My Mangrove Greenhouse

Andrews_aquarium · Jul 14, 2023

Hi!
I wanted to showcase my greenhouse with 120 gallon saltwater pond. I set it up about 10 months ago using natural seawater and Australian Branching live rock from Unique Coral.
I use no filtration except for 55 gallon water changes every 2 weeks, sometimes less.
I use a 100w heater as the sun does most of the work for heating up the water.
I have an inkbird for control of temperature, for cooling there's a large fan that turns on for evaporative cooling. There is also a large inline fan for the greenhouse temperature plus a small greenhouse fan for general air movement for the plants. I also have Grape vines growing on top of the greenhouse for adding cooling.

livestock;
XENIA XENIA XENIA!!! They've quite simply gone bananas, and have become my primary source of nutrient export.
3 Mangroves
2 Azure Damselfish
1 Black Leopard Wrasse
Also some Halimeda
Shaving Brush Algae

I also have a 15 gallon bin with 11 Mangroves growing in freshwater, have noticed significantly more growth with the freshwater mangroves vs the saltwater.

Would love to hear peoples thoughts!

I post more pics here: https://www.instagram.com/andrews_aquarium/

Mr_Knightley · Jul 14, 2023

This is so cool! I actually plan to do something very similar to this in the future, the grapes over the roof give it a very magical vibe. Looking forward to watching this progress.

Townes_Van_Camp · Jul 14, 2023

Very cool. I've always eanted to do this with local flora and fauna. Luckily I live on a salt marsh. I could aquire most of my live critters at a bait shop. Due to there being a law way to do things, I'd have to buy a few mangroves. Although they and their pods are what hold my land together.

Andrews_aquarium · Jul 17, 2023

Mr_Knightley said:
This is so cool! I actually plan to do something very similar to this in the future, the grapes over the roof give it a very magical vibe. Looking forward to watching this progress.

Thank you! Yes it really helps with temperature and looks great, can't believe how fast those vines grow.

Townes_Van_Camp said:
Very cool. I've always eanted to do this with local flora and fauna. Luckily I live on a salt marsh. I could aquire most of my live critters at a bait shop. Due to there being a law way to do things, I'd have to buy a few mangroves. Although they and their pods are what hold my land together.

That would be awesome, even just growing them in large pots if your in the area would be killer