Show your Mangrove Systems
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Giga
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I'm assuming you mean cardinals and yeah I'm thinking like 10 blue eyes
Update from my thread
Any update? Love to see more picture I'm thinking of doing the same
how long it took for mangrove to growth that big?
Dog boy Dave
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In one of my old systems I kept a couple of mangroves in the sump.They grew well right up through the doors of the stand and up the front of the aquarium. They were pretty neat. Unfortunately they didn't survive the move when i moved my stuff into a larger system and I always wanted to try some more. So.. recently I had the opportunity to expand my sump system and I wanted to have room for some mangroves. So I ordered 30 mangrove seed pods off of a Tampa company on Ebay. I followed their directions to place the pods in a well drained container mixed with sand and potting soil bout 75 to 25 mix. I poured salt water into the container every couple of days and let them sit where they got a couple of hours of afternoon sun. I got 100 percent of the seedlings sprouted in abut 4 weeks or so. I didn't want to leave them in the sand for very long as I know mangroves dont move well.
As soon as they grew the first pair of leaves i moved them to the main sump. They dont quite reach the sand. I hope they will grow down. Root development has slowed since I moved them but the leaves are growing faster. Here they are in their new home. I ant seem to upload the pod photos to pbucket but will post those later. I hope with this many trees to get significant phosphate reduction.
As soon as they grew the first pair of leaves i moved them to the main sump. They dont quite reach the sand. I hope they will grow down. Root development has slowed since I moved them but the leaves are growing faster. Here they are in their new home. I ant seem to upload the pod photos to pbucket but will post those later. I hope with this many trees to get significant phosphate reduction.
I read through most of this thread but had a lighting question that I may have missed. Can you grow mangroves with ambient light from the room in a classroom/office setting that has regular ceiling fluorescent lighting on about 9 hours a day? Thanks!
Also, if you float the mangroves is there a maximum length that the roots will extend down to?
Also, if you float the mangroves is there a maximum length that the roots will extend down to?
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SantaMonica
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Nice start. sort of a mini-volcano with huge trees
Giga
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Next to mine best mangrove tank I've seen on here
Giga-
I checked out your stuff. OUTSTANDING! I need to get w/ you on lighting. I need to do something different, and I like what you have done.
My stand is on wheels so I can move the trees around, so I tried to keep everything self contained. Im starting to think i need to hang lights. love the arch.
NanoJosh
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Here are mine... anyone know if the roots will benefit from receiving light? They did not get light before but in my new set up the roots are in the display and get light.
How are u floating the propagules I have mine in styrofoam. If urs is different could u post some pics. The one thing I noticed is the roots are more red/brown when exposed to light. Looks good.
This is mine just waiting for the roots to reach the sand.
How are u floating the propagules I have mine in styrofoam. If urs is different could u post some pics. The one thing I noticed is the roots are more red/brown when exposed to light. Looks good.
This is mine just waiting for the roots to reach the sand.
They are actually zip tied through the teeth in my overflow... they are loose but I realize over time this could limit their growth... I am going to come up with an expandable material to use eventually
At what point did you start training the trees to get that curve in the trunk?
I have 3 propagules in my sump that have just started to sprout roots and I plan to move them into a macro algae display tank once I have it up and running.
NanoJosh
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Oh yes I can't believe I didn't think about that!! Thanks
