Moving to brackish

[dhardwick]

Looking for some input I have two archers I'm setting up a brackish tank for them wondering if it would better to set it up brackish and acclimate them to it or just slowly convert the tank and archers at the same time

 

[HX67]

I can't see any reasons for doing it separately for the tank and for the fish.

Recommendations (arguable) for the pace of saltifying are pretty much the same for the tank bacteria and for the fish, so I'd just do it in one tank...
Would do and have done, that is.
Acclimating fish in a separate tank makes sense if you already have an established brackish tank and you want to introduce fish that come from a different level of salinity.

Doing it slowly makes a lot of sense, in any case.
Good luck!

 

[dhardwick]

Thanks kinda what I was thinking wasn't sure about the bacteria

 

[dhardwick]

Any suggestions on how much salt to add and over how much time would appreciate any suggestions

 

[kasaki89]

id try to reach for atlease 1.013-1.016

 

[rup_pilot]

I had a brackish tank in the past. I had monos and a Colombian shark. I started then in freshwater as this is how I bought them. After a few months, I started adding 10 gallons of saltwater to the 75 during the weekly water changes until I hit around 1.014. This is the level I maintained in the tank and they did very well.


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[HX67]

I would rely on Mr Monks: http://brackishfaq.webspace.virginmedia.com/Projects/FAQ/3c.html

So if your fish are Toxotes jaculatrix or T. chatareus, the recommended salinity is SG 1.005-1.010.
If you've got T microlepis, the aim should be lower, at 1,005 max.

I had T. chatareus and they seemed to be happy at 1,006-1,008. They grew up huge, about a foot in length.

 

[dhardwick]

Thanks guys that helps alot I'll probably be getting this project going with in the next couple of weeks

 

[Fish rescue]

definitely .016 is way to much salt for all brackish fsih

 

[jjohnwm]

definitely .016 is way to much salt for all brackish fsih

Lol, even back when this thread was current...i.e. eleven years ago...that was still incorrect. Plenty of the fish that we consider as brackish-water species can live in 100% seawater, and/or 100% fresh, for extended periods. And the nature of brackish environments means that virtually all brackish species will be very adaptable to widely varying degrees of salinity. I'd probably trust the guys who actually have successfully kept archers to answer the question here.

Never...ever...speak in absolutes.