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Originally Posted by Biotopes
Great post! You mentioned growing mangroves in freshwater several times, could I literally plant them in my 10 gallon freshwater to get better growth, then move it to my marine tank? The 10 gallon freshwater tank is going to be planted with elodea soon, so its like a forest of it. Could I just add some more sand and put a red mangrove in? And also, how long does it take to develop the pyramid shaped roots that some of yours have?
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Yes you can grow them in fresh water fine-that last picture is one of my mangrove thats been growing in fresh water for 4 years. You need to convert them to salt water VERY slowly as in like a month-you'll shock there system if it wam-bam. Yes you can add mangroves to your palnted tank-just add a littel more sand. It took that one you see about 3-4 years to get those roots and it's has another arieal root on the other side just starting out.