Mangroves

[Jaag]

Do mangroves have to have a send bed to grow or can rock work too? I have a nuvo fusion 10 gal that I want to grow out of the back of the second chamber

 

[Reeferdood]

Rock will work as well...
my local watering hole has two mangrove trees growing in their ponds and the roots are in a pile of rock...

 

[Jaag]

Next question. Do you trim mangroves or when it's too big you toss them

 

[143MPCo]

I trim but only to get them branching more.

 

[themcnertney]

Rocks are fine. In fact I think they prefer it rather then sand? When I had mangroves in my old setup, I just jammed the base in a rock hole and the roots would grow within the rock tunnels. I never trimmed them. Just pulled of any dead or dying leaves. It is important to remove any dead leaves floating in the water as they will affect water parameters.

 

[Jaag]

How would you trim to keep them down

 

[143MPCo]

I just used a pair of scissors, cutting as close as I could to the main stem.