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I have been trying to find a suitable plant to grow in my spiny softshells enclosure, but not having much luck.
My first idea, and not a well-thought out one, lol, was duckweed....which was quickly sucked up by my filter. Could have seen that one coming if I had actually thought about it, but yet ended up with a mess and picking clumps of plant out of my filter.
Idea #2 was mini water lettuce, but it didnt take off right, so was moved and now thrives (rather pretty now) in a swordtail tank, lol.
So, I came across some info about mangrove plants...going to do a little research to see if they would be suitable. Has anyone had experience with them?
Any other ideas on some plants that would thrive in a turtle enclosure? My guy has about 3/4 of his enclosure with a few inches of sand where the water depth is only around 3" with the remainder of the tank bare-bottomed and deeper (where the filter and heater sit as well). So size is definitely an issue here, as fully aquatic plants would have to be quite small. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
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...mangroves are trees... not something for an enclosure unless it is a HUGE one.
I have lucky bamboo in my viv, and a lot of fish tanks. I have heard though that it shouldn't be eaten not sure if your turtles would nibble on it or not and not sure how accurate the info is, I have never found any reputable proof saying that lucky bamboo leaves are toxic or not...
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| Yes, the mangroves I had seen were trees...now they SAY (lol) that if you keep them well pruned they are manageable, however I have not had the time to really look into this yet. However, my little guy is going to grow and grow, lol, so eventually he will be in a quite large enclosure, but for now he resides happily in a 20g long aquarium. Hopefully he will undergo an enclosure upgrade here before the end of the year
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| I have no idea about freshwater mangroves, but I don't think salt water mangroves would behave well even if you pruned them... not sure if that goes for freshwater as well though so it would be worth the research
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