Mangroves Literally Sweat Salt in Brackish Tanks 🌿🧂#aquarium #fishtank #reeftank #mangrove

[00:00:00]Ever seen a plant make its own salt [music] shaker? Mangroves can do that.

[00:00:05]In brackish setups, their roots pull in water. That [music] water also carries salt.

[00:00:11]Too much salt would damage the leaves.

[00:00:13]So, some mangroves push extra salt back [music] out. You can actually find crystals on the leaf surface.

[00:00:20]>> [music] >> It looks like the plant got dusted with frost.

[00:00:25]That is one reason mangrove tanks feel so [music] alien. They are half house plant, half shoreline survival machine.

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