Need some thoughts

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03-23-2006, 02:57 AM
Post #1: dakar

A link to Angel's pics in her Quiet Captivating Lagoon gallery. A fitting name for the pony coral. These guys are *tough* to get decent shots of, they are not the docile statues most would think, instead extremely active and playful, seems like 1 in 20 shots actually turn out to be something more than a blur.

http://www.captivereefing.com/vbpicg...p?do=view&g=36
03-23-2006, 11:06 AM
Post #2: JustDavidP

Those mangrove leaves shouldn't be underwater.... Use some PVC or cut open ended "collars" out of soda/pop bottles and build up the sand in it... then stick em in that. OR.. put some LR under them to boost them up. The roots will go into the rock after a while and hold them up nicely.

Red Mangroves are really marvelous in that they use their leaves to shed the salt from their systems. This enables them to live in a marine environment. This wont happen if the leaves are underwater and they will start to turn black, wither and die.

Just my two cents.

D
03-23-2006, 11:07 AM
Post #3: JustDavidP

Or... are they fake?
03-23-2006, 10:15 PM
Post #4: dakar

The mangroves are indeed live... many have actually been growing underwater like that from pods/seeds or whatever they were called before they were plants. Thanks for the tip.. The ponies sure do love them, must be just the right diameter for their little tails to hitch onto.
03-27-2006, 12:36 PM
Post #5: Reef_Angel

I had a feeling about those poor leaves on the mangroves. I also knew they are great in a pony tank, so when I asked questions about the leaves being under water, I was told that as long as you keep the leaves rubbed clean, they will be fine. They were doing wonderful in the refuge when their leaves were up and out of the water. The root systems are huge! I'll have to re-do those mangroves and make it right! Thanks DavidP for the info! :)
03-27-2006, 12:41 PM
Post #6: JustDavidP

Angel,

I make simple "Mangrove Planters" out of 2 liter bottles. Simply cut the top and bottom off and you have a 6+" tube. Fill that with rubble and sand, sinking it a couple inches in the sand bed and viola... happy mangrove. Here are some pictures of my plant in my Sump-F-Huge-ium.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...vidP/Fuge1.jpg

Full shot of the ref-HUGE-ium. You can see the mangrove on the left.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...angrovepot.jpg

Closeup of just the "pot", a cut 2 liter bottle on the left.

Dave

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