Impulse buy: Red mangroves

BristleWormHater · Thursday at 2:33 PM

So.... I found 2 mangroves for $5 so of course I bought them. My lights should grow them(Ai prime 16hd), and I plan to keep them in the display. Then I realized I have a lid on my tank, so I'll have to take that off, but I have a starry blenny. I've heard they jump, but this one was kept in an open top before I had him, never jumped, my mesh is also pretty wide and the lid is pretty loose, it's just the stock innovative marine lid. It seems like that lid wouldn't do much if he decided to jump so should I be worried?
Also wondering what I should use to supplement nutrients in the water since I only have one fish at the moment the mangrove would also be competing with some macroalgae. Would chaetogro help with that?

dedragon · Thursday at 2:44 PM

usually mangroves come with very little roots so you can try to find the correct corners for your mesh screen and make a little "cut out" for the tree. Easier would be to buy another diy mesh top as it has all the corners in there already

dedragon · Thursday at 2:46 PM

DIY mesh tank lid

Like most folks I made a mesh lid from a window screen kit. It was serviceable but I forgot to include a door for feeding and my DIY nori holder clip had the screen not sitting flush. I had seen a hobbyist make one out of acrylic here and decided to give it a shot. I had some scrap acrylic...

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