which tank should i do

[blakeorme]

I think that may have been the point... kinda funny actually. I was excitied to see "planted" saltwater tanks. Honestly, I would say reef, but the idea of 54in tall mangrove tank with some low light softies on the bottow and schooling fish sounds very cool. However, in my imagination, the mangroves would be several feet high and that would also take mant years to accomplish(ibelieve they are very slow growing).
I think its a win/win really. Maybe consider what would asthetically go with the room the tank is in better.

 

[just hanging]

thats what i though i didn't think they had a form called that lol. yea they are very slow growing. thanks i grew up in flordia and i always love going to beach and head back toward they mangroves to see all fish it was pretty cool. but i still like a reef tank hard...lol i was thinking of doing a small school of look down fish, a grouper, mabye a permit if i can find a place that has them, and other fish

 

[widmer]

mangrove is a fun idea, but reef will give you the flexibility of continually introducing new organisms for rewed excitement.

 

[David - Miami]

Couldn't you do the reef tank and then put the mangroves in your 80g sump?

 

[just hanging]

yea buts in not the same i can only do one show tank

 

[just hanging]

reef tank it is

 

[Mook Man]

Have you ever seen the national geographic explorer special on raja ampat (an island in indonesia)? Well if you haven't, it shows an ecosystem unique to the region where the coral reef grows right up and underneath the mangroves. Might be a little difficult, but definitely awesome.

 

[reefscape15]

I had an idea but would only work if your mangrove tank was lightly stocked. I liked the idea of a few pipefish! have your 75gal set up as a reef plumbed into your sump, and have sump return feed the mangrove tank, then have mangrove tank feed your reef! I guess this would require an extra tank, but sounds kinda awesome to me!

 

[PelagicMagic]

cant keep snook under the legal size or over the legal size but I know people who do. There is a closed snook season too so technically you would have an illegal fish during the closed season. A mangrove estuary tank would be cool. Do what makes you happy.

 

[just hanging]

well fist off the swordspine snook always be illage to fish for and keep because they max out at 12" but they can be bought form a place with proper permits. no they be legal all the time once aquried.

 

[PelagicMagic]

Oh, thought we were talking about common snook. I have landed a few over 40", most 28" -36". I also catch 3-4" fingerlings in the castnet.

yes you can buy from a fish farm. I am not sure if snook are farmed. I know you can buy farmed redfish.

 

[just hanging]

yea comon man i need a much larger tank...lol kinda hard to tell the deference need to carey a book to tell sometimes

 

[PelagicMagic]

I didnt even know there was such a thing as swordspine. I have seen tarpon snook and cant really tell either. Snook is snook to me, they all taste the same. Before it got cold here I was also catching baby tarpon in the castnet.

The tampa aquarium has a nice tidal mangrove tank, so does the clearwater marine aquarium. Both are in buildings with glass roofs. You may need a very large shallow tank with high ceilings to pull it off right.

 

[just hanging]

thanks i defentily plan to do a mangrove tank when i get my own house but gotta finish school first lol