Brackish Aquariums...

[mcdanielnc89]

Okay,

Brackish aquariums say they pertain to adding a salty environment to the fish... NOTHING about making it half sea water and halt freshwater... SO it has been saying in fish books I have owned. so why am I getting YELLLED AT

 

[Night_Market]

EH!?

 

[WILDER]

Marine Salt. I prefer Instant Ocean but most brands should work. AVOID Freshwater Aquarium Salt as this is not the proper salt to use in brackish or marine tanks (although it is fine in full freshwater tanks to fight off parasites).

 

[mcdanielnc89]

so would if persist in meaning you have a brackish aquarum?

 

[WILDER]

No.

 

[mcdanielnc89]

why not the fish books and packets say adding any type of salt(other than table salt) is having a brackish aquarium....

 

[Teelie]

Either you're misreading the books or the books you've been reading were done by people who know nothing of brackish aquariums.

 

[mcdanielnc89]

i most certainly am not misreading them.. and the people are professionals.. so . i dunno what u are thinking... and I AM NOT DUMB!

 

[K.J.]

Aquarium salt is simply something used in mild treatment or for safety preventions of disease. It doesn't add any salinity to the water and is simply sodium chloride. Marine salt however raises the salinity by the amount you use and is basically a slightly refined form of the ocean. Dilute it with freshwater, and you have brackish.

 

[MojoDex]

go over to the brackish section read the pinned topics everything u need to know is in there

 

[mcdanielnc89]

Sorry, if you all think i'm being a tad rude but I'm just nor understanding why thier saying the aquarium salt is brackish water if it's not....

 

[pica_nuttalli]

probably because the books are either dated or written by people who don't actually know anything about brackish aquariums.

get the Aqualog or Neale Monks' new book from Amazon if you want a good brackish reference text. you can pretty much forget about getting any decent brackish advice from general aquarist texts.

 

[three-fingers]

What books say this? And what brand of salt says this on the packet?

 

[dwarfgourami]

Might be easier if you provided full page references for the books you are talking about so we can see for ourselves what has gone wrong.
Just checked my own packet of aquarium salt and it doesn't mention brackish, but I suppose others might.

 

[mcdanielnc89]

my packet doesn't sayh brackish. i'm just saying the book my friend has said it.. not sure on the name. i will try to get it tho..