Mangroves

[Phenz]

i was recommended to ask my mangrove question here, as you would be the people with the experience with them.

i'm thinking about setting up a freshwater nano tank with a mangrove being the only decor. propose it to look something like:



it would be about a foot square tank with about a foot high mangrove from the water. the roots would provide the decor/shelter for any fish i decide to put in there. I understand mangroves grow very slowly, would it be feaseable to create this effect?

 

[sparklefuzz]

i was recommended to ask my mangrove question here, as you would be the people with the experience with them.

i'm thinking about setting up a freshwater nano tank with a mangrove being the only decor. propose it to look something like:



it would be about a foot square tank with about a foot high mangrove from the water. the roots would provide the decor/shelter for any fish i decide to put in there. I understand mangroves grow very slowly, would it be feaseable to create this effect?

This is the saltwater section, I think you'd be better in the planted tanks section.

 

[Redstratplayer1]

mangroves are salt water .

It could be cool. i would put 4 or 5 mangrovs in the tank and they would get all thick and tangled

 

[sparklefuzz]

oh! he said freshwater!

 

[Phenz]

i asked in the planted section and they told me that i'd have better luck in here

mangroves can grow in freshwater. but it means that you don't have to add magnesium.

 

[Redstratplayer1]

I think they are brakish.

 

[Mr Miagi]

Yeap, this belongs here, mangroves are a SW/Brakish plant, adapted to high salt environments. Your going to need a MH or similar bulb if you dont have access to some natural sunlight, which would provide better growth. Go for 10,000K or lower in your Kelvin rating globe choice. As for substrate, mud or fine sand, which is going to have to be failry deep. Im not sure many people here can give you many deffinitive answers, so it might pay to look around the web at some examples. But, to answer your initial question, yep, deffinately feasable. Nice idea using more than one too Red.

Some further reading on Mangroves

 

[SkiFletch]

Yeah, getting a mangrove to adopt to a truly freshwater environment is TOUGH from what I hear. They really prefer brackish water or saltwater. My best advice is to make sure you use good lighting as Mr Miagi said. A 70 or 150watt halide for the tank size you're talking about. Even still you might have trouble. Wish I could be of more help