Greetings to all!
My husband and I have been fish parents since February. When we first got our fishes, we relied on the salesperson @ PetSmart to help us with the decision-- and we have since found out what a bad move that was. It has been a total learning process, but so far we have done pretty well with handling the situation.
However... this evening, I was doing some reading, and I came upon something that has us totally startled and a bit confused-- for the first time ever, I just read that Glassfish should be kept in a brackish tank. We have a small school of 5 Glassfish, and they have been living *all this time* in a freshwater tank. Are our fish suffering? Do we to get them into a brackish tank quickly? No one ever told us that Glassfish needed to be kept in brackish water.. and we asked very specifically. We feel so horrible about this. Will our fish live?
We are thinking of buying another tank to put the glassfish in, so that they can be in brackish water without putting the actual freshwater fish in a bad situation. Should we do that? Do the Glassfish really need to be moved out, or can they live in freshwater? We just want to do what is best for them.
Thanks!
My husband and I have been fish parents since February. When we first got our fishes, we relied on the salesperson @ PetSmart to help us with the decision-- and we have since found out what a bad move that was. It has been a total learning process, but so far we have done pretty well with handling the situation.
However... this evening, I was doing some reading, and I came upon something that has us totally startled and a bit confused-- for the first time ever, I just read that Glassfish should be kept in a brackish tank. We have a small school of 5 Glassfish, and they have been living *all this time* in a freshwater tank. Are our fish suffering? Do we to get them into a brackish tank quickly? No one ever told us that Glassfish needed to be kept in brackish water.. and we asked very specifically. We feel so horrible about this. Will our fish live?
We are thinking of buying another tank to put the glassfish in, so that they can be in brackish water without putting the actual freshwater fish in a bad situation. Should we do that? Do the Glassfish really need to be moved out, or can they live in freshwater? We just want to do what is best for them.
Thanks!