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My wife ordered some
mangroves from Amazon I think. And asked me to use an old 10 gal tank to make a mangrove tank for her.... not sure what’s best but this tank was cycled with no sand I removed the rock added dry sand and stuck mangroves in the sand.... is it this easy? I know it’s ugly old tank but they needed to be set thy were dying I think
 
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My wife ordered some
mangroves from Amazon I think. And asked me to use an old 10 gal tank to make a mangrove tank for her.... not sure what’s best but this tank was cycled with no sand I removed the rock added dry sand and stuck mangroves in the sand.... is it this easy? I know it’s ugly old tank but they needed to be set thy were dying I think

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Supposedly, it can be that easy. I've had pretty poor luck getting mangroves to grow consistently. I think one of the key items is to spray them with freshwater as often as possible.
 

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Pretty much.... Just make sure there is some kind of nutrients for the mangroves to feed on. And maybe get them out the water a few inches. The will grow prop roots and make its way to the substrate over time. Keep us updated.
 

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