What type of fish should i get for an 55gal freshwater with aquarium salt in the water?

Question

I am thinking of removing the salt with a 50% water change and putting in African Chiclids. What kind i dont know? the local pet store suggested a Blue something that looked pretty cool but he said it roots up plants. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

It depends on how much salt. Most fish are fine with a certain amount of salt, like up to 1 flat tbsp of salt per gallons. In that concentration, most normal fish would be fine like tetras, cichlids, angelfish, gouramis, corydoras, etc.
If your tank is actually brackish, then you move away from normal fish and would look more into bumblebee gobies, certain brackfish puffer fish and brackish angelfish. Your options would be much more limited, of course, with brackish water.

Is there a reason you need to have salt in the water? Why not just remove the salted water and use regular water? Then you could go with, say, something like this:
15 cardinal tetras or rummy-nose tetras
4 angelfish
6 corydoras

or
15 harlequin raboras
2 blue gouramis, 2 pearl gouramis
6 corydoras

:)

Answer 2

"the superb newbie fish for a marine tank are damsels. those fish are very hardy, with the flexibility to face up to worse water situations than maximum different marine fish, they don't seem choosy eaters, and they are quite decrease priced. The down-aspect is they are quite aggressive. One or 2 will co-exist in a tank. there'll be countless scuffling with in case you position extra in. sellers smash out with plenty of their tanks by technique of holding the tanks so crowded that not one of the fish can set up a territory. this isn't ideal for lengthy sessions of time. it really is staggering to apply damsels to interrupt in a clean tank. if you're then going to characteristic different aggressive fish, you are able to shop the damsels. in case you want to shop shy or comfortable fish, you should take the damsels back to the puppy shop once you and your tank are waiting for added fish."

Answer 3

Before you place any Cichlids in a planted tank, read about the natural habitat of these fish. Then you will know for sure what they need and how they will act in their new surrounding.

Answer 4

Wow, there are so many cool fish and eels to consider!
Peacock Eels: http://www.centralpets.com/animals/fish/freshwater_fish/fwf4542.html
Loaches:
http://www.loaches.com/
Violet Dragon Fish AKA Gobies: http://www.thefishworld.co.uk/id184.htm
Rainbow Fish come in a variety of colors:
http://watershed3.tripod.com/rainbows.html#boesmani
I really love the Dwarf and Giant Gouramis, they are very beautiful too:
http://www.bestfish.com/gouramis/dwarfg.html
and http://www.bestfish.com/gouramis/trichogaster.html
Cichlids
http://www.cichlids.com/pictures/page/1.html

Answer 5

Get about 6 Silver dollars and maybe a Oscar!!

Answer 6

Mollies

Answer 7

African Cichlids! They are very colorful and aggressive fish which are great!

Answer 8

You could get one Oscar , or you could get 2 blue or gold gouramis , and 6 neon tetras and 6 zebra danios.

All in good price range !


Good Luck!!