Mangrove pods

[justinl]

post here if you find any! man that would be a sweeet score

[Swordtail]

The Superstore off Schoolhouse in Coquitlam has 4 left as of yesterday.There clearing them off for $12.88 .Each pot has 4 mangrove in it.A GREAT deal.

[andsoitgoes]

Originally Posted by Swordtail

The Superstore off Schoolhouse in Coquitlam has 4 left as of yesterday.There clearing them off for $12.88 .Each pot has 4 mangrove in it.A GREAT deal.

Bought 2, 12.94 ea - there are 3 left on the shelf!

Anyone familiar with acclimation procedures?

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Didn't see any at the Superstore in Shawnessy!

*shrug*

[Skimmerking]

YA when they are in a pod form you can just drop them in the salt water it won't kill them.......

[andsoitgoes]

Originally Posted by asmodeus

YA when they are in a pod form you can just drop them in the salt water it won't kill them.......

So the ones that were there had roots and were in plant styro - I just rinsed them off and they look ready to go with nice roots - I 'sume that's what you mean?

[Skimmerking]

Yes red mangroves can take both Fresh and Salt water.


Descriptive Information

• Field Marks:"Leaves are opposite, entire, leathery, and elliptic. Flowers have four yellowish to white petals, borne in clusters of two or three at the leaf axils. The fruit is brown and egg shaped, germinating while still attached to the tree and sending out a distinctive, cigar-shaped seedling."
• Size: "Evergreen shrub or small tree to about 25 m in height."
• General Habitat: " Lives in shallow salt water, found on every salt water coast and bay."
• Geographical Range:"Confined to shallow waters of coastal bays, lagoons, creeks, and rivers; from Levy and Volusia counties southward and throughout the Keys."
• Ecosystems Where Observed: Mangrove Islands
• Other Information:"Distinguished from white mangrove by dark, shiny green upper surfaces of leaves, from black mangrove by pale green lower surfaces of leaves, and from both by numerous reddish prop roots that arise from the lower trunk and branches, and the long radicles that appear from early summer into fall."

[fishmaster]

Originally Posted by andsoitgoes

Bought 2, 12.94 ea - there are 3 left on the shelf!

Anyone familiar with acclimation procedures?

You actually do have to acclimate mangroves to higher salinities slowly. They prefer brackish water but will grow fine in full salt. You will also need to wipe off their leaves on a regular basis. They expell the salt through their leaves...no need for me to ramble on...check out the link below

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/20...ture/index.php

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Does anyone keep these in their display tank?

[andsoitgoes]

Originally Posted by fishmaster

You actually do have to acclimate mangroves to higher salinities slowly. They prefer brackish water but will grow fine in full salt. You will also need to wipe off their leaves on a regular basis. They expell the salt through their leaves...no need for me to ramble on...check out the link below

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/20...ture/index.php

ah CRAP

I've already added mine into my overflow, from what I'd read as long as they'd come in this form, they could be added direct, and it seems that some can't, but some also can. it's not really specific that red mangroves need to always be heavily and carefully acclimated, and that sometimes they'll do okay. I've had them in there, so I'm not really sure - do I risk it, or do I try to fiddle? Meh