Do I need to prune mangroves??

[Cube Crazy]

and if so, how do I?

Thanks,
dave

[xcreonx]

No you don't need to. they will drop their leaves when they want. i believe you can do more harm to them if you prune them, but that's just a rumor i heard. i dont prune mine. just keep the dead leaves out of your tank as they decompose quickly.

[Cube Crazy]

Thanks,
Dave

[jnb]

I agree that you don't need to prune (except to the extent they grow too high for your taste in which case topping them off will allow them to branch out - ) - I do it all the time - sometimes the mangroves don't appear to take to ones changes but they come back - they are tough


Originally posted by xcreonx
No you don't need to. they will drop their leaves when they want. i believe you can do more harm to them if you prune them, but that's just a rumor i heard. i dont prune mine. just keep the dead leaves out of your tank as they decompose quickly.

[mellen]

Mangroves recover from bad storm damage, so yeah, you can prune them. They are essentially trees in the wild, some get up to 40' over time.

[mosshead]

Hey cool, I was wondering about the same thing about my mangroves. I have four of them in my refugium and growing pretty fast.