Dracaena sanderiana

[mahoro]

does anyone know if Dracaena sanderiana aka lucky bamboo can be kept in brackish water?

[manifresh006]

That i know the lucky bamboo should be kept in good clean water and not fully submerged

[mahoro]

i know they are not to be submerged... i am talking about brackish water...

[Navarro]

Use mangroves, I don't think they can tolerate brackish water conditions well.
Cheers,
Luis

[mahoro]

i was going to use mangroves... but they need high lights, and that means higher bill and summer is comming... i don't think thats good idea....

[Navarro]

Well, I did not know that; OK so what type of light are you using, substrate, is this a paludarium? Or you just want to have a plant filter?
BTW you can still grow mangroves if the color temp is enough to promote photosynthesis, now you may not like the color but is doable.
Cheers,
Luis

[eklikewhoa]

They do not need that much lighting.......trust me.

I have seen way too many black and red mangroves grow big and healthy in reefer's sumps with small indacescent lighting. I have some healthy mangroves growing in my sump on my Tropheus tank right now and I have a 2x9w fixture hanging over the sump.

[manifresh006]

I was going to suggest the mangroves too.lol but then i thought about it and was like"Well he's only asking about the bamboo"...lol:)

[mahoro]

its going to be in my 55 mud skipper tank... its going to have 1/4 land area with about 20 - 25ish g water in it... i was going to go all plastic, but i remember how much i hated those...