The ultimate Mangrove thread!!

[pbltb]

Hi new member here, thought to post this here and avoid making another thread. Sorry for bad English.

Anyways I need help with my red mangrove, it grew so big one of the roots broke the tank. I’m already waiting to my new tank to arrive but I can’t keep moving it to bigger tanks indefinitely. Questions are:

1.- Can I safely cut some of the roots without killing my plant ?

2.- Where should I trim it? The principal “trunk” it’s the biggest one but in afraid it can kill the plant as well.

Right now it’s flowering so I think I should wait until October at least to trim it.

Thanks in advance!

 

[toi_ss]

1.- Can I safely cut some of the roots without killing my plant ?

I dont think this is a great idea, as red mangroves specifically use a pressure system within their roots to keep the salt out, this is why the salt builds up around their roots and not on their leaves like other genuses of mangroves. I have seen people cut red mangrove's roots but it doesn't always go well, what you could maybe do is cut what you want to take off and then immediately cover the area with a cyanoacrylate gel superglue to seal wherever you cut because otherwise the mangrove won't be able to excrete salt and will likely die.

 

[sfin52]

Right. But Stewy asked if a reef light would grow his. I just cane up with the next cheapest option that would be good enough to grow the mangrove.

I use 2 noopsyche for my mangroves. They love it.

 

[sfin52]

 

[Eric R.]

Nice setup!

I feel like the color on the leaves in your image looks consistently lighter/more yellow than what I am used to seeing with my red mangroves. And the veins have a more noticeable contrast, since the leaves are lighter colored.

Have they always looked like this?

 

[Gregg @ ADP]

Mangrove update from my 180g classroom reef:

1/10/24

9/30/24

 

[Creggers]

Is there anyway I'll grow mangroves in my display under Kessil AP9Xs?

I got two red mangroves from Algaebarn down in my sump right now and I'd love to move them up into my display but my tank isn't near a window. My grow light in my sump is the neptune gro light, I wouldn't want to have them settled into my salt and than be missing what they need from the light perspective.

 

[besskurz]

Is there anyway I'll grow mangroves in my display under Kessil AP9Xs?

I got two red mangroves from Algaebarn down in my sump right now and I'd love to move them up into my display but my tank isn't near a window. My grow light in my sump is the neptune gro light, I wouldn't want to have them settled into my salt and than be missing what they need from the light perspective.

If it's close to the window the natural light will help but at least mine grow faster in artificial / grow lights.

 

[Eric R.]

Is there anyway I'll grow mangroves in my display under Kessil AP9Xs?

I got two red mangroves from Algaebarn down in my sump right now and I'd love to move them up into my display but my tank isn't near a window. My grow light in my sump is the neptune gro light, I wouldn't want to have them settled into my salt and than be missing what they need from the light perspective.

The more PAR for mangroves, the better, as long as the leaves don't get too close to the light, because that can cause them to get burnt/browned. And white lighting is better than blues. You could always add an inexpensive simple white grow light specifically for the mangrove - most of the time display lights are mount too close to the top of the display to provide good coverage for a mangrove canopy that is growing a foot or more above the display. They will likely do better in the display, or a separate display sump/refugium, then in the stand below the tank.