HarryPotter Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 So I'm at Sanibel and am VERY confused. There's this huge patch of mangroves a couple hundred meters off the ocean. But in this (salt water) area palm trees and crabs also live... So what the heck is this? Palms like salt water? Link to comment
najluni15 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Are you sure it's saltwater? There's freshwater and lands crabs Link to comment
pgrVII Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 The rain isn't saltwater harold Link to comment
ndrobey Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I don't see any true palm trees there. Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 Are you sure it's saltwater? There's freshwater and lands crabs Yeah... Didn't bring my Refractometer but there's marine hermits/snails... With the fancy shells. Tiger eye, lightning whelks, & notes The rain isn't saltwater harold Yeah IK! But it connects to the ocean at points so I've heard I don't see any true palm trees there. Just some coconut palms Link to comment
Markburns43 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Dip your hand in do the good ol taste test to check Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 Dip your hand in do the good ol taste test to check Yessir. I do it often enough with my tank, may as well taste the water wherever I go! Ill try this afternoon haha. Right now at high tide the waves are breaking like 5 feet away from the area... Link to comment
Markburns43 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Being as close to the ocean all of those plants are adapted to salt so it's not unusual but still pretty neat to see these type of trees grow Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 Being as close to the ocean all of those plants are adapted to salt so it's not unusual but still pretty neat to see these type of trees grow Yeah I really like it. Sanibel is amazing. There are hundreds of brittle stars, sand dollars, snails, crabs, and Urchins right on the water line. Im like a kid in a candy store haha Link to comment
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