Any Mangrove Growers In The Brack Comunity?

[phlawed]

My question is, since i have jumpers and escape artist, a hood is a must. How much faster do the roots grow verses the hight of the plant/tree? how much can you trim them down to keep them under the hood, or will this kill them? just checking before i buy some

 

[HayleyJ]

Hi there. I would like to hear any answers to this question too if anyone knows, as we are thinking of adding roots to our tank. We have a lovely cube tank between 2 rooms, so a central root at the bottom growing up the middle of the tank would be perfect!

Also, where can you buy these from at a good price? We really dont want to use bogwood, just not the same!

Anyone??

 

[nmonks]

Mangroves really need an open topped aquarium. They are, after all, trees. Possibly you can trim them back for a while, but at a certain point they will need more space than the average home aquarium can provide. In a tank with a hood, in my opinion, you'd honestly be better off spending the money on a really nice big bit of bogwood. There are also some perfectly adequate plastic mangrove roots that can do the job nicely.

Cheers,

Neale

 

[phlawed]

Mangroves really need an open topped aquarium. They are, after all, trees. Possibly you can trim them back for a while, but at a certain point they will need more space than the average home aquarium can provide. In a tank with a hood, in my opinion, you'd honestly be better off spending the money on a really nice big bit of bogwood. There are also some perfectly adequate plastic mangrove roots that can do the job nicely.

Cheers,

Neale

well i was looking at them for other reasons as well other than decoration. I know they can help the tank in other ways by abosbing.

how low would i have to keep the water to keep a GSP from jumping over? I have never seen him try, but dont want to see him try either.

Mangroves really need an open topped aquarium. They are, after all, trees. Possibly you can trim them back for a while, but at a certain point they will need more space than the average home aquarium can provide. In a tank with a hood, in my opinion, you'd honestly be better off spending the money on a really nice big bit of bogwood. There are also some perfectly adequate plastic mangrove roots that can do the job nicely.

Cheers,

Neale

well i was looking at them for other reasons as well other than decoration. I know they can help the tank in other ways by abosbing.

how low would i have to keep the water to keep a GSP from jumping over? I have never seen him try, but dont want to see him try either.

Once in the 37g tall tank though, i think this would be an ideal plant...i could keep the water level down a few inches and he would still have plenty of exploring room, then open the top when the mangrove gets taller.

 

[Dave Legacy]

I have 20 Red Mangrove Saplings, which I've been growing from pods, in a 25G Rubbermaid container with 3" or sand and 1.010SG Water. You might be surprised how painfully slowly they grow in terms of sprouting leaves and branches... however, roots grow really quickly. I think they'd be easily contained in small plastic pots or netted pots that are commonly sold for growing aquatic plants.

I've only been growing them for about 2mo and they're just now sprouting thier second set of leaves. I tend to them twice a day so I'm literally "watching trees grow", pretty sad really. Get driftwood unless you want to start your mangroves now and not start your aquarium for 3+ years. Getting a natural mangrove swamp look will take forever and is probably not very realistic. Also note that mangroves WILL NOT grow prop roots without a fluctuating tide.

Mangroves pods are also surprisingly extremely delicate! I lost 10 of mine in transit. It was also hell to get them acclimated to thier new climate. I had to keep them under plastic wrap to keep the humidity up. It took me several weeks to acclimated them into lower humidity. Sufficient lighting is also very important. Looks like a minimum of 30w NO fluorescents. They aren't very nutrient demanding but I still had to add iron enriched trace elements to the water to keep them alive. They also need to be sprayed with declorinated water on a regular basis, I do this bi-daily which is probably serious overkill.

Hope some of this info helps you out.