Mangrove success

[albano]

wasn't sure where to post this, but..

About 2 months ago, I read a thread somewhere, where someone mentioned 'misting' the leaves of mangroves, with RO water.
Since I can't say that I've had any real success with mangroves over the past 8 years, I figured I'd give it a try. Although, I had a few that 'survived' for a year or 2, none 'thrived'.
Well, what a difference the 'misting' makes, the leaves have doubled in #s, and are 'branching'...in just a few weeks !

BTW the plants are under a small 13w flor. bulb, that is on 24/7, for the past 8 years.

 

[rkaragozler]

Alfie, keep an eye on your mag levels, i've had mangroves and found that when they were thriving they consumed all my magnesium, but this might just be for me

 

[albano]

Alfie, keep an eye on your mag levels, i've had mangroves and found that when they were thriving they consumed all my magnesium, but this might just be for me

Thanks, Rich
good to know. will check, tomorrow!

 

[tlpmyd]

Yes misting makes a big difference also supplementing iron too brightwell makes ferrion pretty much for this purpose.


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[lfsmarineguy]

Those look awesome congrats. The misting is what most people forget about. These come from a pretty humid environment and the misting helps replicate that as well as help them purge salt from what I have heard.

 

[gholtmeyer]

Those look pretty sweet man. I purchased four pods once. They did nothing for me, had them under light, planted them like the site said, etc. Did you buy them as the seed pods or as leafed out plants? And do they consume nitrates, phosphates ,etc. better than the common macro algae that most of us us?

 

[gholtmeyer]

any updates?

 

[albano]

Did you buy them as the seed pods or as leafed out plants? And do they consume nitrates, phosphates ,etc. better than the common macro algae that most of us use?

Purchased these from Felix (Aloha Tropics) were about 10" tall, 2-3 leaves each...Not sure what they do, I have a lot of caulerpa and chaeto, just like to cover all the bases.

 

[tomtoothdoc]

Alfie, keep an eye on your mag levels, i've had mangroves and found that when they were thriving they consumed all my magnesium, but this might just be for me

+1

they do suck the mag. right out of your tank. i had about 10 of them for over a year in a 275 gal. system. gave them away because of the mag.

 

[kalapnath]

what's the benefits of a mangrove in your sump?

 

[Mattl22]

R they any better at removeing po4 then cheto ??

 

[tomtoothdoc]

R they any better at removeing po4 then cheto ??

i did not try comparing the two. i had both in at the same time. not sure if there were any difference in the po4 level. but then again they didn't "thrive" in my tank. i only misted them once in a while.
the only thing i noticed was the mag. level dropped more rapidly than usual.

 

[MIKE NY]

congrats Alfie they are thriving....I was going to try them myself, but I heard about them depleting mag also ...