My Brackish Tank

1 Figure 8 Puffer, 1 Golden Paradise Killifish, 1 Blue Panchax Killifish, 2 Red Thai Crabs (cool now but good food for the puffer when he wants them), 1 Columbian Shark, 2 Green Sailfin Mollys, white silica sand, various rocks and petrified wood, and mangroves! I hope you enjoy! Salinity fluctuates around 1.010 and 1.005 over the month.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Figure
• 8
• Puffer
• Brackish

[opedroefeio]

how many galons?

[2927ben]

29 gallons or so

[TheAquaSpecialist]

I know this was almost 3 years ago but do you like or did like the silica sand? I am probably getting it for my 30 gallon freshwater tank but trying to figure out if it is a good decision or not :P

[2927ben]

In hindsight I really didn't. It looked really nice and was super cheap. However it did nothing for the water quality and was so fine that it kept getting sucked in my filter. I currently have just gravel in my 30 gallon (still brackish) and it works well. The next tank I set up will have argonite sand in it and I'll post a video with comments on how that works out.

[ryan12381793]

how hard is brackish water to take care of?? is it just a matter of adding a tablespoon of salt here and there or does it have to have a specific gravity like salt water?

[2927ben]

Personally I think that brackish water is one of the easiest to take care of given the nature of brackish areas. Since fresh and salt water are always mixing the salinity varies a lot. Therefore brackish fish seem to hardier than other species. As far as the salt goes you have to use marine salt instead of freshwater aquarium salt (If you buy a big bag and tend to have a lower specific gravity the salt goes a long way).

[awinski999]

@2927ben argonite is nice check out my vids be for you get it its the gravel i have in my 125

[456024545]

how could make brakish water ?

[djm5222]

where did you get the mangroves?

[crazjtk]

flight of the valkyries? really? was it that necessary?