Red Mangroves for the Win!

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Tomo, I've read online that red mangroves can be raised in fresh water in the aquarium. If you buy then from a salt tank, you might have to ween them off the salt but I don't know. I know that I have to ween mine into full salt cuz they were in brackish.

Maxx, I don't know If I'll necessarily need to fertilize once they are in the tank. They'll have all the po4 and no2(3?- I forget which is which) they can handle. The only thing I'll need to keep up on is magnesium and iron which should be in the trace I have for dosing the tank for corals. I didn't check though, I figured vitamins can't be a bad thing. Lol.


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sorry, can't remember the product name: for houseplants there's some stuff that's for Re-potting (& maybe rooting?) which strengthens plants to overcome shock. Not a fertilizer, new roots can be harmed by ferts :-I
 
Since I started adding epsom salt my mangrove has started growing more leaves and the roots are getting longer. It's small and in my 125.
 
try adding a bubbler into the water, plants, or specifically roots like high o2 levels.
 
There is a bubbler hooked up already. And I don't know if u can add Epsom salt (or if it would make a difference) - they are already in marine salt. I'll look into that though. Thanks for the tip.


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I've been pokin around here for random bits of info and everybody keeps talking about co2 injection. Nothing I've read online about the mangroves has mentioned it though. Can someone explain exactly what it is? I understand why, I just don't know what. And is it something I'm going to want to look into for the reds?


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I'm not completely sure, but I understand that CO2 is used mostly for fully submerged plants (who's foliage remove CO2 from the water). I don't think its needed for emergent plant (which remove CO2 from the air).

As for the what: usually a CO2 source (compressed tank or DIY CO2 producer) along with some kind of regulator (to control how much CO2 the tank is dosed with) and bubbler of some sort (often a fancy glass spiral).
 
Ok. Thanks Maxx. I figured I wouldn't have to worry about it, but wasn't sure if maybe it was something I wanted for the roots...Best safe than sorry, I suppose! lol

So, do all submerged plants need a supply of CO2? Or just some?
 
Got my planters this week. I wasn't sure how to plant them since their roots were kind of all over the place so I crammed them in best I could. I've read that they are outrageous fragile when they're young like this so i didn't want to start trimming roots. I only clipped a root on one tree and that just to experiment.

I guess the next step will be to start wiring them so they stand up straight. I think they're young enough to take to it fairly quickly. And I want them to be reasonably upright when I put them in the tank. They are about half acclimated right now so I figure another two or three weeks and they'll be tank ready.

The trick is going to be getting a wire without exposed metal. Any ideas? I was thinking silicone. My boyfriend works for a medical parts factory and has brought home "raw" silicone before. I don't know if I can use that though. He says it needs to be cooked at 400 F before it will cure...

Anyway, pics...


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