Giga Posted July 19, 2011 Author Share Posted July 19, 2011 can't wait to see those things taking over your tank! you and me both-There should look cool in 6 months! Link to comment
Giga Posted July 19, 2011 Author Share Posted July 19, 2011 Who the hell cares about mangroves this much? It's not like they do anything for our environment..... Awesome build, I'm following! I though you were serious at first. Then my brain kicked in Link to comment
Fail_sh3d Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Coming along nicely! Can't wait to see what is going to come out of the end result. What is your fish plan? Link to comment
Giga Posted July 19, 2011 Author Share Posted July 19, 2011 What is your fish plan? I'm not sure, some sort of cheaper school fish as they may be taken out by the mantis I don't want to lose a 50$ fish to a mantis. I'm also gonna let my wife chose, since the tank is in the living room and she has to look at it too, it's nice to have my significant other involved. Also about the light tree I can't remember where I got the l brackets. the 1" square pipe is from Lowes. I'll have to look because I got them some time ago. Link to comment
NirvanaandTool Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Woo mangroves! Cant wait to see them grown in and a mantis roaming through them. For mantis safe fish, go for chromis. Peaceful enough not to go after the mantis like a damsel would and fast moving enough to avoid strikes. I've only lost 1 to my small mantis and my larger mantis shows no interest in them. Link to comment
Fail_sh3d Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 I'm not sure, some sort of cheaper school fish as they may be taken out by the mantis I don't want to lose a 50$ fish to a mantis. I'm also gonna let my wife chose, since the tank is in the living room and she has to look at it too, it's nice to have my significant other involved. Also about the light tree I can't remember where I got the l brackets. the 1" square pipe is from Lowes. I'll have to look because I got them some time ago. Very nice! I sent you a pm. Did you get it? Link to comment
Giga Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 Very nice! I sent you a pm. Did you get it? Yeah I got your pm-it's why I responded in the thread on another note things are good and bad for the mangroves The reds and black seem to be thriving-new growth since last update Much to my dismay I think all my whites are withering away despite everything I'm trying-two years waiting trying to find these and there dying on me I'm guessing there just two small Link to comment
R33 GTR Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Yeah I got your pm-it's why I responded in the thread on another note things are good and bad for the mangroves The reds and black seem to be thriving-new growth since last update Much to my dismay I think all my whites are withering away despite everything I'm trying-two years waiting trying to find these and there dying on me I'm guessing there just two small are white mangrove more difficult to grow from seed or getting them big i know a place that i can get mines Link to comment
Fishfreak218 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 you probably already know this, but i remember learning that white mangroves are less salt tolerant than red/black mangroves. could that be a factor? Link to comment
Giga Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 you probably already know this, but i remember learning that white mangroves are less salt tolerant than red/black mangroves. could that be a factor? they have just a good salt tolerance as black-they can be found in tide zones as well. I've been dealing with plants for a long time and what I can tell is that they are just in shock from being mailed. There just too young, I think, to handle the shock. Link to comment
Fail_sh3d Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Yeah I got your pm-it's why I responded in the thread Sorry I didn't see that . Also sucks about the whites. Hopefully they make a comeback. Link to comment
R33 GTR Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Look at this red mangroves http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=101...e=1&theater http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=101...pe=1&ref=nf http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=101...pe=1&ref=nf Link to comment
Giga Posted July 22, 2011 Author Share Posted July 22, 2011 Look at this red mangroves http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=101...e=1&theater http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=101...pe=1&ref=nf http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=101...pe=1&ref=nf Links don't work Link to comment
Giga Posted July 23, 2011 Author Share Posted July 23, 2011 that's actually a pretty good representation of what my tank will look like. Old trees with a very shallow tank. Link to comment
R33 GTR Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 that's actually a pretty good representation of what my tank will look like. Old trees with a very shallow tank. hehehe well i saw that pic in my phone that i took last semester of ecology class The water there was scorching hot the mud was smelly and sticky but the mangroves love that they where growing like crazy those where dwarf version of the ones that i saw at the shore line the even throwing seed hehehehe. When the flood times comes the lagoon fills up like 2ft and fish come to spawn in the mangroves. Link to comment
Giga Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 Best mangrove video EVER Have some updates but will post them later today or tomarrow but in the mean time click the video for some amazing footage! Link to comment
racechase Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 WHERE IS THAT?? So incredible. Link to comment
Fail_sh3d Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Best mangrove video EVER Have some updates but will post them later today or tomarrow but in the mean time click the video for some amazing footage! Great vid Giga! How's the tank coming? Link to comment
Giga Posted August 4, 2011 Author Share Posted August 4, 2011 been crazy busy and havn't had time to work on the tank but I did get a little done Changed my tank around and gonna use a canaister filter now, tubes not hung yet-bought from teamschreiba Surface skimmer-slightly modified my 250W growth from post #157 as you can tell Blacks grow really fast compared to reds already has two sets of leaves out.(2 weeks growth) Before thought this was a really cool shot Link to comment
teamschreiba Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Looks great!! I hope the canister works out well for you! Link to comment
Fail_sh3d Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Looking good Giga! Was there a turn around on the whites? Link to comment
Giga Posted August 6, 2011 Author Share Posted August 6, 2011 Looking good Giga! Was there a turn around on the whites? Link to comment
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