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	55g brackish
bayara Hobbyist Posts: 139 Kudos: 117 Votes: 14 Registered: 30-Aug-2004	as soon as i (very quickly) upgrade to a much larger tank for my juvinelle silver arowana, i'm thinking of turning my 55gal into a brackish water tank. does anyone have any stocking suggestions? also if anyone has any tips on beginning and maintaining a brackish water tank it would be appreciated!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
royal cichlid Banned Posts: 39 Kudos: 84 Votes: 4 Registered: 02-Jul-2004	TOADFISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
Gilligan Mega Fish I love you Alena Posts: 1267 Kudos: 555 Votes: 50 Registered: 25-Mar-2003	Hmmm.. What about 3 archers? Or maybe a Some smaller scats. "Party it up, Drink it down"
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
puffer_archer Enthusiast Posts: 288 Kudos: 250 Votes: 4 Registered: 20-Jul-2004	Here is a link to a site with a lot of excellent information on brackish tanks: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/BrackishSubWebIndex/BrackishSubWebIndex.htm The biggest thing is to make sure that you use marine salt, not aquarium salt. Also, you'll want to get a hydrometer to keep track of the specific gravity. Filtration works the same as freshwater tanks for the most part. Oh yeah, and depending on what SG you decide to keep the tank at, you may need to re-cycle it. Raising the salt levels will kill the FW bacteria and eventually SW bacteria will replace them. Last edited by puffer_archer at 05-Oct-2004 21:14
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
bayara Hobbyist Posts: 139 Kudos: 117 Votes: 14 Registered: 30-Aug-2004	thanks! i have 2 columbian sharks right now - impulse buy from walmart (staff said they were freshwater and only grew to be about 5" long..... also non-returnable). I have them in a freshwater aquarium right now - another reason to need a brackish water tank sooner or ... sooner . i like the idea of the archer fish - do you think they would be compatable? and do they have any special requirements? i'll have to do some more research here.....
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
AggieMarine Mega Fish Posts: 1364 Kudos: 229 Votes: 12 Registered: 16-Apr-2002	Archers would be good. So would freshwater morays. I love my freshwater moray. As for the columbian sharks, I'd say try to trade them off. They are a brackish fish, but they grow to be much larger than 5 inches. Look into freshwater flatfishes as well and some of the brackish water gobies (although they may become food for archers, columbian sharks, flatfishes, and morays if you opted to get any of those). There are a lot of options out there.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28


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