In this guide I want to report some data that I found online for the cultivation of mangroves
Manual of knowledge and the cultivation of mangroves
What are the benefits of the cultivation of mangroves
addition to the exotic feel, are a good water filter, absorbing organic materials, phosphates, nitrates, etc.. water.
In a saltwater aquarium, volume of 200 liters, were added 8 mangrove habitat with small roots. Obviously nitrate in a day were "eaten" almost completely.
(William Horst from Eastern PA Reef Club's Newsletter articles)
A. Thiel has conducted a special search. Three aquariums by volume of 80 liters and three aquariums with mangroves. Each aquarium had roughly about 10 kg. of live rock. Everyone had the same skimmer.
Mangroves obviously worked very effectively in removing nitrates and phosphates, which are the main cause of algae problems.
I have not done any measurement.
Initially, my aquarium with Periophthalmus had black water, and all had long, covered with algae (seaweed similar to black beard). Everything looked like a swamp, which, however, did not disturb the fish. Then, gradually grew to the mangroves, the water began to be clean and algae decreased. Later, after the addition of other mangroves, the water has become very clean and the algae disappeared, remained just the sort of green moss covering the pieces of wood above the water level.
I finally stopped changing the water in the aquarium, only to add a little 'to replace the evaporated water. Nitrates and phosphates are almost zero.
How many mangroves are necessary per ottenere l'effetto desiderato? Autori differenti raccomandano numeri differenti - solitamente si consiglia un albero ogni 10-20 litri d'acqua. Gli alberi giovani possono essere usati in grande numero. Ma in seguito, quando diventano più grandi, bisogna rimuoverne qualcuno, altrimenti non avranno abbastanza materiale organico. Oppure, potete fornire prodotti organici supplementari in acqua.
La cosa che dovete ricordarvi sempre quando coltivate le mangrovie (o qualsiasi altra cosa relativa all'acquario) è la pazienza. I risultati ci saranno soltanto dopo un paio di mesi, ma ci saranno
