mangrove tree?

[JOHNNY13]

Does anyone here have experience keeping mangrove trees in a reef set up? From what i have read online, they are a natural phosphate and nitrate filter. I was wondering if anyone has hands on experience with them?

[Rollinondubz200]

i have a mangrove root growing in my freshwater tank ,works pretty good

[Amphiprion]

In terms of uptake of phosphorus and nitrogen, mangroves are largely inefficient. You either need a lot of them or a large plant to get a noticeable effect and even then, uptake is relatively slow, especially compared to algae. If you are looking at natural nitrogen and phosphorus reduction, algae is your friend. I recommend Chaetomorpha when used in a refugium.

[JOHNNY13]

yeah i went to my LFS, they said mangrove trees are not sold around this area often anyways. i did get some of that Chaeto. and more turbo's
thanks for the info