1" fig 8

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justincase315
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1" fig 8

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Hi, i just bought a juvi fig 8

He's about an inch big in a 10g tank, my question is, when do i turn it into a brackish tank? and can i use real sea water instead of marine mix? because theres a LFS near my place that sells sea water by the gallon at a reasonable price.
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Welcome,

10 gal tank in to small for your Puff. Transition to BW should start ASAP

Sea salt like instant ocean is good , aquarium salt will not raise SG
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its temporary, anyway, so sea water for making brackish water is fine??? because i read that brackish water is in between fresh and open sea water, so real sea water is ok right?
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Yes, use marine salt.
library/puffers-in-focus/fig8/
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You would need to mix the SW up with FW to make in brackish - not keep him in full marine conditions.
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bigfatfish wrote:You would need to mix the SW up with FW to make in brackish - not keep him in full marine conditions.
Right, do not keep F8 in full marine. When I used to keep F8 they were in BW with SG 1.005/1.006.

with 1.005 you could keep some of the FW plants
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seriously i could put FW plants on 1.005-1.006?

AWESOME!

Thanks for all your help :)

My little buddy is happily buzzing along the tank, stalking and playing around with ghost shrimps
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Not too many will make it at that SG.
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I could be mistaken, but I think they do best at 1.003
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1.005
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