skylsdale
Reefer
A few months ago I started to plan a system based on a mangal type environment. Here is a little rundown on my proposed setup: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=210265
However, that's not going to work out any time soon, but the other day I had a brainstorm on something else I could try...but much simpler in form. I've got a rigid whiskey barrel liner that's around 25 gal. or so in volume. I am thinking of putting that next to my low-set dining room window, filling it with SW and sand, etc. This way I wouldn't have to worry about the roots busting any tank seams and they can grow where they want to. I'll add plenty of fauna, and a small heater and pump to keep water going...maybe a small cardinal fish or few down the road. I'll probably add a little AZoo clip-on 13W lamp just to shine a little more light into the pool for viewing. That's it--a little mangrove pool.
I've used this tub as a porch pond before and all is well. I don't see any reason why the plastic would leach anything through the contact of SW over FW, do you?
The primary reason I am posting this is to find someone who has an extra mangrove or two that they wouldn't mind getting rid of (or selling for a minimal amount). I have no need of a bunch of them, so the Ebay guy in HI is out of the question, and I don't really want to pay the overpriced amounts that many online vendors charge. I was hoping that someone here has 1-2 extra that they wouldn't mind getting rid of. Let me know, and we can work out shipping, etc.
THANKS!
However, that's not going to work out any time soon, but the other day I had a brainstorm on something else I could try...but much simpler in form. I've got a rigid whiskey barrel liner that's around 25 gal. or so in volume. I am thinking of putting that next to my low-set dining room window, filling it with SW and sand, etc. This way I wouldn't have to worry about the roots busting any tank seams and they can grow where they want to. I'll add plenty of fauna, and a small heater and pump to keep water going...maybe a small cardinal fish or few down the road. I'll probably add a little AZoo clip-on 13W lamp just to shine a little more light into the pool for viewing. That's it--a little mangrove pool.
I've used this tub as a porch pond before and all is well. I don't see any reason why the plastic would leach anything through the contact of SW over FW, do you?
The primary reason I am posting this is to find someone who has an extra mangrove or two that they wouldn't mind getting rid of (or selling for a minimal amount). I have no need of a bunch of them, so the Ebay guy in HI is out of the question, and I don't really want to pay the overpriced amounts that many online vendors charge. I was hoping that someone here has 1-2 extra that they wouldn't mind getting rid of. Let me know, and we can work out shipping, etc.
THANKS!
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