My Little Mangrove Tank

[Ippyroy]

This is my second tank. It is a IM Nuvo 20 AIO. I have about 2 inches of sand and a few rocks. I am currently running a Kessil A80 on it with several mangrove pods floating on top. The tank is technically still cycling, I used Microbacter XLM again. It worked great last time.
I haven't decided on the wave pumps as of yet. I still need to research how much flow is needed for mangroves. I plan on keeping only one in the tank and haven't decided if I will also grow any corals. I don't plan on any filtration, just a CUC of mostly crabs and a shrimp or two. I will most likely add a caramel clown or two as well. I am wanting a very simple, low maintenance tank.

 

[Ippyroy]

The cycle is going well, and a few of pods are showing good root growth. I have a dog food container coming in soon that I will use to hold RODI for the ATO, a Tunze Osmolater Nano. This tiny little tank evaporates a lot of water. I am shocked. I have a very long light cycle right now, but I also have a CUC coming in soon so not too worried about algae. Might add a clown next week. Still deciding, but I have decided to go with soft corals and gorgonians and sponges.

 

[Ippyroy]

Finally added the ATO, a Tunze Nano, this weekend. An amazing amount of water evaporates daily. I used a Gamma vittles locker for the Ato container. I got the one that holds around 10 gallons of water. The trees are doing ok I think. A few of them have small roots starting to grow. I have some planted tank substrate that I will add next weekend. It should increase the NO3. I will do the first water change right before I add the substrate.

 

[FangsAndGames]

Cool tank man!

 

[brett_schn]

Awesome tank! Following along!

 

[Ippyroy]

Cool tank man!

Thanks! I litterally am doing nothing to it right now other than ghost feeding, MicroBaterClean and topping off. The GHA is actually pretty cool. Most of the pods are showing good root growth so far.

 

[Ippyroy]

Down to 2 mangroves and added some fish and a CUC. There is a snowflake clown and a lawnmower blenny. Adding another power head and a controller today. I will possibly add the ApexEL next month.

 

[ramona]

Any update on this mangrove tank?

 

[Ippyroy]

Any update on this mangrove tank?

I will update on Monday night or Tuesday. I have 2 trees now! They just put out their first leaves. The roots are growing well and the fish are all happy.

 

[Eric R.]

Looking forward to the update. Did you have the mangroves shipped to you, or did you collect them yourself?

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Following. I love mangroves and never understood why more people don't keep them!

 

[Ippyroy]

Looking forward to the update. Did you have the mangroves shipped to you, or did you collect them yourself?

I ordered 20 from a person in FL off of EBay. Super cheap, and 2 have survived.

 

[xxkenny90xx]

I ordered 20 from a person in FL off of EBay. Super cheap, and 2 have survived.

That's how I get them too. I always order them with a couple of leaves already. It's a little more expensive but the survival rate seems alot better

 

[Ippyroy]

There were no leaves on mine. I still paid less than 1 from any online vendors.

 

[Ippyroy]

I am doing basically zero maintenance on this tank. I feed once a day and fill the ATO res every other week. I have done a grand total of 2 water changes. I am about to add the leather from my other tank. Before I do that I will do a large WC and vacuum the sand very well. There are 2 small wave pumps and an ATO. I run filter floss and change out twice a week. I am running a Kessil A80. I will turn it up to a 100%. I am hoping that will enough. I have a zoa garden growing in my main DT. I am having a huge bacterial issue in it. I am debating moving that rock over as well. I can then dose that tank with flux and not have any corals I would be upset about if I were to lose them.
There is basically 0 algae in the Mangrove tank. I have to feed the lawnmower blenny. I want to move him to my main DT, but I have a BiColor Blenny in there. I am still debating if I want to switch the fish.
The only other plan I am thinking about is putting one mangrove on each side of the tank. I would have to then change around the lights.