Help Brackish Newb

I just got my fluval 204 today so I need to leave my puny whisper in there for at least 3 weeks before setting up a new tank.

3 gallon is occupied with guppy fry and theres more on the way, I might consider using a 10 gallon to raise the fry and keep the bumblee bee gobies in there later.

I really wanted a puffer I have always liked them, but I guess I could jsut set them up a home in a 3 gallon.

I have coral sand (I guess same thing as crushed coral right?) would this make ideal gravel for them or should I get something else? There is blue gravel in there now and a 50 watt Theo (I know its a bit big but I have it laying around so why not)
 
Coral sand is fine. It will help to buffer the water a bit. When you are ready to make the gobies a new home let us know and we can help guide you through the process. Or esle do some searches on the forum and I am sure you will find a lot of great info in former questions and answer about converting to brackish.
 
LittlePuff said:
If you get a Dwarf puffer, You could only put one in a 3gal tank.


Kim
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Yea but they are not brackish, and would not get along too well with guppy fry lol. If I do setup another FW tank I would consider them though.
 
Okay, I'll give you a long shot option based on NO Experience.
Get your FW tank and dump it into a rubbermaid for 24 hrs.
Silicone a partition into the tank, do .5 freshwater and the other half Brackish
Wait for the silicone to cure, and viola!.

This wold only work if you added the 10i filter to the brackish side and that your FW tank can afford a 50% decrease in water volume.

Heating wouldn't be a problem, because the heat would be conducted through the glass.

The reason I suggested this is because it wouldn't take up more electricity, besides the filter.
 
Set up that 10 gallon tank! The more the merrier! :dance:

Right now I a BB gobie sharing a tank with a flounder (called "freshwater" but they are really brackish), 3 ghost shrimp, some trumpet snails (they do fine in lighter brackish tanks), and a fiddler crab.

They were all in a 10 gallon, but I moved up to a 20 tall, 1/2 full with water so I have more room for driftwood platforms for the crab to crawl on. It has java ferns, java moss, corkscrew val. and a small amazon sword.

S.G. is 1.004-1.006 (for the val and sword, but the ferns and moss can take much more salt, look at plantgeeks for brackish plants) and I have fine marine sand as a substrate (for the flounder.) This set up has worked for me for over a year.

If you decide to go with the 3 gallon then a few shrimp and trumpet snails should be OK with the gobies.
 
Lots happened while forum was down ...

So I setup the 10 gallon and overstocked it with guppy fry and mystery snails. Pulled the Old Whisper 10i from the community tank and used it so I would not have to cycle the tank as much. (I'm changing the water whenever I'm hittign .25 Nitrite (every 3 or so right now)

So I went out and bought some Sea Salt (supposed to be the same as Marine Salt) for the poor little guys as I am setting up the 3 gallon...

When I got home one of the gobies was almost dead, he was floating on his side and the current from the tank was pushing him around. (This was the healthly one, the one that looked sick was stuck on the side of the glass but was not dong well either he barley had any color) I seperated them into one of those small plastic containers, and added quite a bit of the salt, something like 1.5-2 TBS of it. The one that was floating perked up a little and attached himself to the side of the plastic container.

I went to bed cause it was late like 2 am and hoped for the best.

When I woke up I found the Bee Gobie Dried up on the floor, he gained must have gained enough strength to jump out... :( :mad: This is the one that was floating around, the one I thought might be sick was still in the tank.





So the remaining bee gobie is now in the 3 gallon eclipse tank with 2 developing female guppys and one fry too small to identify. There is also a ghost shrimp in the tank. I have added some more sea talk maybe another table spoon and a half over a couple days and he seems to be doing ok. So now I need some help setting up the rest of the tank.

I have a hydrometer on order and it will be here Tuesday I think it is a seachem one, same brand as the sea salt I bought. I have some crushed coral (not the finest but pretty small non the less) Should I remove the blue gravel and switch it to crushed coarl? I don't have a heater but if I leave the light on it heats the tank to about 78-80 deg every day so I'm not sure it is necessary, plus the fact im living in cali, it is not that cold here.

What is my target gravity for these fish?

Thanks in advance!
 
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