Mangrove question

[graveyardworm]

Sometime in the near future I want to move my mangrove from the tank its in to my lagoon display. Here's my problem, the portion of the seed pod where the roots come out is about 2 inches out of the water with the roots reaching through about 6 inches of water into the substrate. My lagoon tank has about 14 inches of water to the sand bed. So to make the move without floating it much more of the seed pod will be submerged than its used to. So should I float it and let the roots grow to the sand, or can I place it safely about 8 inches deeper than its become accustomed to?

 

[Safir]

i'm no expert, but i believe that as long as the leaves are out of the water it will be fine...

 

[Dave Legacy]

I'm with safir. Sometimes as saplings the tide will rise up high enough to fully submerge them. Although that's not for a very long period of time, they are very used to fluxuating tide levels so adjusting the water level is no thing.

 

[Macroculture]

Sometimes when we are going to move our Red Mangroves to a deeper depth we will wrap the stem in wet paper towel to the height of future submersion and use a cut rubber band(s) to gently tie the paper towel on. The wick effect will draw water up and keep the towel and stem wet for a few days until you are ready to transplant. You can usually skip this step, but it never hurts and can help get the mangrove used to a new higher water level. They can take a wide range of up and down tidal type water movement, but if the new water level is going to be permanant this will help lessen stress.

 

[graveyardworm]

Thanks for the tip Macroculture.