Mangroves

[reeffish4life]

I have been researching recently and came across mangroves.. I don't know much about them just that they are suppose to take the place of the skimmer and reduce nitrates in your tank.. I am wondering if anyone has actually been successful with Mangroves or if anyone can give me more information??

 

[davocean]

Mangroves remove very little nutrients compared to macro algae like chaeto, but even still w/ macro that does not mean by any means it will replace a skimmer.
They do look cool in a fuge though, just keep SW off leaves, squirt bottle w/ fresh clean water a few times a week is best.

 

[romanr]

mangroves will aid in nutrient export but it does this slowly and you would need a whole bunch of them. Better off with a Chaeto fuge or a algae scrubber. And none of these will replace a good skimmer in my experience.

 

[crsswift70]

I think they look cool and i often think of putting in an inline tank at the window and use it to grow mangroves. However, i would still run a skimmer AND chaeto. Unless you have a bunch of them, i don't think they could beat out the export potential of chaeto. Skimming in my opinion pulls out a whole different class of "junk".