Red Mangroves for the Win!

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When growing mangroves in saltwater, you should occasionally wash the leaves with fresh water to get rid of the salt. In nature, it rains.
 
I know about washing the leaves. I touch them daily to check for salt and rub them down when necessary. Having the small container covered seems to help a lot with that. I wipe down the bubbler more than the mangroves. lol.

Thanks for the link! I'll check that out for sure! Can never read too much, right?
 
KellyFrancis said:
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?
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There is already some CO2 present in the water. Sometimes this is enough for some plants. The reason CO2 injection is necessary is that some plants are poor competitors for it. All those plants that are fussy about CO2, it isn't that they NEED the CO2 they all are just poor competitors like I explained. If you were to stock a tank with nothing but say, baby dwarf tears ( a fussy CO2 plant), it probably would not need CO2 injection. I grow dwarf hairgrass without CO2 injection. But in planted tanks you do not want surface agitation cause this causes gas exchange and you lose CO2. Also when people run a pump with a stone for oxygen, they are not adding oxygen only pushing CO2 out of the tank thus making oxygen more available. CO2 fluctuations are what cause problems in planted tanks. Also Maxx is right any plant that is above the water can use atmospheric CO2.
 
Yeah the agitation they create cause the CO2 to dissipate thus creating a higher ratio of oxygen to CO2. CO2 easily gasses out of water with a little agitation. That is why when you see those high tech planted tanks there is no surface movement/agitation. You'll never see a HOB filter on a serious planted tank.
 
You don't want splashing that can break the surface tension and release CO2 but ripples are fine. Increased surface area will promote proper oxygen levels in the water. You risk GBA outbreaks if your tank becomes stagnent.
 
Update: they are doing well. The cats are leaving them alone on top of the fish tank. Thank God!!

Tomorrow they are going to be wired so they stand up instead of flopping over. For whatever reason, they were curled at the bottom just above the roots which provided a problem with planting. I'll post pics tomorrow when I'm done. And then probably wait 48 hours before shocking them with more salt.

As far as the surface thing goes, I've got a bubbler in the small container with the mangroves. It's SUPER agitated in there! Lol. They seem to either like it or not mind it though. The tank itself has 2 HOBs on it so there's no worries there. They've only got two or three more weeks in the container and then they go in the tank.


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