Mangroves in sump.

tidioute06

tidioute06

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I was doing some reading (still absorbing info for my SW build in the future) and I came across several article concerning using mangroves in the sump to decrease TDS in a reef system.
I'm curious if anyone in the community uses this method and the results.
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there's too much to know.. and the info keeps updating itself. lol . ..

When I setup my tank I wanted to put mangroves in a seperate refugium. Then I read a lot, and finally I decided against it. The only way to get mangroves to really work is to have lots of them. Besides that, their roots are quite hard and can potentially (eventually) outgrow (and possibly break) the tank they're in...

I finally decided to go with Chaeto. It's got lots of benefits and it gets the job done.
 
Cheech said:
I finally decided to go with Chaeto. It's got lots of benefits and it gets the job done.
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So is there a basic guideline on how much to use depending on the gallon size of the main display?
Also do you happen to know offhand any good places to read up on it?
 
I have a mangrove in my refugium, but I also have chaeto (which has pretty much taken over) and caulerpa. In hind sight I probably would not have gotten the mangrove. It's growth is limited by the height of my refugium cabinet. The top leaves are growing up against the light, then browning and dying. It's not spreading horizontally, so it seems to have reached a status quo.
 
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