The Puffer Forum

If your SG is 1.005 or less use the freshwater test kits, if it's 1.010 or higher use marine test kits.

Fish in aquariums SHOULD exceed average wild life expectancy. No competition. If they do better in brackish(which you admitted), then how can you say that they are freshwater period. Just because YOU have never studied one in brackish water doesn't mean they are freshwater. Not entirely true. While...

I have seen Tetraodon biocellatus many times in Indonesia and have never studied one in brackish water, this species is freshwater period. That said, captive specimens do seem to appreciate slightly brackish water, however it's not to say they will need slightly brackish water. I keep my own figure ...

Stigmatogobius sadanundio has a notoriously large mouth, easily capable of preying on small fish such as Brachygobius sp. which is actually a naturally occurring prey. I have observed these fish ( Stigmatogobius sadanundio ) in Indonesia, and after studying the feces, fish (unidentifiable species) ...

At that specific gravity your options are pretty limited. Mollies would eat some of the algae, but certainly won't be pleco-like. As jackknife said, a phosphate binding resin (or even better a reactor) should help as will more frequent water changes. If you like plants, Widgeon Grass ( Ruppia mariti...