Yesterday I posted on another forum and there I was told that putting my GSP in complete salt is lethal. Here I read that big GSP should be in saltwater.
I'm raising salinity at this moment and I'm on 1.008 now. I was planning for 1.023 but now I'm not sure anymore.
The Internet is also not helping because one page says full marine while another says brackish all their lives.
At what gravity do you have your GSP and how long have you had it in that gravity. A friend of mine has 2 GSP of almost 4 inch on 1.007 for 2 years now and they are thriving.
Mine is also almost 4 inch but I would like a higher salinity for it to get a full marine and cycled tank with live rock. Brackish won't allow a skimmer and also brackish seems more like a algeatank than a clean blue one that I just love.
Read the GSP article in the library, it has all of the instructions there. And no, you will not kill the GSP by putting it in marine conditions. Whoever told you that is an idiot.
Boxermom wrote:Read the GSP article in the library, it has all of the instructions there. And no, you will not kill the GSP by putting it in marine conditions. Whoever told you that is an idiot.
I read that and that's my reason for putting him in a full marine tank. But the articles vary on this subject and so I was confused . I hoped to speak to people who really have GSP in full marine tanks and at what salinity.
Is 1.023 OK? Because than I can get some live rock and maybe even another reef fish to give him company.
When I move I'll get a 100 gallon for him so than maybe a second GSP and some other reef fish. If incompatible I would like to make a separation in tha tank, puffers on one side, coral and anemones on the other
Maybe, the person telling you that "putting it in marine conditions is lethal" thought you'd throw him from fresh water to sea water. That would not be a good idea, because it can get an osmotic shock. But acclimatising him as usual in bucket from fresh water to sea water e.g. by adding seawater every 10 minutes will work for sure.
GSP can live in both, sea water and in brackish water with medium to high salinity. In nature they seem to occur more often in brackish water, but a big sea water tank is easier to maintain: you can use skimmers, you can use live sand/rock while in brackish water you have to do much bigger water changes to keep the nitrate down. That salt will cost a lot of money. In sea water if the nitrates are low, you have to do less water changes.
However a reef tank is more difficult than a fish sea water tank, because you need very good illumination and very low nitrate as well as other specific water parameters more or less unimportant for fish but critical with regard to the invertebrates.
Corvus wrote:Maybe, the person telling you that "putting it in marine conditions is lethal" thought you'd throw him from fresh water to sea water. That would not be a good idea, because it can get an osmotic shock. But acclimatising him as usual in bucket from fresh water to sea water e.g. by adding seawater every 10 minutes will work for sure.
GSP can live in both, sea water and in brackish water with medium to high salinity. In nature they seem to occur more often in brackish water, but a big sea water tank is easier to maintain: you can use skimmers, you can use live sand/rock while in brackish water you have to do much bigger water changes to keep the nitrate down. That salt will cost a lot of money. In sea water if the nitrates are low, you have to do less water changes.
However a reef tank is more difficult than a fish sea water tank, because you need very good illumination and very low nitrate as well as other specific water parameters more or less unimportant for fish but critical with regard to the invertebrates.
Thanks for your advice, the reasons you mention are exactly why I want him in salt water. Reef tank in a complete coral tank was not what I meant, just live rock I meant a fish sea water tank Maybe if I have my 100 gallon I can try some inverts.
I have had my GSP in full marine for the past 10 months or so. I had him all the way from fresh to full marine (almost 2 years I guess). He seems happier than ever now in marine! I believe that it may be because of how great his water conditions are now. He is in SG. 1.025 at the moment but since there are no corals in the tank, I may lower it a bit to 1.022 or .023. The fish do not need 1.025 like corals do and slightly lower SG can be better for them. I think its a great idea, IF you do it right and slowly. You have to spend the money on a good skimmer or you will not really be doing the tank any good. I find too that since the 65G he is in is "lightly" stocked (only two small chromis with him), that water changes are not very frequent at all. Right now I am doing them once a month but was doing them once every two months with no problems in the past. I still get nitrate levels of under 10 after a month period with no water change. Be careful if you are using tap water thouogh in marine as you will have big algae troubles with all the excess nutrients in it. At least used distilled water. I just have RO water delivered for all my tanks, twice a month, right to my doorstep and its pretty cheap. I have a RO/DI unit but I find it is a pain to make a bunch of water, so I dont use it anymore at all. Anyways good luck!!!
. I hoped to speak to people who really have GSP in full marine tanks and at what salinity.
If incompatible I would like to make a separation in tha tank, puffers on one side, coral and anemones on the other 
