Mangroves in Aquariums

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wfex4 said:
Not too much advice really. I keep my house between 76-78 but as long as you avoid freezing you should be alright. It rarely gets below 60 degrees here in South Florida and we occasionally get a frost warning every other year or so. Just try to keep some water on the roots, some light on them, and they should be alright.
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Awesome.Do you think you could post some photos of what you have,and where did you get them,collected or store bought?
 
Yes it is very possible. I have been to a fish store that had mangroves in marine tank. I've also seen people keep them in 100% freshwater aquariums. From what I've seen they don't need any particular special grow lights, although you'll probably want to look this up more for yourself.
 
Yeah I can get a picture of them. There really isn't anything fancy to it. Its just a glass jar on the windowsill with mangroves growing out of it. I keep about 3-4 inches of water in it and make sure that all of the roots are at least touching the water. Ill dump out the water every two weeks or so and replace with "dirty" water from one of my tanks.
 
wfex4 said:
Yeah I can get a picture of them. There really isn't anything fancy to it. Its just a glass jar on the windowsill with mangroves growing out of it. I keep about 3-4 inches of water in it and make sure that all of the roots are at least touching the water. Ill dump out the water every two weeks or so and replace with "dirty" water from one of my tanks.
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Do they "drink" a lot of water?
 
They will but they're extremely slow growing and probably won't make a noticable difference in nitrates. I would go with something like pothos which grows like weeds
 
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