Has this happened before?

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People like to use non aquatic plants in tanks with their roots in the water, well has anyone ever heard of someone using an actual tree? Like a Japanese maple in a huge tank for example. I know this sounds crazy but I got to thinking about it and if it has happened before then I figure that it would be on this site. Feel free to call me crazy lol.
 
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People like to use non aquatic plants in tanks with their roots in the water, well has anyone ever heard of someone using an actual tree? Like a Japanese maple in a huge tank for example. I know this sounds crazy but I got to thinking about it and if it has happened before then I figure that it would be on this site. Feel free to call me crazy lol.
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Heard of something similar. Seen a salt tank with a small mangrove tree in it but not a freshwater setup.
 
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fishhead0103666 said:
People like to use non aquatic plants in tanks with their roots in the water, well has anyone ever heard of someone using an actual tree? Like a Japanese maple in a huge tank for example. I know this sounds crazy but I got to thinking about it and if it has happened before then I figure that it would be on this site. Feel free to call me crazy lol.
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No not a live Japanese Maple. Possibly the tree stump of the Japanese Maple after it died.
 
Any tree that would do well in a bog would be doable,
 
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I was thinking of an evergreen tree until it got too big might do ok in a tank. The main reason I was thinking about stuff like this was because I think a tree would help keep the parameters in check like crazy.
 
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I was thinking of an evergreen tree until it got too big might do ok in a tank. The main reason I was thinking about stuff like this was because I think a tree would help keep the parameters in check like crazy.
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ever greens like there tops wet and bottoms dry.....try a weeping willow or perhaps an american Sycamore. Mangrove would be ideal.....
 
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Don't mangrove trees grow slower or not as big in freshwater? I know they don't develop the crazy root system in freshwater that they do in saltwater.
 
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