Will my fish live?

[fillibar]

Just a note, legbamel started this posting, I was just trying to offer how mine has worked. Aquarium salt has worked for me, added per the recommendations I'd found online to create a decent "brackish" mix. I finally moved the last of the guppies out of there this Saturday when I was cleaning. They went back into the "general population" 55... Seemed fine this morning, but I'll be watching them for the next few days in case of shock.

 

[cdawson]

Aquarium salt does nothing for brackish fish, in the long run you need to use marine salt. Aquarium salt may work for guppies and mollies but for fish like a figure eight puffer they'll only last short term with aquarium salt. Figure eights have been known to last lengthy terms in full FW, but nothing you'd consider a success in any way.

 

[legbamel]

Your initial post, made in August, implies that you were beginning the conversion of your tank at that time--around 2 months ago. The effects of increasing salinity won't be noticable within this time frame, especially low levels.

That would have been from me - and I "unconverted" the tank back to pure fresh water as the majority of my fish would not be happy in BW. But I still keep my toes in this water (so to speak) so that I can start a brackish later, when I get another tank!