suitable freshwater fish for saltwater
 

Other than mollies can other freshwater fish be compatable in a sal****er
marine reef tank

suitable freshwater fish for saltwater
 

"Paul" wrote in message ...
Other than mollies can other freshwater fish be compatable in a sal****er
marine reef tank

Mollies are not really freshwater... they are brackish water fish.
From the all brackish water fish they are the cheapest, so here is
the reason for popularity...
I am sure many typical brackish water fish can be adopted to full
strenght sal****er environment, but why would you like to do it?
They are used to take big salinity fluctuations but living long time
in fresh or fully sal****er most definitelly shortes their lifespan.

suitable freshwater fish for saltwater
 

Thats bull****..............where is the proof it shortens their
lifespan? I have figure eight puffers i nsal****er for years now
doing just fine as well as mollies........Get a clue Pszemol or give
proof other than speculaiton. Afterall your always looking for bona
fide proof so why would we or anyone else expect any different from
you.

On Sun, 6 May 2007 09:13:42 -0500, "Pszemol"
wrote:

"Paul" wrote in message ...
Other than mollies can other freshwater fish be compatable in a sal****er
marine reef tank

Mollies are not really freshwater... they are brackish water fish.
From the all brackish water fish they are the cheapest, so here is
the reason for popularity...
I am sure many typical brackish water fish can be adopted to full
strenght sal****er environment, but why would you like to do it?
They are used to take big salinity fluctuations but living long time
in fresh or fully sal****er most definitelly shortes their lifespan.



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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

suitable freshwater fish for saltwater
 

"Pszemol" wrote in message
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"Paul" wrote in message
...
Other than mollies can other freshwater fish be compatable in a sal****er
marine reef tank

Mollies are not really freshwater... they are brackish water fish.
From the all brackish water fish they are the cheapest, so here is
the reason for popularity...
I am sure many typical brackish water fish can be adopted to full
strenght sal****er environment, but why would you like to do it?
They are used to take big salinity fluctuations but living long time
in fresh or fully sal****er most definitelly shortes their lifespan.


Where abouts in the world do you live Paul?
There really are a lot of fish that can handle different amounts of time in
salt/fresh water.
Your best bet is to go fishing in the tidal area of a river and see what you
catch.
Check the laws and size regs, and bring a battery powered air pump to
transport.
Stuff like Scats, target fish, mono,bream, flathead, gars can all be kept
with a small amount of salt or full salt.
I use enuf to be able to use skimmers.
I like skimmers

suitable freshwater fish for saltwater
 

The green spotted leopard and the figure eight puffers can be adapted
to full salt water without a problem. I have one that is over a year
in 1.026 SG water....a nice big fat green spotted leopard
puffer........I take em up from FW and 0 salt content by .02
increments daily until I hit what I want for my SG target (1.026) Fish
looks totally different in SW than it ever did n FW and does much
better overall....
On Sun, 20 May 2007 17:20:24 +1000, "swarvegorilla"
wrote:


"Pszemol" wrote in message
...
"Paul" wrote in message
...
Other than mollies can other freshwater fish be compatable in a sal****er
marine reef tank

Mollies are not really freshwater... they are brackish water fish.
From the all brackish water fish they are the cheapest, so here is
the reason for popularity...
I am sure many typical brackish water fish can be adopted to full
strenght sal****er environment, but why would you like to do it?
They are used to take big salinity fluctuations but living long time
in fresh or fully sal****er most definitelly shortes their lifespan.


Where abouts in the world do you live Paul?
There really are a lot of fish that can handle different amounts of time in
salt/fresh water.
Your best bet is to go fishing in the tidal area of a river and see what you
catch.
Check the laws and size regs, and bring a battery powered air pump to
transport.
Stuff like Scats, target fish, mono,bream, flathead, gars can all be kept
with a small amount of salt or full salt.
I use enuf to be able to use skimmers.
I like skimmers




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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!