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RLHam3 Fingerling Posts: 44 Kudos: 34 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-Mar-2008	hey i've been keeping freshwater aquariums for about 4 years. mainly southamerican cichlids. Anyways i have everything i need for a freshwater aquarium, what else do i need to do to start a brackish water aquarium. and what do i need to know about maintaining a brackishwater? i was looking at the LFS yesterday and i found marine salt, is that what i need to get? how much should i use and all of that kinda stuff too
Posted 27-Apr-2008 18:48
FRANK Moderator Posts: 5108 Kudos: 5263 Votes: 1690 Registered: 28-Dec-2002	Hi, This is a unique niche in the home aquarium scene. Pack a sack lunch with a cup of coffee, settle back and read! Here are a few links that will get you on the right road: http://badmanstropicalfish.com/brackish/brackish.html http://user.aol.com/cebrezzie/aquarium/index23.htm http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=16&cat=1980&articleid=3299 http://homepage.mac.com/nmonks/aquaria/brackfaqpages/Setting-up/(2d)plantingtheb.html http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/management/Pearce_Brackish.2.html Enjoy!! Frank -->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--
Posted 27-Apr-2008 21:08
Shinigami Ichthyophile Catfish/Oddball Fan Posts: 9962 Kudos: 2915 Registered: 22-Feb-2001	Past getting a good background in what it means to have a brackish water set-up, you don't need much more than marine salt and a way to measure salinity such as a refractometer. Hydrometers are ok, but refractometers are so much better. How much salt you will use will depend on what type of environment/fish you want; you will need to be able to measure the salinity of the water so you know how much salt is in there, of course. -------------------------------------------- The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.
Posted 28-Apr-2008 01:24


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