Going Brakish

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pierre_john

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Hello everyone, it has been a few years since I have posted. Okay, I have a 68 gallon freshwater that I would like to go brackish with. I have my eye on these very very cute pair of dwarf puffers. My tank has been running for about five years, original fish have had a very shocking move....so it is now housed with about 50 guppies. It has 2 x aquaclear 300's, PH is 7, so...what do you think? Any suggestions!

I really should mention too...that I do live in Rural British Colubmia, and getting live food for them is next to nil. Frozen brine is what i am told...I had a really bad experience with frozen food already. Bought in LFS about 4 hours from me, I kept it frozen, fed my fish and they all developed some sort of bacterial infection which I lost huge huge OSCARS and SEVERUMS....

But I really really want these guys. They are in a 10 gallon tank in the fish store in Prince George. Theyve been there a few months.... so I am looking for hope. And, I was wandering BRAKISH tank keepers, what kind of salt do you use. I use the aquarium salt for treating tanks and cleaning tanks but I have never ever had brackish. What would the measurements be for brackish with just regular aquarium salt....or do I have to go expensive salt water salt.

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Dwarf puffers are strictly FW, not brackish, and require snails and bloodworns (generally frozen) for their diet. Snails alone would do, if you can produce enough snails.

As the fish themselves are quite small, about an inch, they are going to be a bit lost in a 68 gallon tank.

They are breedable in capivity, which is quite unusual for puffers.

You might visit:

http://dwarfpuffers.com/
 
Dwarf Puffers are strictly Freshwater and will die in Brackish. Figure 8 and Green Spotted Puffers are the most common of the Brackish puffers available. But I use Instant Ocean salt to make brackish water and the amount of salt needed depends on the fish you are keeping. Brackish's salinity is common at anywhere between 1.005 and 1.018. So you can make your 68 a Dwarf Puffer tank but they do only get an inch long so they will be tiny in that size tank. Anyway, hope this helps and good luck!
 
Thank you, the LFS that have them say Dwarf Puffers with a sign that says brackish. I have no knowledge of what ius brackish, but I do know between fresh and salt. I am very consciencious of the fish that I buy and the type that i WANT to get inot. And if the water parameters, feeding requirements are not what I can provide for them I will not get them. But, if it is just adding salt...I can do that. I try to make all of my tanks as accommodating as I can. Good thing I do that better than my spelling hey:) So obviously these are not dwarf puffers....they are very little with a green tinge and spots...so green spotted puffers?????? Hmmmm, this is now more questionable, if it is fresh only, then, they would have been dead by now because as I mentioned that they have been in the LFS for about two months.

Thank you for your replies.
 
Look on LiveAquaria under puffers and see if you can id. If they are Green Spotteds they can live in freshwater, brackish, or saltwater but do best in brackish. No fish out there is strictly brackish because brackish is where the river meets the ocean so salinity is constantly fluctuating, and if they go a little up river they are in freshwater and if they go a little into the ocean they are in saltwater, so they can tolerate a wide variety of elements. If they are green spots then they do best in brackish and you can set up a tank around them. If you wanted you could even do a puffer or two then add some Monos (argenteus or Sebae) and then eventually convert them all up to saltwater. As to the rest I am going to let Pufferpunk explain as I don't have much experience with Green Spots but do have experience with Figure 8's. Anyway, hope this helps and good luck.
 
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