Supplies for Amazon Milk Frog setup

[deranged chipmunk]

and i am sorry Emily, i don't really know much about growing mangroves except that they prefer brackish water? learn all you can then teach me, i love to learn new chit!!

[ejh805]

and i am sorry Emily, i don't really know much about growing mangroves except that they prefer brackish water? learn all you can then teach me, i love to learn new chit!!

Would brackish water be safe for the frogs?

[deranged chipmunk]

no, brackish would be bad for them. and if you go real mangrove, prepare to prune quite often, they do grow fast. if you like, i can start a thread on planted tank. i know a few guys on there who have grown it. maybe they can give me some insight. otherwise, i can recommend some nice aquatics that will grow nicely up and out of the water. some will even flower

[ejh805]

That would be fantastic. And I'd love to get my hands on some plants that will eventually flower.

[deranged chipmunk]

some that will grow emergent are any of the lindernia species (indica,rotundifolia), the bacopas (monierri, salzmani), hygrophilia lancea, and some persicarias, sao paulo in particular. there are also a few ludwigias that will grow nicely that way. and almost all cryptocoryne species will eventually break the water surface as they get larger. if you use natural wood, the wicking action will saturate the wood and you can grow many marginals on there like java fern (microsorum sp.) anubias, and bolbitis. that should get your research project started

and i know people don't really talk like that. i was surprised when i went to talladega for a race. i was really expecting all the redneck speak. boy, was i disappointed....LOL

edit: there are more variations of the genus i mentioned, i just gave examples of common ones

[ejh805]

For anyone interested, here are pics of the tank thusfar

I got in fake plants, vines, etc today so I'll post pics of that this evening after I get off of work.





The second is after the beautiful manzanita from Josh's Frogs came in. I couldn't find anything "mangrove-ish" that would be an appropriate size for my tank so I went with this and am not disappointed at all!

[ejh805]

Just put in all of the decorations )
Won't be putting in substrate until a couple days before the frogs arrive.

[ejh805]

Also does anyone know what this is and if it does well in an aquatic environment/is nontoxic.
There are a ton of them at my office and no one would care if I "stole" a cutting to root.