Brackish Aquariums...

[andywg]

Consider where brackish fish occur in the wild: Where FW meets SW. That means it is going to be a mix of FW and SW, requiring marine salt.

You need the buffering elements and other minerals and elements (my marine salt tells me there are over 70 present in the salt as well as sodium and chloride). Fish pull a anumber of elements out of the water in preference to food (such as calcium).

 

[Flumpus]

Ah, I was wondering if my discussion with you in chat would spawn a thread. I'm glad everyone is backing me up saying you have to use marine salt to make water brackish. And personally, I like the poll with only one option, that makes this a great thread.

 

[Teelie]

I wasn't calling you dumb, and not all professionals know everything in a field as large as fish. Not even in the "sub fields" like Marine, Freshwater and Brackish. You get "sub sub fields" like families or locales of fish that require even more intense and dedicated study.

The book you read sounds like it might be something over 25-30 years old, back in what I think of as "the end of dark ages" of fish keeping where people finally started learning how to properly keep fish but still didn't know enough like we do now. And we're still learning new things.

As pica_nuttalli suggested, try one of the newer, more recent books by someone noted for being up-to-date on fish-keeping. I've seen some books still for sale with grossly inaccurate claims on proper fish keeping so it's not like every book by a "professional" is necessarily good.

 

[mcdanielnc89]

Ah, I was wondering if my discussion with you in chat would spawn a thread. I'm glad everyone is backing me up saying you have to use marine salt to make water brackish. And personally, I like the poll with only one option, that makes this a great thread.

i messed the poll up.. it was ment to have two options..