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03-27-2003, 11:17 AM
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| Medium Fish  Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta
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|  Brackish companions My new 77gal Brackish tank is in the process of cycling. I'll be moving my 3 Colombian sharks into it in about a week. I was wondering if there are any species of Cory that do well in Brackish water, or any other bottom feeders that are Brackish. I've heard most Cory's don't much like Brackish water, but they'd be the preferred bottom feeders for me. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
__________________ 5gal : Planted and cycling. 10gal : 2 Harlequin Rasbora's, 3 White Cloud Minnows, 1 Common Pleco, 2 Fathead Minnows, assorted plants 34gal : 6 Black Skirt Tetra's, 4 Tiger Barbs(3 Albino), 4 Red-tailed Green Cory's, 3 Silver Mollies, 1 Bristlenose Pleco, 1 Bumblebee Catfish, 1 Crayfish, assorted plants 77gal : Brackish tank, 3 Colombian Sharks, 5 Knight Gobies, 2 Archerfish |
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03-27-2003, 05:21 PM
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| Large Fish  Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Massachusetts
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|  Great question, and I am curious myself. I will add a question on..... Can a pleco common variety tolerate slightly brackish? I am going to slowly turn my turtle and molly/ swordtail tank into a brackish tank. |
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03-27-2003, 05:36 PM
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| Medium Fish Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta
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| Heh interesting you should add that, the only other fish currently in my 10gal tank with my 3 Colombians, is a common pleco. The tank has been setup since January and has been moved more and more towards Brackish. He seems to be fine at this point. But I wanted to know for sure to either move him to the new 77gal Brackish tank, or get another 50gal tank or so for him and another assortment of Freshwater fish.
__________________ 5gal : Planted and cycling. 10gal : 2 Harlequin Rasbora's, 3 White Cloud Minnows, 1 Common Pleco, 2 Fathead Minnows, assorted plants 34gal : 6 Black Skirt Tetra's, 4 Tiger Barbs(3 Albino), 4 Red-tailed Green Cory's, 3 Silver Mollies, 1 Bristlenose Pleco, 1 Bumblebee Catfish, 1 Crayfish, assorted plants 77gal : Brackish tank, 3 Colombian Sharks, 5 Knight Gobies, 2 Archerfish |
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04-10-2003, 08:52 PM
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| Large Fish Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Massachusetts
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| madhippoz -- thanks for the common pleco info re: brackish. Makes me feel better about having him in there. Never want to purposefully harm a fish, ya know?
__________________ 30 gal with: 2 Dalmation mollies, blood parrot fish, 2 clown loaches, 2-3 cories and farlowella cat. 50 gal with: pike cichlid, 2 green terrors, abramite headstander, cories, and one red eared slider. |
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04-11-2003, 10:45 AM
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| Medium Fish Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta
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| Lai Lui Ha is right actually. I was one of those dupes that was putting "Aquarium Salt" the tonic stuff, into his tank, thinking he was making it more brackish. Adamj set me straight. Now I've gotten real Marine salt, and have bought a hydrometer and have actually made my tank brackish. So my previous experience with my pleco doing well in brackish is not the case. Everything I've read about them now, says they do not do well. Perhaps only if you kept it very very light on the brackish side. like 1.004 or 1.005, but then it wouldn't be as beneficial to your Colombians. You can try it, but make sure you have a spare freshwater tank to move him into the minute you see him not doing well. Also you're right about the Gobies Adamj, they do a great job of picking the gravel clean. Hungry little buggers  .
__________________ 5gal : Planted and cycling. 10gal : 2 Harlequin Rasbora's, 3 White Cloud Minnows, 1 Common Pleco, 2 Fathead Minnows, assorted plants 34gal : 6 Black Skirt Tetra's, 4 Tiger Barbs(3 Albino), 4 Red-tailed Green Cory's, 3 Silver Mollies, 1 Bristlenose Pleco, 1 Bumblebee Catfish, 1 Crayfish, assorted plants 77gal : Brackish tank, 3 Colombian Sharks, 5 Knight Gobies, 2 Archerfish |
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04-12-2003, 12:48 AM
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| Medium Fish Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta
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| Is it that Brownish Red algae that tends to grow on the glass? My tank is just in the middle of its cycle, and I'm starting to get spots of that stuff on my glass. I won't bother scrubbing it until my cycle is done, but I'm wondering too if its a common occurance for Brackish tanks. Adamj? Any ideas?
__________________ 5gal : Planted and cycling. 10gal : 2 Harlequin Rasbora's, 3 White Cloud Minnows, 1 Common Pleco, 2 Fathead Minnows, assorted plants 34gal : 6 Black Skirt Tetra's, 4 Tiger Barbs(3 Albino), 4 Red-tailed Green Cory's, 3 Silver Mollies, 1 Bristlenose Pleco, 1 Bumblebee Catfish, 1 Crayfish, assorted plants 77gal : Brackish tank, 3 Colombian Sharks, 5 Knight Gobies, 2 Archerfish |
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04-12-2003, 08:45 AM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Florida
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| ive had a brackish tank setup for bout a year and a half, the algae growth is generally not that bad, i clean the glass every other month and take the plants out and wipe them off, and if the rocks need it do them also but they rarely do
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