A little over a month and a half ago I bought 20 red mangrove propagules off of ebay. I’m keeping the mangroves in freshwater, however I believe brackish aquarists will carry more knowledge about this than freshwater ones.
Anyways, I planted the mangroves in a thick layer of pool filter sand inside of a rubbermaid bin I had lying around. I know they’re slow growers compared to other plants, but I haven’t noticed almost any growth at all in this first month and a half. Is this normal? Am I just being impatient while they’re rooting or something? Just wanna know if I’m doing anything wrong.![3FA90CE0-6A5C-4D46-9437-CB50AC4F1F2B.jpeg 3FA90CE0-6A5C-4D46-9437-CB50AC4F1F2B.jpeg](https://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/data/attachments/187/187578-8e5a5bbae2474c86bc5fcc302bed7b14.jpg)
(don’t mind the other stuff, I have cherry shrimp in there as well)
Anyways, I planted the mangroves in a thick layer of pool filter sand inside of a rubbermaid bin I had lying around. I know they’re slow growers compared to other plants, but I haven’t noticed almost any growth at all in this first month and a half. Is this normal? Am I just being impatient while they’re rooting or something? Just wanna know if I’m doing anything wrong.
![3FA90CE0-6A5C-4D46-9437-CB50AC4F1F2B.jpeg 3FA90CE0-6A5C-4D46-9437-CB50AC4F1F2B.jpeg](https://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/data/attachments/187/187578-8e5a5bbae2474c86bc5fcc302bed7b14.jpg)
(don’t mind the other stuff, I have cherry shrimp in there as well)