Trying out Brackish Water

[danscoutzombie1]

Have found it hard to get info on brackish fish. Went ot Wal-Mart and got some cute fish -- green puffers. Lost 4 before I got the hang of raising them. They only eat krill and snails. Don't like anything else. Got me a figure 8 puffer, managed to keep number 2 alive. He is skinny, but eats krill and frozen shrimp, frozen blood worms. Went to Petsmart and got 4 dwarf puffers -- lost 3. Went and got three more, lost 3. Got the dwarf alge eaters ot got with the, lost 3. Now doing good with 1 only. Eats frozen blood worms.

Got several other fish, mono's, skats and knight golby. I each, but feel that I should have had more. Have each in 10 to 20 gallon tanks by themselves. Wish I could add to the food varities.

Hard to find how to post to this site. Took forever to find this spot.
Dan

 

[kyleking007]

welcome. there are plenty of brackish keepers on here. I have a 120 and a little exp with it. one thing I would offer up is to get a larger tank with salt I have found that the more water you have the easyer it is to keep you water from fluctuating.

 

[Pufferpunk]

Most of the BW fish you are keeping get much too large for the tanks they are in.

Monos grow a foot & are schooling fish--300g+ for a school.
GSPs grow to 6" & require a minimum of 30g ea.
Scats get to be the size of a dinner plate--50g ea.
Dwarf puffers are strictly FW fish.
Puffers belong in species only tanks. Don't mix GSPs, F8s & DPs.
Many BW fish require marine conditions at adulthood.

If your puffers are eating well & still skinny, they have internal partrasites. Please let me know if you need more info on any of these species.