Mangroves

[Young Frankenstein]

Why my mangroves keep dying, I live in south Florida, and have their roots halfway in saltwater, tried ting them to rocks, etc. sprayed them with fresh water daily, no mater what I do they dint seem to grow most of them die.

 

[graveyardworm]

where are you getting them, and in what state of growth?

 

[angler59]

mangroves

mangroves

Who is a good source for mangroves?

 

[pupfish]

Hmmm....If the roots came from muck or from a "Mother" on muck or soil, that maybe the problem. Might sound a little weird, but if you can collect muck (or has FL banned that too?), super glue some rubble to a plastic pot and then pot it up, it may do better. Lot more nutrients in muck (oh, how I miss that panicky feeling of getting stuck near a mangrove - I now live in Phoenix).

 

[DidYouSayReefer]

Were they growing in saltwater before you stuck them in your tank? I bought some on Ebay and they were growing them in freshwater. I had to acclimate them over about a month to keep them from dying. This is one of the biggest causes for new mangrove death

 

[GoblinFish]

I once took a mangrove from Oleta River State park here in Miami Beach, the mangroves over there are all growing in saltwater. I keep the roots buried in miracle mud and i threw a rock on them to keep it more stable and it has been growing allot!