Want a Magrove?

[hyacinth]

If anyone wants a mangrove or 2, i will be ordering 10 from a guy in the livestock fs forum. It works out to about 10 bucks each shipped. Pls LMK. thanks, alan

[xinumaster]

Is't mangrove illegal in CA?

[Ti]

is it really?

[Kinetic]

I've seen them in a lot of LFS's, so I don't think they're illegal.

[GreshamH]

Nope, they're not. It's illegal to harvest the pods in FLA, that may be what your confusing (and what a few threads on RC have been about).

[GreshamH]

Oh yah, and it's illegal to "molest" mangroves in anyway, I kid you not :D

[GreshamH]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8790432#post8790432 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Kinetic
I've seen them in a lot of LFS's, so I don't think they're illegal.

Ever seen Leopard sharks, many different fw plants, caluarpa, baby red ear sliders, etc. in LFS :D I don't think what people sell in a stores should ever be a litmus test for what's legal or not ;)

[reefboy1]

FYI, do a search on ebay and you'll find you can get 25 mangrove pods for about $21 shipped - so less than a buck a piece.

Art

[pactrop]

thats a steal. but pods are ones without leaves and roots. just a shoot.

[reefboy1]

I've ordered from Hawaii before and they are on par of what I've seen elsewhere. Most of the pods had leaves already. They also have pics on the auction.

[GreshamH]

What type is HI selling, reds, blacks, ?

[reefboy1]

On the auction I viewed, they were selling red mangrove pods. I order from these guys about 3 years ago and was happy with what I received.

Art

[GreshamH]

That's what you want, reds.

Hey Pactrop, what's the regs on mangroves in HI?

[reefkeeper1]

Alan, I would follow reefboy1's suggestion. I've also ordered mangroves from eBay, and I received 10 pods with leaves and roots for under $20. I gave up on growing them in my office so I gave them to Jose. Where are you going to be setting up your mangroves in your system?

[hyacinth]

Thanks for all your input--always learn a better way to go about doing things from these boards. I will pass on these larger 'groves and buy the pods as reefboy1 suggested.

Hey Charles--I was planning to put it either in the sump or fuge, but i can only handle 4 or 5 at the most.

[africangrey]

I've read somewhere that mangrove doesn't do a whole lot in nutrient up take, at less one puts in 10-20 of them. Did I miss anything about mangrove in the past year, is there new data suggest otherwise?

[reefkeeper1]

africangrey, you're correct there. There's no way a mangrove is going to compete against macroalgae in regards to nutrient uptake. In the time a mangrove grows a new leaf, you could have a few pounds of chaetomorpha on your hand. I think the main reason people have them is that they're a beautiful plant with interesting characteristics. Once they get bigger, their roots could shelter organisms for the refugium or tank, but as a filtration source, they'll never compete too well against macroalgae or a skimmer.

[Kinetic]

Mangroves are definately great for adding some flare to your fuge ;)

isn't it known that mangroves growing off the shores are places where some marine animals lay their eggs?