BlueBadger
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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.
. There is millions of years of evolution suggesting you probably don't need to baby them too much for saltwater. I read somewhere that they actually grow faster in fresh water than salt water, so if your goal is to grow them faster you may want to keep them in fresh until you like these size.
