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Shadow Chaos
10-24-2008, 1:21 PM
A long while ago, some of you may remember (probably not) I posted my brackish water tank.

Here it is redone!

They are now living in a 45 gallon mangrove estuary tank. I have the gravel slopped up on one side to grow mangrove under a florescent grow light hanging from the ceiling. This is actually quite and efficient method for brackish tanks. you have to be a little more creative for these then you do with standard freshwater.


I still have my Purple spotted goby
2 dragonfish
1 mollie

The new comers are:
1 Archer
1 Catfish (brackish species)

The Tank
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t189/ShadowchaosX/IMG_8091.jpg


Archer
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t189/ShadowchaosX/IMG_8156.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t189/ShadowchaosX/IMG_8075.jpg


CatFish (blackfin?) I forget
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t189/ShadowchaosX/IMG_8163.jpg


My Prized Goby
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t189/ShadowchaosX/IMG_8165.jpg



Mangrove bud
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t189/ShadowchaosX/IMG_8166.jpg
Gage
10-24-2008, 2:51 PM
the catfish is a Colombian shark, not a real shark of course, just like to warn you he gets 24" and will need more then a 45, and sometimes need more then only brackish conditions, though it is nice to see one being kept properly for a change, congrats!

im sure you already know that a lot of those fish get pretty big and you may have bioload problems in the future, so i wont get into that, but the tank looks great.
Shadow Chaos
10-24-2008, 4:52 PM
Thanks! Yes I know. I have a much larger tank for them when they "grow up"
Stab
11-01-2008, 9:11 PM
Nice tank. Now you need to add a puffer or two (F8s)
bfhslilred93
11-01-2008, 9:46 PM
is that a fw snowflake eel i see, i love those mines about 9in
crisper
11-01-2008, 9:52 PM
Nice setup like the archers.
aggressor09
11-02-2008, 2:57 AM
loooove the mangrove setups
Shadow Chaos
11-04-2008, 4:03 PM
Thank you! I actually have some more coming soon. It really is the best set up for brackish since the mangrove will be on the high end of the crushed coral, the roots will help filter out the waster will the powerhead sucks in the dirt at the low end of the tank. Works Perfectly!

look at the picture of my whole tank to see what I mean
Cichlaholics Anonymous
11-04-2008, 10:56 PM
looks good, needs more archers...would definitely not add a puffer though