Freshwater mangroves!!

[Grete_J]

I've always loved having lucky bamboo in my fish/axolotl tanks, then found a few threads on here about mangroves. So awhile back I picked up a few sad looking red mangrove pods, hoping I could convert them from sw to fw.

A few weeks of keeping them in a coco coir/sand mix with a higher salinity level, slowly acclimating them to brackish and now completely freshwater, they look like this.

[TomC]

Will they survive long term in fresh water?

[neven]

i heard they would only last a few weeks without salt

[josephl]

I've got some 2 year old ones that are growing in just fresh water seemingly without problems. Mine grow really slowly because they are under a skylight without artificial lighting but they seem to be doing just fine

[Grete_J]

Mine have been growing for over 6 months in fresh water without a problem. My pods were really wilty when I bought them, but once they started shooting leaves they seem to grow faster

[djamm]

Where did you find the mangrove pods? I might like to try this with one of my tanks. Are they growing rather slowly?

Great idea...

[Elle]

@ Djamm...

Noooooo!!!! No mangroves in the office tank! Please!!! Do you know how big mangrove trees get?????? Although it might be something that the silver dollars can't eat...

[Captured Moments]

Interesting. Where would you get a plant like that?

[josephl]

I have picked them up before from King Ed but I haven't been there since Spring but I know for sure that Aquariums West has some now

[djamm]

...Noooooo!!!! No mangroves...

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