will my archer die if i keep it in full freshwater?
- Thread starter Poklei
- Start date
Poklei;3579007; said:
Did the store not ask you if you knew it was brackish???
I guess they just do it to teenagers lol.I think they can be kept with low enough salt levels not to harm the FW fish but you need to add a little i think. Im no expert on brackish tbh.
GL i hope it all works out
Yes it will die in Fresh water. Heck it will eventually die in Brackish water! (I've never found a fish that lives forever.) The real question is, is it the brackish water archer as there are diverse types. But to ease your worries, even the brackish variety can live a healthy life in the low salinities that will not harm your other fish.... unless of course you have fish that HATE salt.
Yes... what are tankmates? You'll need to figure out how much salt they can handle. Ideally, they'd be mollies, but you'll have to work with what you've got! Another idea is to try to rehome him some other way -- through this site, craigslist, etc., to a more appropriate home.
Nope archer fish wont die in full freshwater tank. In my place the archer fish seem to have adapted to full freshwater. Heck when i was buying the fish I took the water from their freshwater source and net the archer fish. My archer fish, 2 of them are happily swimming in my tank with a silver aro and 3 bichirs.
Of course in your country i dont noe if they are adapted.
Of course in your country i dont noe if they are adapted.
Some archerfish species are more tolerant of freshwater than others - the 2 most common species, T. chatareus and T. jaculatrix, are both brackish species, although T. chatareus is also commonly found in freshwater systems.
There are some other archer species that only come from freshwater environments, although these tend to be a little harder to find.
There are some other archer species that only come from freshwater environments, although these tend to be a little harder to find.