Fresh Water Refugium

[Fish Eat Fish]

dont waste your time man. I tried it on a bigger scale and no luck. Just not enough absorption. and half the time you have a dead leaf drop in and decompose and the little bit you collected is right back. The only way this works is on a MONDO scale! Trust me

 

[benito1188]

dude there was this guy who tried mangroves, their suppose to be great in reducing nitrates..dont know what happen though

 

[Riv D]

I'm using test strips, I don't think they're accurate.

 

[Riv D]

dude there was this guy who tried mangroves, their suppose to be great in reducing nitrates..dont know what happen though

Isn't that grown in salt water?

 

[cassharper]

Mangroves grow in a huge variety of water conditions. They are normally found in brackish to salt water, but with the addition of some trace elements will thrive in freshwater.

If you try to set up the refuge again, remember what was said about the rate of growth. If you don't give it all the needed elements of growth, then you won't see much absorption.

 

[Riv D]

But it's a tree, Do I cut some main root (like starting a Bonzi) to dwarf it?

 

[Riv D]

OK I found this site, sounds informative, Ill look for one!

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=16&cat=1932&articleid=3133

 

[Fish Eat Fish]

dude there was this guy who tried mangroves, their suppose to be great in reducing nitrates..dont know what happen though

.....that was me....

 

[Fish Eat Fish]

It does not work. Unless you have a MASSIVE plant growing area thats preferably outside. My mangroves look great and are sprouting new leaves daily BUT they are doing very little to reduce nitrates. And im talking about 21 red mangroves and about a cubic foot of java moss. The water quality in the refuge when just running on its own does not even significantly improve...let alone running filtering another tank with fish in it.

 

[Riv D]

It does not work. Unless you have a MASSIVE plant growing area thats preferably outside. My mangroves look great and are sprouting new leaves daily BUT they are doing very little to reduce nitrates. And im talking about 21 red mangroves and about a cubic foot of java moss. The water quality in the refuge when just running on its own does not even significantly improve...let alone running filtering another tank with fish in it.

So I guess I'm just wasting my time?
Oh well, thax for everyone's advice!!!