Brackish Tank Setup - Written by Sploke

[Mbargas]

so how much salt per gallon to get the 1.008 or around that? cause i want plants for my brackish tank(java moss and java fern). it will have bumblebee gobies and a halfbeak

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[Mbargas]

so how much salt per gallon to get the 1.008 or around that? cause i want plants for my brackish tank(java moss and java fern). it will have bumblebee gobies and a halfbeak

If you are serious about keeping plants in brackish, I would keep the salinity much lower, and I suggest you look at these links from a 2017 post

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Mbargas said:
I found another article you may find of interest:

http://www.dep.state.fl.us/coastal/habitats/seagrass/

Florida Seagrasses | Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Seagrasses are grass-like flowering plants that live completely submerged in marine and estuarine waters. Although seagrasses occur throughout the coastal areas of Florida, they are most abundant in Florida Bay and from Tarpon Springs northward to Apalachee Bay in the Gulf of Mexico, which are...

floridadep.gov

The widgeon grass seems to be the most versatile, considered a FW plant that is VERY salt tolerant.

And more info on some more common FW plants and their salt tolerance:
http://web.pdx.edu/~sytsmam/papers/parrotfeathersalinitytolerance.pdf

Vallisneria: failed to grow at 6.66 ppt (sg 1.005)
Najas: at 10 ppt (sg 1.0075)
Myriophyllum: 13.3 ppt (1.010)

Interesting that Myriphyllum is so salt tolerant, but your salinity still is at the upper limit of what it can handle.