Flounder

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xRage10

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Has anyone attempted to keep a flounder before? One of my LFS have a bunch of them. Said he's never seen one bigger than 6-8" in diameter himself but he's sure they'll get bigger than that. Also says not many people succeed in keeping them because they can't get it what it needs.

Any thoughts? I'm getting a 55gal soon with the $1 per gallon sale goin on at Petco, I was thinking about picking one or two up and putting them in it at least until they get bigger, see if I can "successfully" keep one or two. They seemed really cool and I think would make a neat addition to a fish tank.
 
Richie_ELP;4455952; said:
Brackish.
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See I've heard both. I've heard you can keep them in FW, but they do better in brackish, and even then it's only supposed to be a slightly brackish. But who knows, I might have heard wrong.
 
Ok, idk what I'm gonna do. I'd love to have it but at the same time don't really want anything else. I'll have to check with my LFS again and see their opinion on it as well.
 
Actually, I was told that pretty much any "freshwater" flounder you might see in a lfs is in fact brackish, and will only do well in brackish waters in its youth. Once it matures, it must be moved to full saltwater.

There might be exceptions though
 
Richie_ELP;4456032; said:
They do better in brackish, I have heard of a few that lasted a couple years in fresh.
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I am a newbie fish keeper and have slightly less then two years experience in the hobby. With that said I got mine within my first month of the hobby and still have several of the originals to this day in what basically amounts to fresh water.

I have brewed beer for decades, but the hydrometer used for measuring the specific gravity of wort is very difficult to use with water (fresh through full marine!). I use a heaping Tablespoon (not teaspoon) per 1 US gallon of water in their water. They have Belonsox & Florida Flagfish as tankmates in one tank, and Mollies, Swordtails & a green spotted puffer as tankmates in the other. The only losses have been due to a homicidal GSP freakout.

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Mudslinger14;4456505; said:
Actually, I was told that pretty much any "freshwater" flounder you might see in a lfs is in fact brackish, and will only do well in brackish waters in its youth. Once it matures, it must be moved to full saltwater.

There might be exceptions though
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They are all from the sole family and vary widely in their salt requirements. The species of sole they nickname the hog-choker can live years in very near freshwater.
 
Mudslinger14;4456505; said:
Actually, I was told that pretty much any "freshwater" flounder you might see in a lfs is in fact brackish, and will only do well in brackish waters in its youth. Once it matures, it must be moved to full saltwater.

There might be exceptions though
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I could believe that.That's similar to those so called freshwater moray eels.
 
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