Growing Mangroves

Larissa · May 9, 2008

I'm not sure if this is the best place to post this topic but here it goes...

Does anyone have any information/personal experience growing mangroves in aquarium conditions?
Any adivce about how to plant them, the water conditions they need, lighting, etc.

Any info would be great. :good:

Thanks!

kribensis12 · May 9, 2008

wait, arent mangroves just tree roots?

rocknurworld2006 · May 9, 2008

arent they marine?

Larissa · May 10, 2008

rocknurworld2006 said:
arent they marine?

I know that people do use them in marine sumps and refrigiums, but I think they can be grown in freshwater as well...but, I'm not sure. :unsure:

Does anyone have any ideas?

shroob · May 10, 2008

I thought they were brackish, I'm not sure about FW but on all TV programmes they have brackish mangrove swamps. You might be able to get FW mangroves as I think there's quite a few species, but I'm not sure.

andywg · May 10, 2008

There are some species of mangroves that will grow in FW, and some in SW and yet more in BW. They are most often encountered in SW systems where they are grown as a nutrient export (though they seem less common than macroalgae such as Caulerpa and Chaetomorphia these days). They need a fair amount of light and you have to be a bit careful on not letting the seeds get completely submerged, other than that they seem to grow ok. Frequent pruning can become necessary.

Try searching for posts by Navarre including the word mangroves, somewhere in Nav's old posts there should be some good info for you

Larissa · May 11, 2008

andywg said:
There are some species of mangroves that will grow in FW, and some in SW and yet more in BW. They are most often encountered in SW systems where they are grown as a nutrient export (though they seem less common than macroalgae such as Caulerpa and Chaetomorphia these days). They need a fair amount of light and you have to be a bit careful on not letting the seeds get completely submerged, other than that they seem to grow ok. Frequent pruning can become necessary.

Try searching for posts by Navarre including the word mangroves, somewhere in Nav's old posts there should be some good info for you

Thanks

the search was very helpful. You marine people and your complicated sumps...