what does Brackish mean??

[benito1188]

ive seen brackish alge, brackish water, etc...what does it really mean?

thanks

 

[Cichlidgirl91]

Brackish water is the water in between freshwater and saltwater. It's not as salty as SW, but it's saltier than FW.

 

[haynchinook334]

Brackish water is the water in between freshwater and saltwater. It's not as salty as SW, but it's saltier than FW.

true...

 

[artemis1]

Yup.

Closer to fresh than saltwater though

 

[benito1188]

oh intresting...so lets say i wanted a flounder which ive been reading so far to be "brackish" water fish, is there any way acclimating it to be a totally freshwater fish?? or would it die on me?

 

[haynchinook334]

they have fresh water sole's.....haven't seen them in a while....it's pretty much a freshwater flounder but smaller.

 

[Gargal916]

they have fresh water sole's.....haven't seen them in a while....it's pretty much a freshwater flounder but smaller.

This is true... I think it would be ok

 

[benito1188]

ok, this is turning out to be a diffrent thread lol but whats the diffrence between a flounder and a hogchoker?? which one is easier/hardy to care for? i want a bottom dweller that will finish up left over my other fish wouldnt touch anymore, but it also has to be SUPER non aggressive

 

[artemis1]

ok, this is turning out to be a diffrent thread lol but whats the diffrence between a flounder and a hogchoker?? which one is easier/hardy to care for? i want a bottom dweller that will finish up left over my other fish wouldnt touch anymore, but it also has to be SUPER non aggressive

yeah. Hogchokers are a fw/braksish species of flounder... flounders are a huge group of fish that includes the hogchokers

 

[benito1188]

gotcha. so where can i get them?? and how much do they usually cost??