mangrove tank

moonstream

moonstream

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I am doing school experiment on mangroves (to see if they grow best in FW, SW, or brackish) and I am trying to decide what to house them in. I was thinking a 10g or so rubbermaid container for each, and have about 2-3" of sand in it, with another 4" or so of water. should I dfo anything special to help them grow? also, I am planning to use a 65 watt PC fixture as a light source, it will run along thew top of each.
 
You actually don't need sand if you don't want to.. You can if you so choose suspend their root ball in the water and surround the pod with like a piece of Styrofoam and they will grow down.

My personal preference is sand.

I have mangroves in my sump and be advised until they get an established root ball their leaves will not start growing out. Or at least that was my experience (see my blog).
 
thanks, Ill be ordering them very soon, and I think Ill just use some sand, the kind you can get at HD for like, 4 bucks for 60lbs, and Ill be keeping the mangroves in either 10g tanks, 2.5g tank or rubbermaid containers.

plan would be 3-4" of sand, about 5" of water, and differing saliites. what are good salinitys for the BW and SW tanks?
 
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