Anyone keep Monos

[12 Volt Man]

full salt is generally considered to be 1.018 and up, but some aquarium stores keep their saltwater on the lower end, like 1.016 to help avoid saltwater ich.

true brackish at least how I understand it is 1.005 up to about 1.016 but its hard to draw an imaginary boundry.

 

[Brenden]

12 Volt Man - 1.016 would be anything but good for Saltwater fish. Sure people lower their salinity to do Hypo to treat Ich. However its not recommended at all these fish live in 1.016 for any extended period of time. The lowest the salinity should be in a Saltwater system is 1.020 - 1.022 perferable around 1.025. Not sure where you got your information from. Also Mono's prefer full salt, brackish lowers their lifespan.

 

[Miguel]

12 Volt Man - 1.016 would be anything but good for Saltwater fish. Sure people lower their salinity to do Hypo to treat Ich. However its not recommended at all these fish live in 1.016 for any extended period of time. The lowest the salinity should be in a Saltwater system is 1.020 - 1.022 perferable around 1.025. Not sure where you got your information from. Also Mono's prefer full salt, brackish lowers their lifespan.

AGREED.

Argenteus clearly need salt water. You can try the Sebae ( but even so it wudl be, imo, a long shot keeping them in FW )

 

[12 Volt Man]

okay but there are whole systems at LFS's in my area that keep their tanks at 1.016-1.017.

its not as deadly as you might think.

1.022 and up is what most of the reef guys around here keep their tanks at.

Where I used to work, our systems were kept at 1.018. Our coral tanks were 1.023-25. No problems whatsoever.

All I am saying is that there is room for slight variation and you can still have healthy inhabitants.

 

[Miguel]

In a fish only tank you can have 1.018, I agree.

 

[Brenden]

12 Volt Man - Fair enough, where are you located in Canada?

 

[12 Volt Man]

I am in ontario

 

[Brenden]

12 Volt Man - Where abouts in Ontario? I am located in Caledon. Which LFS do you frequent? Big Al's?

 

[12 Volt Man]

I too am in the GTA, and yes, I do go to big al's a lot. I used to work at one. great selection!

 

[webdesigner]

I've recently started keeping three young sebae's in a brackish tank and found the following link to be very insightful.

http://www.****************/catalog_pages/brackish_water/monos_breeding.htm