Brackish Fish in Freshwater?

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Alright, I probably know already the responses I'm going to get from this, but anyway, this is what i have found. I was looking at some youtube videos and came across two that had surprised me. One video had a freshwater tank (75-Gallon I think) and in it were a bunch of freshwater fish, but he also had a Mon Sebae and a Red Scat. The Red Scat was full grown and doing fine. In the description is said that the Red Scat had been raised in freshwater ever since he was a baby. The Mono Sebae seemed to be full grown if not close to full grown, and doing fine. Another video was found of a Red Scat in freshwater, full grown. I had talked to someone who has had Archer fish in freshwater since they were two inches, and they are now about 8 inches, and doing fine. Now for some reason (I am still loking right now) I can't find the videos again, but when I do , I'll post them for proof. Any thoughts of putting Scats, Mono's, or Archers in Freshwater?
 
I had some monos in freshwater and they did fine for a good long time. they eventually became to agressive so I had to part with them, but they never seemed to have trouble in the freshwater.
 
It can be done, but I can't recommend it. I can almost guarentee you that they'll fare much better in brackish water than they'll do in fresh water. One thing that I know for certain is that they're one hang of a lot more resistant to disease if they're kept in the right conditions.

As for the Archers, they could have been one of any number of species. One commonly avaliable species, Toxotes chatareus, is generally accepted as more of a fresh / slightly brackish species, so keeping it in fresh water does it no harm.
 
some species tolerate fresh MUCH better than others, and some individual fish do better in it than other, for some reason. it might work, with the more fresh adaptable species, but its a gamble.

Personally, i find most brackish fish do better in full SW than in fresh.
 
Figure-8s, as far as anyone knows, are only found in freshwater environments in the wild. However, they seem to fare far better in brackish conditions in captivity. To put it plainly, they seem quite adaptable.
 
I've noticed that there are "tank-raised archers" in the market, or so they are called by the wholesaler....I had one for some time in FW, might be worth a shot. I got it at about an inch in length though
 
I'm probably gonna get yelled at............
But I have a violet goby (I've had it about five years now) thats been in fresh water since I got it and has tripled its size, its now about 14 inches long :eek:.
 
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