Archers -> Brackish To Fresh?

[Darkehorse]

Okay,

My LFS has some archers, which I assume are Toxotes microlepis . Now I know from reading lots of NMonk's posts that these fish can live in a freshwater tank rather happily. However, the LFS store is keeping them in a brackish tank (no surprise right?). I only have a freshwater tank that I'd like them to be in. Is it possible to acclimate them from brackish to freshwater in a relatively short period of time (I.E. in the float bag)? Or should I just scratch the whole thing until I can get a transition tank after learning the SG of the store's tank.

-Darke

 

[CFC]

Archers never do well long term in freshwater and while microlepis are found in freshwater in the wild in captivity they rarely do really well without just a bit of salt in the water to at least take a hydrometer off the 1.000 mark.

 

[Darkehorse]

Archers never do well long term in freshwater and while microlepis are found in freshwater in the wild in captivity they rarely do really well without just a bit of salt in the water to at least take a hydrometer off the 1.000 mark.

CFC,

Thanks for the heads up. My current tank is planted with a few Swords and a couple of Anubias (my first successful attempt at a planted tank). Won't adding salt kill them? Maybe this should go in a different forum. Or will the archers just tear them up anyway?

-Darke

 

[severum boy]

My microlepis is living in freshwater at the moment, and has been since I have had him. He is healthy and active, but his growth has been slower than expected, about 1" in a year or so.

 

[jtipton]

The plants you mentioned should be fine up to 1.005. They can handle lower salinities.

 

[Darkehorse]

The plants you mentioned should be fine up to 1.005. They can handle lower salinities.

Thanks Tipton. I appreciate you chiming in with the answer.