Artificial Mangrove Tank

[Tanyoberu]

Here are two links to my current Brackish tank. Before I get booted to the brackish section the thing to note is the SETUP. All the roots are hand made out of a water proof apoxy. I have more roots ready to go in, but I don't want to overcrowd the tank, though it looks like I have more room.

When time permits I'm going to do this all over again. The more I worked with the stuff the better I became IMO. So the roots started looking more 'realistic' as you look to the left of the tank.

Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhiHYK9kWfk

And

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4gpef7eS0o

 

[cichlid_starter]

yeah you have the room
great looking fish. those "saltwater" convicts are awesome. did you slowly convert it? Because I hear mollies can be converted to salt over time. just wondering.

 

[Tanyoberu]

The convicts were "guinea pigs" to test to see if the apoxy was indeed non toxic. They were in the tank for several weeks before I started raising the salinity. The plan was never to keep them in, but to my surprise not only did they survive the raise in salinity, but they've actually successfully bred several times. The fry are a bonus to any fish that can get close enough to eat them.

This tank will get as high as 1.018 in the coming weeks. If they survive, then they survive. But right now they are the bullies of the tank.