mangrove trees

there is 4 or 5 specice of mangrove tree

red mangrove tree has a long type seed its the largest one and it has long type leaves

white mangrove has a small seed small leaves and puts up arial root to stick past the water or mud

the black mangrove is the hardest one to find it will most like be the only tree that in the middle of the river and un accessable with out a boat

the orange mangrove tree is similar to the red mangrove

the amount of mangroves to use is about one tree per 25 gallons of tank if you use 2 trees you will make your protine skimmer nere on redundant in that size tank

i find in my tank when i have mangrove plants in the sump.. the protine skimmer just about stops when i take them out it starts again ..

a plant seems to soak up nitrate phospate silicates if any and protines rather fast..

one thing i have notised is they can grow rather fast you want to keep them small about a foot tall is fine and remove any leaves that fall off into the tank

as an experiment i dint prune any leaves or roots to keep it small now i have a tree almost 8 feet tall and seeding for the first time lol

i have started some new seed there quite happy being trimed just prune off the old leaves not the new ones ...

if your interesed in mangrove seeds look for red mangrove black mangrove or white mangrove seeds in your own ****ry as you cant send them through qurintein
 
That comming from a person who has read something and not tried anything.
i have 5 1 foot plants in my sump and my readings are like this

ph 8.4
amonnia = 0
nitrite = 0
nitrate = 0
silicates = 0

my calcium reactor helps to keep calcium perfect
calcium 420ppm

those reading speek for them selves you can get that from microalgee i know i have tried it..
 
You're right, I haven't tried mangroves. Sounds like they have worked for you for the past few months. I tend not to try things when the experimental data suggest they won't work. In my hands, chaeto works, and you would have to grow a lot of mangrove trees to keep up with the biomass it exports.

Maybe I was too dismissive, sorry. You offered your experience, and the point of these boards is to let people learn from that. My comment was more directed to FloridaBoy's query about documented info about mangroves and export.

I like my Ca reactor too ;)
 
I tried mangroves, 4 ea 40W NO tubes over a 20-long sump with the mangroves. They removed less nitrate than any of my other veggie filters I have tried, and I have run a lot of them (more than most folks here have tanks total), FW, light BW, and SW. IME and IMHO, the article is cited right on.

Using the same tank as a plenum refugium only was slow to start (but so were the mangroves), used a tiny fracton of the power, required far less work, and did a far better job of keeping metabolites low.

Mangroves are interesting and different, but for me they are not very effective. No thanks, been there, done that, not again.
 
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