I hope you didn't take offense, as none was intended.RVS wrote:Umm that´s right!Reaperpilot2014 wrote:you can always open a new thread.
i will look for this info on the web, if i don't find any i will ask for it, but if i find it i will share it!
Starting a Brackish Aquarium!
- Reaperpilot2014
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Re: Starting a Brackish Aquarium!
It's a crayfish! It's a snail! It's a... ah who cares?
Nom nom nom!...
Tank: 4 liter custom-shaped sphere
Contents: 1 Brainfish
Ph: 7.4
Ammonia, nitrites, nitrates: ?
Problem: Cloudy/muddy water
Can you help me?
Nom nom nom!...
Tank: 4 liter custom-shaped sphere
Contents: 1 Brainfish
Ph: 7.4
Ammonia, nitrites, nitrates: ?
Problem: Cloudy/muddy water
Can you help me?
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A hundred of Brackish P. Velifera & P. sphenops.
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Re: Starting a Brackish Aquarium!
+1
YES! and Yes again! WC in BW are a very common work, maybe twice or tree timer per week.. ¿how to reduce this job?: With a SW equipment, i still remember PP recommend me to use a Skimer to help the Canister, when i did that, the aquarium looks like brand new, it´s the best step for a BW and should be done from the beginning.
YES! and Yes again! WC in BW are a very common work, maybe twice or tree timer per week.. ¿how to reduce this job?: With a SW equipment, i still remember PP recommend me to use a Skimer to help the Canister, when i did that, the aquarium looks like brand new, it´s the best step for a BW and should be done from the beginning.
Let there be light, and lit up the days... Let there be puffers, and they swam around the world...
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Re: Starting a Brackish Aquarium!
Skimmers barely works at all in BW.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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Re: Starting a Brackish Aquarium!
BW fish in general are an issue because nobody can match their environment in semi-closed systems. So we opt for stability at an arbitrary specific gravity. FYI, 1.022 can be considered or defined as SW or marine. The density of the Red Sea is not required for marine conditions, and most SW do live longer and healthier in rather light SW, so 1.021/1.022 are generally accepted and do allow LR critters to function.
Where's the fish? - Neptune
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Re: Starting a Brackish Aquarium!
good to know a full salt setup will save you money. that is definitely not the immediate assumption as all the initial costs of the SW are so great. but i can see how in the long run it saves you money. when you have fish like GSP's that live for so long it is very important to consider the long run.
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Re: Starting a Brackish Aquarium!
There's one thing that jumped out at me...
They say you can house a Ceylon with Mollies or Bumble Bee Gobbies... Good luck. My Ceylon will NOT LIVE with anything.
When you click on the link "Ceylon Puffer"... It brings you to a page that calls a Ceylon a "green spotted puffer". This is wrong. A Ceylon is Tetraodon Fluviatilis, not Tetraodon Nigrivitis (or whatever).
Perhaps a GSP can live with others, but a Ceylon will not. Not in the 5 years I've had mine anyways.
They say you can house a Ceylon with Mollies or Bumble Bee Gobbies... Good luck. My Ceylon will NOT LIVE with anything.
When you click on the link "Ceylon Puffer"... It brings you to a page that calls a Ceylon a "green spotted puffer". This is wrong. A Ceylon is Tetraodon Fluviatilis, not Tetraodon Nigrivitis (or whatever).
Perhaps a GSP can live with others, but a Ceylon will not. Not in the 5 years I've had mine anyways.
"Don't tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish."
Mark Twain
"Fish recognize a bad leader."
Conan O'Brien
Mark Twain
"Fish recognize a bad leader."
Conan O'Brien
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DPs
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Re: Starting a Brackish Aquarium!
These are only suggestions--it all depends on the aggression of the individual puffer. My fahaka lives with a tank full of different fish.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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Re: Starting a Brackish Aquarium!
Balki would be lost without his silly little molly friend.
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M. Abei
Other BF:
A hundred of Brackish P. Velifera & P. sphenops.
Pure Parambassis Ranga. - Location (country): Mexico lindo y querido!
Re: Starting a Brackish Aquarium!
Yes! Mollys are nice friends! my GSP has lived their entire life until now with P. sphenops.
But this depends on the puffer´s personality, just like PP said.
But this depends on the puffer´s personality, just like PP said.
Let there be light, and lit up the days... Let there be puffers, and they swam around the world...
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PuffGenesis, 1, 1.
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Re: Starting a Brackish Aquarium!
My GSP Izabella has now lived in BW around 1.012 for 8+ years.
Still thriving, and ripping the occational Molly apart...
Still thriving, and ripping the occational Molly apart...
Regards
Woland
Woland
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Re: Starting a Brackish Aquarium!
Wow nice gsp, she looks very healthyWoland wrote:My GSP Izabella has now lived in BW around 1.012 for 8+ years.
Still thriving, and ripping the occational Molly apart...
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Re: Starting a Brackish Aquarium!
How big?
WARNING: Puffers are mischievous little blimps with enchanting powers. You may not be content with having just one.
- Iliveinazoo
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Re: Starting a Brackish Aquarium!
Thanks for posting Woland, opinions on this forum have become very one-sided when it comes to GSP's and salinity. It's nice to see that your GSP is looking so healthy at SG1.012.
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Re: Starting a Brackish Aquarium!
Have not measured her for years.sgtmyers88 wrote:How big?
Not very big.
Regards
Woland
Woland
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Re: Starting a Brackish Aquarium!
In full marine it may have hit it's full size? Hmm I guess this one is still open for debate?
It's amazing how easy maintenance is. If done regularly and thoroughly