JMCollins24 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 I've been really liking the look of mangroves in display tanks, but I'm curious what everyone thinks about this? Good or bad idea? Any experiences with this is helpful too... Thanks in advance! Link to comment
jersey Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 I've been really liking the look of mangroves in display tanks, but I'm curious what everyone thinks about this? Good or bad idea? Any experiences with this is helpful too... Thanks in advance! I've seen it done.. I actually have been thinking about 12 of them in the back compartments of my nc28 sticking out of the top.. Not ideal as they may make the lid dificult to open, but they would hide the Bakpak skimmer well. I don't know how attractive it would be having the roots hanging into the display tank.. The tops need to be out of the water, and the roots should idealy be in sand beds, but can hang freely in the water. When we move into our new house, I plan to have a fuge dedicated to them flowing to a cheato fuge then back to the sump.. That is a whole separate topic though and will be an insane build thread one day. Link to comment
Rollermonkey Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 ReefCleaners says that chaeto and mangroves occur together naturally in the wild. The chaeto growing around the roots of the mangroves. So, I mounted mine right over the fuge, roots in the chaeto. We'll see how that works. Link to comment
JMCollins24 Posted December 2, 2012 Author Share Posted December 2, 2012 I'm still undecided.. I have a great space for them behine my rockwork where the roots would be hidden and they would just pop out of the back of my tank... Link to comment
VeganBrian Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 You can do it as long as you have adequate lighting for them and can keep the fruit above water. You have to make sure to spray the leaves down with fresh RO water daily to keep salt creep off. Link to comment
MeepNand Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 +1 to above; lighting will be tricky because it will be sticking out the top of the tank. A couple CFL bulbs will suffice. Link to comment
Lawnman Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Mine grow GREAT under 14k MH. I spray my leaves down every day with RODI to keep the salt off them. Link to comment
loyalhero90 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I love my mangroves and I love looking at them in the display. The roots are really cool to look at (if you do aerial roots that is). I have a set in a seagrass tank and one in a macroalgae tank. I don't really use light. They seem to do fine with the sunlight/room light. Link to comment
captainbastard Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Always thought this tank was pretty cool Link to comment
jestep Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 This is one of my favorites: http://reefbuilders.com/2010/12/20/julian-sprungs-refugium-oasis-reef-life/ Link to comment
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