Can I Put Freshwater Fish In My Low Braskish Tank?

[kimberly*brackish]

i have a 72 gal tank with balloon mollies and reg mollies and a gsp about 2 inches.
my sal level is like 1.003! which is low but as i hear suitable till my gsp gets pretty big!

how much salt can freshwater fish take??
can i add some freshwater fish to my tank??

and what would be the best new tankmates for my fish?
i have like 7 fish all together and thier all mollies expt the gsp and one male guppie.

 

[pica_nuttalli]

Given that your GSP will need strongly brackish water within a year's time, there is really no point in adding any freshwater fish. Remember, fish age much faster than people, so he will be a young adult before very long.

If you really want to add more fish, then I'd recommend adding more mollies--but not balloon mollies. Puffers are known to be fairly nippy and balloon mollies really don't swim well enough to handle that sort of attention.

 

[kimberly*brackish]

thanks! i have had my puffer like. . . 5 months and hes been fine so well see what happens i really like my baloon ones. ill see about adding some big mollies do they have a certain name or how big do mollies get??

 

[DarkEntity]

As mentioned there is no point adding other fish, the Green Spot Puffer will need to go up to a high brackish water within the year or so, so adding fish you will need to remove again seems utterly pointless.

 

[pica_nuttalli]

As mentioned there is no point adding other fish, the Green Spot Puffer will need to go up to a high brackish water within the year or so, so adding fish you will need to remove again seems utterly pointless.

I disagree; there's no reason that she couldn't add more mollies as they do better in brackish and can be acclimated to full marine conditions.

As for big mollies, try looking for "sailfins".

 

[DarkEntity]

Yes but once she starts moving the Puffer up to full saltwater the mollys i dont think would handle it.

 

[Esfa]

Yes but once she starts moving the Puffer up to full saltwater the mollys i dont think would handle it.

cant mollys live in full sea water?

 

[andywg]

Yes but once she starts moving the Puffer up to full saltwater the mollys i dont think would handle it.

cant mollys live in full sea water?

Indeed they can, and I believe they will even breed in it, so taking them to SW will not be a problem.

 

[Esfa]

yay im right for once.

 

[kimberly*brackish]

thanks guys!!! ya i believe they can be all SW! but i wont be making my water quit ethat strong lol. just a higher end brackish is fine for them to live in. what salanity is salt water??? 1.025?? mines at 1.003 now and i was thinking like 1.015 being as high as i would make it?