Help With Broken Mangrove

FreshSaltAquatics · Nov 1, 2023

Hoping to get some help regarding a broken mangrove. I have 2 in my refugium area and while I was taking it out my skimmer for cleaning I accidently snapped the top portion off. This happened a couple months ago. I was hoping it would sprout a new stem over time but that does not seem to be the case. Has anyone had this happen before? If so what do I need to do to give this the best chance of survival? It does not seem to be in too bad of shape but as the picture shows it has not shot up a new stem. Should I cut it to help with growth?

therootcause · Nov 1, 2023

If the roots have not rotted away I would leave it alone and occasionally spray it off with a mist of RO water.

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Mr. Mojo Rising · Nov 1, 2023

Do you have a pic of the broken part? How long have you had the mangrove? I’m curious to see the broken piece, I mean, the tree is very flexible, it should bend. How did you break it ? Is the mangrove green or brown? It might be dead…..

FreshSaltAquatics · Nov 8, 2023

Mr. Mojo Rising said:
Do you have a pic of the broken part? How long have you had the mangrove? I’m curious to see the broken piece, I mean, the tree is very flexible, it should bend. How did you break it ? Is the mangrove green or brown? It might be dead…..

I had it for about 5 months. Unfortunately I do not have a picture of when I broke it. I snapped it when taking out my protein skimmer for cleaning. After looking into it more I cut the top brown portion off. The top was dead and hollow. Hopefully cutting it back to the green portion will give it another chance. Bottom seems healthy.