Fresh 2 Brackish

[Daeorn]

Just throwing the salt directly into the tank can kill the fish. Definately mix it in a small container until the salt dissolves

 

[bartier]

so you could fill it up with normal water then add the salt water that would only be in a little container

 

[MCHRKiller]

What Ive always done with my brackish tanks is ill mix up my salt water kind of concentrated in a bucket and slowly pour it back into the tank into the stream of my python...its always worked for me and the fish are fans of the flunctuations in salinity anyway i dont realy bother checking the SG of the water im adding back to the tank. Sometimes Ill do a WC with straight fresh water, and sometimes Ill change it will a rather strong marine solution.

 

[Brackishbandit]

make sure that it is not to fast of change will kill some of the bacteria off with the salt .

 

[catfishlover106]

what is the appropiate SG for a Brackish Tank?

 

[Miles]

what is the appropiate SG for a Brackish Tank?

Anything between 0.002 and 0.023 is considered brackish..


Different types of nitrifying bacteria grow at each salinity, sudden swings over .002 at one time will kill off the bacteria resulting in an ammona spike. I killed some puffers this way by getting lazy with checking my SG..

 

[catfishlover106]

oh....so it should be done every week or every w/c ?

 

[catfishlover106]

by that i mean each time i add the right about of salt...and checkin the SG with the hydrometer...

 

[Miles]

A good general guideline is .002 up or down every 2 weeks.. allows time for the bacteria to re-establish itself. Try not to have any heavy feedings during these transitions.

Marine salt raises your pH, and Ammonia is more toxic the pH.. it's very easy to kill a brackish tank off with an ammonia spike because of this scenario.

 

[catfishlover106]

oh yea...i have a managuense in my 120 gallon ryt now that im planning on doing my brackish tank...if i bring the SG to 1.005 will it kill my managuense?