I've found some information on brackish tanks, but I haven't had much luck finding specifics about algae control for them. Any suggestions or even some other general information on brackish tanks would be helpfull. I've found a few sites, but maybe someone out there has some others that I might have missed.
I have tried acclimating plecos to the brackish, but none have survived more than a couple of months.
2006-06-11 08:02:25 · 13 answers · asked by jcrnr79 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
Snails won't work. Besides the salt, the puffers I have in there think they are dinner.
2006-06-11 08:29:41 · update #1
I have a brackish aquarium, with a figure-8 puffer and an electric blue crayfish in it. I use a pleco (plecostomus) as my algae control, but I had to make sure the pleco was big enough that the crayfish didn't eat him when I put him in. :D Pleco's are very resilient fish - I would probably recommend "conditioning" the fish before you put it straight into brackish - put it in another tank or bowl for a week or so, slowly adding small amounts of salt to its water....then it won't be a huge shock to its system when you drop it in the brackish water.
2006-06-24 03:40:25 · answer #1 · answered by Tammy O 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only fish I have heard of to use in a brackish tank to eat algae is the common sleeper goby (Dormiator maculatus). But they dont do well with the more aggressive tank mates, they usually tend to get picked on which can cause stress and maybe death.
Don't use snails. Salt is used to kill snails so they wouldn't do so well in a brackish tank.
2006-06-11 15:25:58 · answer #2 · answered by Nunya Biznis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Algae eater only work to a point because the tank will have left over food from feeding which they find more tasty. Need to get a few big one may solve the problem.
2006-06-25 12:43:58 · answer #3 · answered by Timothy Summer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the plecostomus is the way to go! you can buy some small ones that you put into an aquarium, or you can buy HUGE ones that you can put into a brackish pond. they're very interesting looking and are great to watch. some even come and suck on your hand.
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2006-06-24 19:32:44 · answer #4 · answered by ღŞǩöļŀ»å☼ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try a snail. We put one in the tank w/ a couple of fish and some plants and the snail ate everything.
2006-06-11 15:05:50 · answer #5 · answered by workingclasshero 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
last time i had a community tank and snails showed up and gave diseases to the rest of my fish and they all died!
try an algea eater...i have no clue what they are really called
2006-06-25 14:08:29 · answer #6 · answered by Beccaxpalooza 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
snails or grass carp. all fish like brackish water.
2006-06-21 16:01:28 · answer #7 · answered by nikgy71 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check this website. out. www.kokosgoldfish.com. It not only deasl with goldies, bettas, tropicals and saltwaters too. loaded with info
2006-06-19 18:34:30 · answer #8 · answered by stlceltic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check with the fish stores and explain and see if they can help
2006-06-25 15:12:00 · answer #9 · answered by LENORE P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
allege eater
2006-06-24 13:23:48 · answer #10 · answered by neo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋