Hi all, tapping into the brain trust for a question and sorry if this is in the wrong subforum.
Has anyone successfully transferred freshwater grown red mangroves to saltwater? I have about 20 red mangroves in a freshwater planted tank, and I'd like to get 5 or so adapted to salt water. I'm thinking of making a macroalgae tank. I could get some fresh mangrove seeds, but I have these mature trees that are about 16-20 inches tall and want to see if I can use them.
My thoughts: I need to go from 0ppt to 35ppt and will do so slowly over ~2 months. I'll set up a 1 gallon vase with one of those aqueon 5w heaters, fill it with used fish tank water and slowly increase salinity in it. When I do my weekly reef tank water changes, I'll add some of that used salt water to the mangrove jar and check salinity along the way, aiming to raise it a few ppt each week. Or... should I try to make it more of a constant salinity increase and just add dry reef salt every couple days to the water? Anyone have experience? I'll document the findings if this seems like a good idea.
Has anyone successfully transferred freshwater grown red mangroves to saltwater? I have about 20 red mangroves in a freshwater planted tank, and I'd like to get 5 or so adapted to salt water. I'm thinking of making a macroalgae tank. I could get some fresh mangrove seeds, but I have these mature trees that are about 16-20 inches tall and want to see if I can use them.
My thoughts: I need to go from 0ppt to 35ppt and will do so slowly over ~2 months. I'll set up a 1 gallon vase with one of those aqueon 5w heaters, fill it with used fish tank water and slowly increase salinity in it. When I do my weekly reef tank water changes, I'll add some of that used salt water to the mangrove jar and check salinity along the way, aiming to raise it a few ppt each week. Or... should I try to make it more of a constant salinity increase and just add dry reef salt every couple days to the water? Anyone have experience? I'll document the findings if this seems like a good idea.