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bettachris     Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004   | is there away to tell if the water has salt in it? like smell,looks etc. i may be getting some archers, but the tanks are bare, and clear water. b/c if these archers are in salt water, or brackish, i would need to knoww, b4 adding them into a full F.W set-up right. |
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houston    Fish Guru You want what when? Posts: 2623 Kudos: 2462 Votes: 337 Registered: 29-Mar-2003  | Ask who you are getting them from? Taste the water  and I think there is a thing-a-mu-bob you use with salt water that would be able to tell if there is salt in the water or not...I don't know the name of the thing though wouldn't a floating thermometer work? (I think I heard that they float at a different level if there is salt vs. fw...salt would float between the red margins given on the itof course i could be totally out of it:%)You could always taste it though "I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle |
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| bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004 | i could ask, but what fun is that. tasting i may do, but he will think i am crazy. i mean if i do buy them and taste it and it is brackish i can always add salt to the water. |
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Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003  | Get a hydrometer.  I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash. |
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| pufferpunk Big Fish Posts: 462 Kudos: 395 Votes: 0 Registered: 21-Feb-2003 | Archers are not for beginners. They require a huge tank (grow quite large) & high end BW. This means using marine salt & measuring it with a hydrometer. You need to cycle a tank for them in the specific gravity they are at in the shop. |
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