mangroves

has anyone ever used mangrove plants was wondering if I can plant on bottom of my tank

 

First of all welcome to 3reef! Glad to have you aboard.;D
I use them, all you need to do is plant them in your substrate or put some LR around them and they will root to it. Make sure you got plenty of light and the leaves are out of the water, I had to add a grow light to my fug because the leaves were turning yellow. After the extra light with a 65w bulb was added I haven't had any problems. Also make sure that the light bulb is not right on the leaves or you will burn them up. Put your hand over the top of the leaves and make sure there isn't a lot of heat there.

 

Welcome to 3reef! Best of luck with your tank! IMO, you would be better off growing mangroves in a refugium using mud as a substrate, based upon what I have read.

 

thank you could not find that out any where how many do you think you need for a 55 gal the place sent me 21 plants I read I should only need 2 or 3

 

Only a couple shoud do for you and your tank. Size of the refugium shouls be taken into consideration as well.

 

I have three in my 'fuge, which supports my 150 gal. display. No problems, so far.

 

Aquatic Plants for Saltwater Marine Aquariums: Red Mangrove Propagule - Aquacultured
Red Mangrove (Rhizophora sp.)
The second link will talk about care and check out Filtering capabilities in the article. I have 8 in my fuge for a 55 gal display tank and by the looks of the last article I don't have enough. The ones I have are keeping the waters parameters good so I may leave it where its at.