaeto around it in an AquaClear 500 converted refugium for my MiniBow 5. lighting will be a 19Watt 6,500K PC bulb.

What do you guys think? doable? If so anyone have a red mangrove plant with leaves already that they can sell me?

Thanks

 

[sjvl51]

It may work for a while but the mangrove's roots will fill the AquaClear. I would use just the chaeto because chaeto will remove the nutrients faster than the mangrove and you don't really have room for both.

Vickie

 

[samwoo2go]

I see, I just tho that the mangrove would look kinda cool behind the MB5...

 

[Triterium]

I have about 10 mangroves growing in my refugium with a ton of macro (4 species including chaeto). I think your only limiting factor is the the lighting. Mangroves do best with bright light. Mangroves remove nutrients from the sandbed, which chaeto cannot do well.

 

[samwoo2go]

so a 19W 65,000K PC bulb is not enough?

 

[Triterium]

You just wouldn't get vigorous growth. You could give it a try though.

 

[samwoo2go]

ok thanks

 

[malegolf]

I've got 18 mangrove sprouts coming tomorrow in styrofoam. Should I put them on the bottom of the fuge and weight them down with some rock, or let them float, if they float they will be close to the light? I also have a couple quarts of chaeto coming to put in with the mangroves. Thanks for your help.......

 

[Triterium]

They grow MUCH better when the roots are in sand.

 

[aiber]

malegolf, where are you getting them from?

Thx

 

[malegolf]

E-Bay has several listings.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4325615556&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT

 

[desi04]

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Hi!:

I have chaeto & sargassum in my sump, both macro's were doing great then I added 3 red mangrove plants. It's been 4 months & the mangrove roots are now embedded in the mud sediment & have out competed the other macro's to the point that my chaeto & sargassum are disappearing. I plan on adding more mangrove plants because at least in my mud filter they are absoring the nutrients faster than the other macro's.


Dan