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mangroves

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mickeysreef <*))))<

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mangroves are definitely not easy. I ordered about $40 or $50 worth of them beginning of summer including a very large one that was like $25 and they all seemed dead after shipping in serious heat and getting lost in the mail for like 2 weeks. these were not seedlings. rather the ones with leaves already. I tried everything, in the tank it out the tank lights on lights off...

finally I gave up on them and left them outside in a vase which I assume is full of rain water.

months later.... 16303611276916519082693352689133.jpg
 
Salted

Salted

NJRC Member
I'd seen these on amazon; Amazon.com: 5 LIVE Mangroves - Red Mangrove Seedlings - Filtration, Aquarium, Reef, Tank, Saltwater, Aquatic, Plants : Pet Supplies and wanted to give them a try. My plan was to order this; Amazon.com : Carib Sea ACS00526 Mineral Mud Filter Media for Aquarium, 1-Gallon : Miracle Mud : Pet Supplies , and rather than dumping it on the bottom of my fuge I was going to put it in a container a put a mangrove or two in it if I can get them from a member and see what happens.
 
Goodair

Goodair

Bought like 30 pods when we did a group buy from reefcleaners, tossed most of em out because they were dead, 7 ended up growing, but are in freshwater tanks. If possible, you can ask a store to order with leaves already or just do a numbers game with pods.
 
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Salted

Salted

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Goodair said:
Bought like 30 pods when we did a group buy from reefcleaners, tossed most of em out because they were dead, 7 ended up growing, but are in freshwater tanks. If possible, you can ask a store to order with leaves already or just do a numbers game with pods.
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Interesting that they grow in both fresh and salt water. Curious now to get a couple and try them.
 
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Goodair

Goodair

They grow easier in fresh, marine just is slower from what I read. Your supposed to move them from salt to fresh when the roots get damaged to heal since they dont have to deal with salt extraction. But transitioning them to salt is a super slow process and all the threads of people doing it on R2R end up not being helpful for longterm updates.
 
Goodair

Goodair

These are 2-3 months in my sister's tank after trying to acclimate to salt with no growth, the 2 other went to a friend's tank, but her cat ended up chewing the leaves so it is starting from scratch.
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Goodair

Goodair

You can grow one, just cant expect much out of it. They look realllly nice when more mature, but it's a very long term commitment. Inappropriate reefer on YouTube has a a very nice setup, but he bought his mangrove grown out, and luckily it transitioned well for him.
 
Roca

Roca

I just put about 20 propagules in water this past weekend and am waiting to see how many (if any) sprout leaves. Now the waiting game :)
 
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