Milet Posted May 8, 2007 Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 Does anyone know where to get mangroves from if we can get them here? Or anything simliar to recreate a sort of estuary look for my pufffers? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatito Posted May 8, 2007 Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 if we can get them here? Can i assume you're talking about the standard estuary mangroves? If so, they're definitely around - i always thought they could be found at any estuary in NZ. There are HEAAAPPPPSSS at the estuary near my beach house in Waihi Beach. That doesn't help you much being in Chch, but if you have no luck give me a bell - just pay for postage and i can go down for a weekend and send you a bag of spores/pod things, or even a small plant or few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 the new zealand grey mangrove (Avicennia marina) range is only down as far as raglan if i am correct. here is the wiki reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicennia_marina oh and some stuff i pulled up from a while back: http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/-vp184335.html http://www.fnzas.org.nz/articles/generalarticles/salt/ http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/-vp87608.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 On this side of the island, I think that the Ohiwa harbour is about it's southern boundry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milet Posted May 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Cool, kinda like ones in the pic? Wanna set up something like this pic, but on a smaller scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 LOL have you seen the price of archers?? You must have a money tree Millet. Forget the mangroves and take cuttings of the tree you already have. :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milet Posted May 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 yeah lucky ive got a couple already huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Ooooohhh... Takes me back to some very happy times when I kept Archers... Scats.. and Monos.... and even had a few show class Mollies in there at one bit. Choice fish to keep if you can get the conditions right... and keep them right :) Choice pic BTW. Also BTW: There's a million tons and more Mangroves just up the road from us.. and they seem pretty common in most estuaries. Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milet Posted May 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Ooh do you have any pics Bill? Or was it a bit before digital cameras? Yeah people keep saying that mangroves are common, altthough i dont think we have any down south, probably too cold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 We told you already even. Draw a line across from Raglan to Ohiwa. Anything south of that has made an error of judgement. Same with Kauris, they finish naturally at about the base of the Coromandel Pen.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milet Posted May 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Okay then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 I have tried growing mangroves in my tank ,a few times and each time its failed .ithink they need lots of light . also had a few seed pods which did develop then Scat decided he liked them :roll: i know some marine people in other countries use mangroves as part of their filter system Welcome to the world of brackish Milet Proud owner 1 Archerfish 4 Green spotted puffers 1 Spotted Scat 3 Bumble bee gobies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Ooh do you have any pics Bill? Or was it a bit before digital cameras? Ha Ha... I think it was before the invention of the Kodak Brownie :) Sorry.. no pics.. but certain things in the life of a fishkeeper stick out.. and my days of being "Brackish" were great times. I "do" remember that "anything" I put in .. in the way of plant or such.. usually turned to mush after a while.. but back then there was not the knowledge and understanding on filtration and such as there is today... plus no internet of course.. (Geez... how did we ever manage without the net.. ) I recon the answer to "that" mushy prob was going TIDAL... but I never got around to that ha ha. The best Sailfin Mollies I ever had or bred were from Brackish setups.. and feeding was a breeze as I used to grow brineshrimp on to over half an inch in size.. so they got heaps of that. If you can find an inlet that is fed by the sea... then take a trip a few miles upstream to where it starts getting brackish.. (taste the water if need be ... ).. then you "may" find quite a few various plants.. and even fish and invert life that would suit a brackish setup. All the Brackish fish are quite common in the UK shops.. but don't seem to be over here. Pretty amazing all the life that you find along the edges of a tidal estuary.. especially under rocks and hidden in the mud. Great stuff Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milet Posted May 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 Cheers bill for the help again. This here is an awesome setup, what made me want to it, just couldnt find the link till now. http://showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/2000.cgi?&op=showcase&category=1&vol=-1&id=93 I know, impossible for me to do, but would the sand hills stay there? Or after time wouldn't they flatten out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 if they can do it why not you i would make hills out of stones then put sand over top good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milet Posted May 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 Cheers mate. So many choices on what to do with my tank i dont know haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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