LF: Mangroves

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

So hawaii Botanicals in Richmond is trying to get mature mangrove trees for the Vancouver Aquarium right now. They have had no luck yet though. They told me that if I could find a place that is willing to shipt to Canada, they will set up the all the permits and fees. Really nice guy there.


So if anyone finds a US distributor that will ship to Canada, let me know. Hawaii Botanicals are looking for pretty mature trees though it sounds like...

[nanoreefer]

i might be in for some propagules if you guys do a group buy depending on price, but i dont whant to be in charge

[spoot]

Cool justin, I'll keep a look out. Maybe ask on RC?

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Yeah Im going to ask around on RC. I need to find a place that would sell quite large trees for the Vancouver aquarium as well as smaller ones for our systems.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Still looking! I can't believe how hard these are to find in Vancouver. I have called about every LFS and nursery around. I spoke to the Vancouver Aquarium and asked them and they said they have not even been able to get any. Although they are looking for much bigger ones

[dandyfop]

Hmm.. i wonder how long it will take my pods to develop a decent root system..

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by dandyfop

Hmm.. i wonder how long it will take my pods to develop a decent root system..

It depends on the system they are in. I had pods for about two years and they only grew about a foot. Root system was still very thin and stringy...if that makes sense. I bought more established plants though as well and they got real nice root systems fast and grew about 10" in a year with lots of leaves.

Pods are great but I am looking for the look of trees right away for my display tank and I don't want to wait a year or two for them to grow. I am being impatient this time.

I had some beautiful ones growing before I moved but they did not make it through the move.