Vincerama2
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I'd like to move my mangroves out of my sump and into their own tank (or whatever) and replace them with chaeto.
Can they survive (or be acclimated to) freshwater? I could of course keep them in mature water-change water, but
then I have to watch the salinity and magnesium level (ie; dumping in a bit of epsom salts every once in a while), but
that's just one more thing to do.
Anyway, just wondering if they can live without salt or brackish water.
I recall riding a bus in Colombia and we hit a huge stretch of road where there were DEAD mangroves on either side for miles.
The government had built a road right in the middle of it. The mangroves on the ocean side didn't get enough freshwater
and the mangroves on the inland side didn't get enough saltwater! Though with my little mangroves, I could acclimate
them to fresh water a little more gently than just cutting it off.
V
Can they survive (or be acclimated to) freshwater? I could of course keep them in mature water-change water, but
then I have to watch the salinity and magnesium level (ie; dumping in a bit of epsom salts every once in a while), but
that's just one more thing to do.
Anyway, just wondering if they can live without salt or brackish water.
I recall riding a bus in Colombia and we hit a huge stretch of road where there were DEAD mangroves on either side for miles.
The government had built a road right in the middle of it. The mangroves on the ocean side didn't get enough freshwater
and the mangroves on the inland side didn't get enough saltwater! Though with my little mangroves, I could acclimate
them to fresh water a little more gently than just cutting it off.
V