My 180 Gal Brackish Tank

[brackishdude]

The tank a few nights ago. I have since added about 20 mollies I caught, including 4 pretty males. They make the tank busy again, and are all kind of pretty in their own way. A few mosquito fish, too. I'm still not sure how I'll go in the long rn.

 

[fugupuff]

looking good, let me ship you some fish, some archers!

 

[HX67]

What a nice tank!
I love your execution of the sump overflow.

Sorry about the loss of your fish. I have a feeling this tank will make a very nice recovery.

 

[brackishdude]

Some new additions, thanks to Wes aka Fugupuff at Rarefish. Two different kind of blennies. These guys are great. They scoot along the bottom, perch on their fins, see everything, lots of personality

























I also have some Aussie rainbows and locally caught mollies

















Old friends isolated in the refugium before heading off to their new home

 

[brackishdude]

I've had some inquiries about my plants:



oh, I see those plants in your tank, what kind is it? Is it just java moss? or is it a local brackish water variety? Maybe you can part with some ?

Oh no, I can't share that! It is a rare exotic imported from the remote coastal habitats of Hobby Lobby, in the plastic plants section.

I am very pleased with how it looks.




I have never had plants due to the scats, though the appoge. . .(?) bulbs from walmart have done well in my refugium. I look forward to trying different plants no that the scats are being re-homed

 

[brackishdude]

I added a host of plants that are purported to do well in BW. We'll see. The FTS is sort of washed out.










And now, a sneak peek from my upcoming show at the Artsiphartsi Gallery in Paris, some of my finest work in Postmodern PseudoScatastic Photography. I give you (sound of trumpets). . . A Fish and His Poop








Mailed off the scats and the moray eel today. Hard to let go.

 

[gangster]

Cool setup. Sad to see the scats go...I really liked that old stock

 

[anarekist]

awesome tank!

 

[brackishdude]

Current inhabitants

18 mollies (3m,15f)
4 australian rainbows (till I can catch'em. A fifth is already in the refugium awaiting eviction)
3 each of two different kinds of blennies, see posts above
6 bb gobies
4 orange chromide (red morphology)
4 orange chromide (wild morphology)

10 olive nerites
1 striped nerite
1 spotted nerite
1,000,000,000 MTS
10 Spiny Tricolor Cleaner Nerite Snail-

Plants (arrived early 11/11)

Water Sprite (Ceratopterus thalictroides) 2" Pots 3
Moneywort (Bacopa Monnieri) 1
Cryptocoryne Cilata - 5
Potted Micro Sword-Pot-Giant Micro Sword - Lilaeopsis carolinensis 1
Potted Micro Sword-Pot-Common Micro Sword = Lilaeopsis brasiliensis 1
Potted Micro Sword-Pot-Narrow-Leaf Micro Sword = Lilaeopsis mauritiana 1
Moss Java - Aquarium Plant-Moss, Java/Singapore Aquarium Plant 2
Java Fern - Aquarium Plant-Misc - Java Fern



Sump

spotted ctenopoma
10-15 mollies
1 rainbow


Some pics since the plants were added, in chronological order. My new camera washes things out a bit more, but. . .































Getting three Neovespicula depressifrons waspfish would complete the tank for now

 

[Stratoquarius]

Update? the most amazing 16 pages I ever read. I have 2 questions though.

1. what killed the old stock?
2. do you still have the old video? cause when i clicked it it was asking for a password to the album.