Mangrove Lighting

[Salty Cracker]

Whats the bare minimum lighting requirement for mangroves? Will an LED freshwater light strip work?

Thinking of adding them into the sump, but if they need $$$ lights, screw that

 

[Pistol]

mine grew pretty good with 18w cfl floodlights

 

[Salty Cracker]

Where is the link to this water heater hack someone was mentioning?

 

[EricTMah]

I use 2 X 100w equivalent in cfl bulbs at 6k. They grow very well for me

Sony Xperia Z3

 

[Luke.]

I use 2 X 100w equivalent in cfl bulbs at 6k. They grow very well for me

Sony Xperia Z3

I swear one day they are going to grow up to the next floor lol..

 

[EricTMah]

I swear one day they are going to grow up to the next floor lol..

Lol.
Maybe not that tall. But I'm shooting for 6' tall
I do keep them trimmed

Sony Xperia Z3

 

[AdInfinitum]

Where is the link to this water heater hack someone was mentioning?

http://www.thefragtank.ca/community/threads/hot-water-heat.12643/

I am doing this as well, perhaps with some slight mods to fit my situation....

Excellent idea!!! A must do for any basement sumper....

 

[Pipes]

I use 2 X 100w equivalent in cfl bulbs at 6k. They grow very well for me

Sony Xperia Z3

Hey Eric. What's in the sump with them? Mud? Hard to tell. How is your Mangrove tank set up?

 

[EricTMah]

They're planted in my refugium section of the sump
Dsb and the mangroves were planted on top of a pile of live rock instead of planted into the dsb

Sony Xperia Z3

 

[scubasteve]

Whats the bare minimum lighting requirement for mangroves? Will an LED freshwater light strip work?

Thinking of adding them into the sump, but if they need $$$ lights, screw that

I use the small dollar store light bulb and man does it grow them I also got a 10' long cord with socket for a hanging light from ikea for $10 add a timer and everything cost $25 I found calurpa and chaeto love them as well after wasting a lot on different lights lmao

 

[scubasteve]

I swear one day they are going to grow up to the next floor lol..

He will just cut a hole in the floor and continue towards the upstairs then repeat.... He will however have an issue at the roof

 

[heath]

how deep is the water that they are in and do you have them sitting on something..I would love to add some to my sump...

 

[EricTMah]

how deep is the water that they are in and do you have them sitting on something..I would love to add some to my sump...

They're in about 10-12' of water in my sump. I have a pile of LR that I planted the mangrove onto, and the LR sits on top of a DSB in my fuge.
First I floated the mangrove pods so about 1.5" of the pods were sitting out of the water and sandwiched the root area lightly between the LR. I used some foam and zip ties to keep the pods floating before they began to root.