I have a brackish tank and I don't even know it?

[cudamaster13]

that salt can be damaging to some of those fish, especially the "scale-less" types

there are actully salt water catfishes that are scaleless fishes and can live in brackish but his arent brackish

 

[Pufferpunk]

http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/The_Salt_of_the_Earth

 

[festerfish]

That's only if he's replacing the salt with the new water. If you take water out, the salt goes with it, and if you don't add any salt in the new water, the salinity goes down.

I think festerfish was talking about topping off the water, which doesn't remove salt but just slightly dilutes it.

ya lol i was, mustve had a few drinks in me

 

[balrock043]

HELP!!!! i just discovered that the silver scat that i've had for about 9 months is a brackish fish.. he resides in a tank with all african cichlids.the water is 100% fresh... what effects would this have on him longterm?

 

[Pufferpunk]

Possible immune system issues. I've seen severe skin diseases in these fish, like columnaris. Shorter lifespans.

 

[thisguy87]

ever heard of salt creap

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

there are actully salt water catfishes that are scaleless fishes and can live in brackish but his arent brackish

I am aware of SW catfish, the point I was making is that the OP has other scale-less fish in there, or is considering to get, which are certainly not particularly salt tolerant.