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reefme 11-05-2011 10:48 PM

mangrove how to
 
is anyone have any idea how to grow mangrove? I am interest in setting up one for myself.

Thank you.

ScubaSteve 11-05-2011 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by reefme (Post 647947)
is anyone have any idea how to grow mangrove? I am interest in setting up one for myself.

Thank you.

Pretty much the mangrove bible right here by the great Julian Sprung. Pretty straight forward: mist them regularly and watch your magnesium levels.

Lampshade 11-05-2011 11:19 PM

Nice, thanks for the link, i'm looking at setting up a mangrove tank as well, this is great.

tinman 11-06-2011 12:14 AM

mangroves
 
Tagging along anyone know where to get mangroves at a reasonable price

reefme 11-06-2011 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by ScubaSteve (Post 647948)
Pretty much the mangrove bible right here by the great Julian Sprung. Pretty straight forward: mist them regularly and watch your magnesium levels.

How often do you check for magnesium? Is there any other mangrove that does not consume magnesium?

reefwars 11-06-2011 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by tinman (Post 647952)
Tagging along anyone know where to get mangroves at a reasonable price


i bought mine at BA's for cheap hehehe;) theyve been doing great i mist them daily and have them planted in my mud fuge:) so far so good:)

MarkoD 11-06-2011 01:52 AM

I bought mine from blue world. I have them stuck through egg crate and the roots are in the top 4 inches of water in my sump. Growing like crazy. Have a 4300k bulb on them

ScubaSteve 11-06-2011 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by reefme (Post 647954)
How often do you check for magnesium? Is there any other mangrove that does not consume magnesium?

To be honest I haven't check my magnesium. I'm I'm fairly new to mangroves myself. No, there isn't a mangrove that doesn't "consume" mag. They use mag to displace sodium from their bodies. If the mag gets low they loose this ability and succumb to sodium poisoning. The apparent consumption is them taking mag is for this reason and it is lost inthe sacrifial leaves.

reefme 11-06-2011 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by ScubaSteve (Post 647975)
To be honest I haven't check my magnesium. I'm I'm fairly new to mangroves myself. No, there isn't a mangrove that doesn't "consume" mag. They use mag to displace sodium from their bodies. If the mag gets low they loose this ability and succumb to sodium poisoning. The apparent consumption is them taking mag is for this reason and it is lost inthe sacrifial leaves.

How big is your tank and how many mangroves do you have?

MMAX 11-06-2011 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by MarkoD (Post 647969)
I bought mine from blue world. I have them stuck through egg crate and the roots are in the top 4 inches of water in my sump. Growing like crazy. Have a 4300k bulb on them

Have any pics of them?


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