Newbie thinking of setting up a brackish..

Neal · Post by **Neal** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 1:07 pm

When we get our new tank next month its going to be really big prob about 4ft wide by 3ft tall and 2 to 3ft back.

Basically i want to know HOW i set up the brackish(i assume this is some salt in the water) tank. What do i need to do what do i need to get?

I want some bark,sand and plants for deffo and maybe some other decorative items.

What type of fish can i have in there i also prob want a MBU puffer

Rocker · Post by **Rocker** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 1:15 pm

http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/vie ... php?t=1658

Neal · Post by **Neal** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 1:36 pm

Thanks very much mate, much appreciates doesnt seem as difficult as first though!! any plants or anything i can put into it? would coral survive?

messy_da_legend · Post by **messy_da_legend** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:04 pm

no plants, no coral sorry
you could always go fake

Neal · Post by **Neal** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:09 pm

Ah right so everything would have to be fake? I just took a look at Pufferpunks tank and its full of colourfull plants?

messy_da_legend · Post by **messy_da_legend** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:12 pm

if it was the s/w tank, i believe the plants are fake - they cant stand salt.

Neal · Post by **Neal** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:15 pm

If it was the Saltwater tank!?!?

puffernuke · Post by **puffernuke** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:31 pm

your best bet for puffers in bw is figure 8s, Green spotted puffers, and Ceylons

http://www.pufferlist.com

Neal · Post by **Neal** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:59 pm

Ok cheers!

Raphael · Post by **Raphael** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 3:04 pm

If you keep figure 8s, since they are brackish for their whole life then you could have live java fern as a plant.

puffernuke · Post by **puffernuke** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 3:12 pm

most plants die off at 1.006 or so, so it would be close for plants with a fig 8.

Raphael · Post by **Raphael** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 3:59 pm

I have java fern growing nicely in my F8 tank.

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 5:57 pm

Everything in my SW GSP tank is fake.

Neal · Post by **Neal** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 6:54 pm

any chance you can give me a website where you bought stuff from pufferpunk?

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:12 pm

Too bad you live on the other side of the world. the stuff's all in my basememt. Most of it I bought from http://www.bigalsonline.com.

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Newbie thinking of setting up a brackish..

Newbie thinking of setting up a brackish..