gsp in brackish?
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Rafa214
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gsp in brackish?
can i have my three gsp in brackish their whole live or do i need to convert them to full marine?
Re: gsp in brackish?
Studies have found that they do better in full marine as adults.
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bigfatfish
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Re: gsp in brackish?
But can live perfectly happily in brackish conditions.
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Re: gsp in brackish?
But do feel better in marine when they are older i believe.. 
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Re: gsp in brackish?
+1bigfatfish wrote:But can live perfectly happily in brackish conditions.
If you put a GSP in a fairly high end brackish condition 1.015-1.018 They should do as well as marine. Going full marine does give you a lot of more pleasing options in the way the tank looks and then you can try a few marine tankmates. A lot go marine and their is nothing wrong with that, good for them. It is more of a personal choice of the owner than an all out rule.
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Re: gsp in brackish?
In marine, you can add live rock & a protein skimmer, which gives you the option of le$$ water changes. Otherwise, expect to be doing 50% WC on high-end BW the rest of their very long lives.
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Re: gsp in brackish?
= $$$$$$$ mucho dineroPufferpunk wrote:In marine, you can add live rock & a protein skimmer, which gives you the option of le$$ water changes. Otherwise, expect to be doing 50% WC on high-end BW the rest of their very long lives.