I cannot say much about the mangrove as I have never owned one. I did a lot of research on them a while back and they seem awesome. I have seen some attain a pretty decent size as well. As stated above definitely try to start with a baby.



There are several things that make people talk bad about niles. They can be very aggressive compared to waters. I have seen some pretty nasty waters to though. I have a male (nile) that is closing in on 4ft and is still pretty standoffish. Generally when I approach the cage he will flare up a bit and maybe do some whipping then hide. If I come in show enough he will let me into the cage (not my whole body obviously) to change his water or feed him. He definitely flips his [bleep] if I have to take him out though, which I only do when I need to. I don't ever expect him to be "tame" though. I would just like him to be ok with my presence. I like him how he is.



The biggest problem with niles though in my opinion, is they can be bought for $25. Its an impulse buy a lot of times. "This monitor gets how big?!? and its only 25 bucks?!?!? Hell yea sounds awesome. " then they have no clue how to take care of it. Also being that cheap its a bit of a throw away pet. I mean if it dies you only lost a little. (for those who don't really value the monitors life)

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