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My husband bought me a 30 gallon tank today. We are both hoping we can make this a brackish water tank. I've been doing my reading on BW tanks since I started my freshwater tank. I really love the look of Green Spotted Puffers. What other fish are brackish water fish? My LFS seems to not know much, much of the time. So I would like to walk in with a little knowledge. Any general advice, actually, any advice at all would be greatly appreciated.

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Deanna
 
There are many true brackish water fish out there (I know I will miss some by the end of this) that include Monos, Scats, Black Fin Sharks, Mollies, Datnoides (Siamese Tiger Fish), Green Spot Puffers, Figure 8 Puffers, Bumblebee Gobies, Knight Gobies, Mudskippers, Anablep Anablep, Chromides, some Rainbows, Guppies, etc. Obviously the list goes on and on. If I were you I would pass on the Monos, Scats, BFS, Datnoide, Anablep Anablep. They will all get a little bit too big for your tank plus Monos and Scats need saltwater as adults. If you wanted to do a puffer tank you would only have that 1 GSP and MAYBE a Knight Goby. Now that you have a list tells us a little bit more about what fish interest you and what you REALLY REALLY want to do. The best thing to do is pick a centerpiece fish and work around them. Hope this helps.
 
Pufferpunk, that article was very informative. Thank you.

As for fish, my husband has grown very fond the of green spotted puffers at the LFS. I was hoping to make this fish tank more appealing to him. (I have a 10 gallon that is mine).

What kind of substrate is best for a BW tank?

Any and all help will be appreciated. Thanks!
 
The best is Aragonite made by Carib-Sea. I use this is all my brackish and saltwater tanks. Thanks Puffer, I was looking for that site but couldn't find it to give as a reference too! Hope this helps and keep the questions coming.
 
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