Ok, so my anager at the LFS I work for and I came up with a possible tank method for raiseing,(successfully,) baby mangrove trees. And here's the setup I'm putting together tonight to test it out:
10 Gallon tank
1 inch of fine sand (rooting material,)
1-2 inches of coconut fiber,("bed a beast" type stuff, for bog material itself,)
Mangrove sprout(s) (I only have one right now,)
Drift wood/plastic vines
2-3 land hermit crabs
1-2 red or fiddler crabs.
15 watt rep. light
25 watt blue night lamp
The idea is to do the sand/coconut fiber in a boggy style, with the substrate high and low in places, so there's water and raised areas. Now herew's the cool part, it's going to have salt added to the water for a brakish level. ANd from experience, the crabs,(hermits and such,) will benefit. There will also be a small dish of pure freshwater available,(cleaned daily,). The coconut fiber will be changed every could of weeks and so will the water. It's labor-intensive but sounds to me like a possible way to propagate these little mangrove sprouts which I haven't had luck with yet. This seems more natural than the "grow from back of tank" method I've seen online.
What say ye?? This is going into construction tonight. I rescued a baby mangrove from work,(owner keeps odering them, they keep dying...blah blah blah...) and am determined to MAKE THIS WORK!!
10 Gallon tank
1 inch of fine sand (rooting material,)
1-2 inches of coconut fiber,("bed a beast" type stuff, for bog material itself,)
Mangrove sprout(s) (I only have one right now,)
Drift wood/plastic vines
2-3 land hermit crabs
1-2 red or fiddler crabs.
15 watt rep. light
25 watt blue night lamp
The idea is to do the sand/coconut fiber in a boggy style, with the substrate high and low in places, so there's water and raised areas. Now herew's the cool part, it's going to have salt added to the water for a brakish level. ANd from experience, the crabs,(hermits and such,) will benefit. There will also be a small dish of pure freshwater available,(cleaned daily,). The coconut fiber will be changed every could of weeks and so will the water. It's labor-intensive but sounds to me like a possible way to propagate these little mangrove sprouts which I haven't had luck with yet. This seems more natural than the "grow from back of tank" method I've seen online.
What say ye?? This is going into construction tonight. I rescued a baby mangrove from work,(owner keeps odering them, they keep dying...blah blah blah...) and am determined to MAKE THIS WORK!!