Mangroves..

jasalmanza · 11/30/2006, 03:42 PM

Looking for all the information I can get on mangroves. Anyone have any links?

Ti · 11/30/2006, 03:49 PM

lucky u
http://www.mangrove.or.jp/mangrove/whats_mangrove.html

jasalmanza · 11/30/2006, 04:49 PM

great, thanks!! how about how they apply to aquariums.. conditions, environment, lighting, filtration they supply, etc...

Ti · 11/30/2006, 05:56 PM

http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/man...care/index.htm

schneijt · 11/30/2006, 10:34 PM

Hmmm. That article claims that mangroves, as they grow, will make protein skimming "obsolete." I don't know if I'd go that far... In my opinion, they do provide a small amount of natural filtration, but they're more used for the coolness factor. Example: "Check out these sweet plants I'm growing in my 'fuge." I'd definitely never consider them on the same level as a quality skimmer. But they are pretty cool little things.

-Joe

Liquid Hobby · 12/01/2006, 12:50 AM

I've got a few floating in my display. Here's what Calfo says about them:

Mongrove article

"For all my love for keeping these plants, however, I must admit that they truly are not comparatively efficient nutrient export mechanisms. It's a very simple matter. Growth overall is slow, and leaf drop is often concurrent with new leaf growth. The net gain of mass from these plants is, in fact, dismally slow, and leaf drop alone (as a vehicle for nutrient export) cannot compare to a vigorous Chaetomorpha or Gracilaria based vegetable filter."

jeffnsa · 12/01/2006, 06:46 AM

i just like the way they look. i took a cheap drink holder for the window of a car, added some live rock rubble, put a mangrove shoot in and put it in the back of my display. as the roots grow down into the tank you can see different things hiding out in it. becareful of what fish you have in the tank, my tangs kept eating the new root growth.

schneijt · 12/01/2006, 08:26 AM

I've thought a few times about putting one or two in my hang-on 'fuge, but only because it'd be something cool, different, and new to show the people who sometimes take a quick look at my tank when they come over.

-Joe

wardworld · 12/01/2006, 10:50 AM

jeffnsa,
any way you could post a picture of how you've got yours set up?

fishytoo123 · 12/01/2006, 01:43 PM

I just put 4 in last month, however one one has roots growing.

11/30/2006, 03:42 PM	#1
jasalmanza Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Okinawa, Japan Posts: 276	Mangroves.. Looking for all the information I can get on mangroves. Anyone have any links?

11/30/2006, 03:49 PM	#2
Ti Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 7,927	lucky u http://www.mangrove.or.jp/mangrove/whats_mangrove.html __________________ Hair algae is my Macro algae.

11/30/2006, 04:49 PM	#3
jasalmanza Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Okinawa, Japan Posts: 276	great, thanks!! how about how they apply to aquariums.. conditions, environment, lighting, filtration they supply, etc... __________________ DIE TRYING... Current Tank Info: 2005 Harley-Davidson Sportster Custom

11/30/2006, 05:56 PM	#4
Ti Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 7,927	http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/man...care/index.htm __________________ Hair algae is my Macro algae.

12/01/2006, 12:50 AM	#6
Liquid Hobby Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 810	I've got a few floating in my display. Here's what Calfo says about them: Mongrove article "For all my love for keeping these plants, however, I must admit that they truly are not comparatively efficient nutrient export mechanisms. It's a very simple matter. Growth overall is slow, and leaf drop is often concurrent with new leaf growth. The net gain of mass from these plants is, in fact, dismally slow, and leaf drop alone (as a vehicle for nutrient export) cannot compare to a vigorous Chaetomorpha or Gracilaria based vegetable filter." __________________ 120 DT/200 G mixed reef: birthed on Dec 1, 2010 * Neptune Systems controller * 40G Sump + 40G Fuge which gravity feeds into DT * Huge Reef Octopus Skimmer * Calc, GFO and Carbon RXs * 2x250W 20K Radium MH with VHO supplement * 3600 GPH closed loop with OM 4 way * 1700 GPH return

11/30/2006, 10:34 PM	#5
schneijt Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: West Des Moines, IA Posts: 497	Hmmm. That article claims that mangroves, as they grow, will make protein skimming "obsolete." I don't know if I'd go that far... In my opinion, they do provide a small amount of natural filtration, but they're more used for the coolness factor. Example: "Check out these sweet plants I'm growing in my 'fuge." I'd definitely never consider them on the same level as a quality skimmer. But they are pretty cool little things. -Joe

12/01/2006, 06:46 AM	#7
jeffnsa Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: san antonio,tx Posts: 150	i just like the way they look. i took a cheap drink holder for the window of a car, added some live rock rubble, put a mangrove shoot in and put it in the back of my display. as the roots grow down into the tank you can see different things hiding out in it. becareful of what fish you have in the tank, my tangs kept eating the new root growth.

12/01/2006, 08:26 AM	#8
schneijt Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: West Des Moines, IA Posts: 497	I've thought a few times about putting one or two in my hang-on 'fuge, but only because it'd be something cool, different, and new to show the people who sometimes take a quick look at my tank when they come over. -Joe

12/01/2006, 10:50 AM	#9
wardworld Gonna Need A Bigger Tank Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Lakeland, FL Posts: 1,398	jeffnsa, any way you could post a picture of how you've got yours set up? __________________ -Daryl Current Tank Info: 180 gallon / 100 gallon rubbermaid sump / 40 gallon fuge / I-Tech 200 skimmer

12/01/2006, 01:43 PM	#10
fishytoo123 Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Woolwich NJ Posts: 207	I just put 4 in last month, however one one has roots growing.