damsels in brackish

[lycosidae]

Jamesh,
If you intend to keep a damsel fish in brackish water,you best bet would be to go with the sergeant major damselfish Abudefduf saxatilis.They are very adaptable and are regularly encountered in euryhaline conditions! Another candidate would be the three spot damselfish,Dascyllus trimaculatus! Both species do very well in a wide range of conditions ranging from marine to brackish with NO signs of stress or ill health! Try and maintain your specific gravity at 1.0015.Also here's a link which specifies some truly euryhaline damselfish species.
http://homepage.mac.com/nmonks/Projects/FAQ/7e.html
Warm regards,
Javed Jameer Ahmed.

 

[fugupuff]

Jamesh,
If you intend to keep a damsel fish in brackish water,you best bet would be to go with the sergeant major damselfish Abudefduf saxatilis.They are very adaptable and are regularly encountered in euryhaline conditions! Another candidate would be the three spot damselfish,Dascyllus trimaculatus! Both species do very well in a wide range of conditions ranging from marine to brackish with NO signs of stress or ill health! Try and maintain your specific gravity at 1.0015.Also here's a link which specifies some truly euryhaline damselfish species.
http://homepage.mac.com/nmonks/Projects/FAQ/7e.html
Warm regards,
Javed Jameer Ahmed.

good read! I don't know why some people are so vehemently against keeping certain fish in brackish or freshwater when they occur that way in nature. most of the information they're using as reference is merely based on some old literature and misinformation, less from actual science and actual hands on experience.

Again there are a wide range of salinity tolerance for some fish and a narrow range for some. Most of the secondary marine fish that have counterparts from freshwater have a very broad range of tolerance.

Probably 90% of the people on here that believe certain fish should not be kept in fresh or brackish water don't even know that "salt" water is not salt, and salt is not what makes them live or die, or thrive, but many other elements together

 

[aussiemonsters]

Neopomacentrus taeniuris is found in freshwater and brackish in my home state here in Australia. Not that common in the hobby but kept in both freshwater and brackish here.

 

[fugupuff]

Neopomacentrus taeniuris is found in freshwater and brackish in my home state here in Australia. Not that common in the hobby but kept in both freshwater and brackish here.

that is very cool, wish they were available in the hobby. I have noticed that many of these damsels once in freshwater they change from bright blue to a dull grey color, have you noticed that?

 

[SimonL]

I'm fairly certain the common Lyretail Damsel is either the same species or one very similar.

For PufferPunk, all fish keeping is a compromise of the natural state. Virtually everyone on MFK is guilty of altering their fishes' natural rhythms/breeding cycles/natural foods/etc.

 

[Zfishies]

my lfs has a setup with these guys in a VERY low brakish tank. so low he got a some convicts in the tank...

 

[fugupuff]

I'm fairly certain the common Lyretail Damsel is either the same species or one very similar.

For PufferPunk, all fish keeping is a compromise of the natural state. Virtually everyone on MFK is guilty of altering their fishes' natural rhythms/breeding cycles/natural foods/etc.

very well said!

 

[fugupuff]

my lfs has a setup with these guys in a VERY low brakish tank. so low he got a some convicts in the tank...

where is this at? I don't see a lot of people doing this and people who do always intrigue me.

although, I bet that convicts can live in salt water, most cichlids are tolerant of some salt to varying degrees.

on the other hand, people mostly think cyprinids, like carps, and goldfish are intolerant of salt. I once caught this huge goldfish, about 12" from a brackish riveroutlet on bait and hook, it was obviously healthy and fat.

 

[Zfishies]

in Cali, u in Orange County?ill get some pics very nice tank and lots of colorful damsels and some really nice convicts

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

not saying it should be done in all cases, but experimenting and taking risks is part of what advances the hobby...people should be more open minded about this and similar issues (bumblebee grouper, etc)