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Brackish Cichlid Conversions

Mayans have been found quite far offshore, actually, so they'd definitely be fine. I think festae tolerate sw, too.
 
Chub_by said:
Mayans have been found quite far offshore, actually, so they'd definitely be fine. I think festae tolerate sw, too.
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yea, it's crazy I read like 3 miles out from shore or something like that, Blackbelts too, but they were all way WAY far from any freshwater
 
Many cichlids can live in brackish some even into full marine water, such as three species of Etroplus family, some central American cichlids, some African species, even 2 or 3 pike cichlids can do it
 
Frank Castle said:
1.) WOW....my Brasiliensis is gonna look like THAT???!!
2.) That's one of the LAST fish I would expect to be OK in Brackish water. You have done this before?
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1. I dunno, they aren't available here, but hopefully it does??
2. Huh? I''m not following. Why?
I haven't kept them, as they aren't available here either, but they definitely are brackish.
Here's a reputable source:
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/172368/0

"Habitat and Ecology: Etroplus suratensis is a euryhaline species that inhabits mainly brackish water and river mouths." Euryhaline = can live happily in FW, brackish or SW.
 
THQ said:
1. I dunno, they aren't available here, but hopefully it does??
2. Huh? I''m not following. Why?
I haven't kept them, as they aren't available here either, but they definitely are brackish.
Here's a reputable source:
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/172368/0

"Habitat and Ecology: Etroplus suratensis is a euryhaline species that inhabits mainly brackish water and river mouths." Euryhaline = can live happily in FW, brackish or SW.
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oh nah, I meant the Brasiliensis....I wouldn't expect it to live in brackish at all.
 
Frank Castle said:
oh nah, I meant the Brasiliensis....I wouldn't expect it to live in brackish at all.
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There's weirdly no IUCN reference for it, so closest reliable source I could find is fishbase.

http://www.fishbase.org/summary/4751

"Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; pH range: 6.5 - 7.0; dH range: 5 - 10; potamodromous (Ref. 51243 - Global Register of Migratory Species - GROMS, c/o Alexander Koenig Research Institute and Museum of Zoology, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany). "
 
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