Either Of These Brackish?

[dizzied]

I'm very much considering a return to brackish after seeing some knight and candycane gobies at the LFS. One of my freshwater tanks already have mostly brackish-compatible fishes, so I'm most likely going to convert that one should it happen.

Two inverts however, I'm still trying to dig brackish info on:

Ramshorns snail - These are probably going to be a huge pain to remove if they're not.
Bamboo shrimp - I've heard these do fine in low-end brackish, but I believe whoever told me that also said it was a theory in that they're born in brackish and should be able to live in it. Like amano shrimp, I suppose.

 

[nmonks]

Knight gobies certainly are brackish water. Candycane gobies (Awaous flavus) not so much, but they'll tolerate brackish water fine. They live in freshwater as adults but the larvae are marine. Don't spend too much money on them... they only live about a year, even in the wild.

Ramshorn snails are not brackish water. Colombian ramshorn snails (Marisa sp.) are brackish water up to about SG 1.005 or so, supposedly. Never tested it. The best brackish water snails are the various nerite snails and the Malayan livebearing snails.

Bamboo shrimps definitely not brackish water as adults, but worth a try I suppose. Don't expect them to survive at or about SG 1.005 though. The larvae are, indeed, marine. The best brackish water shrimps are some of the glass shrimps, Amano shrimps, red-nose shrimps, and long-arm shrimps (the latter being pretty nasty animals though).

Cheers, Neale

 

[DarkEntity]

ah thats just answered a question i had aswell. I was going to try some Amano in with my Fig8's and BBG's

 

[dizzied]

It's funny, the guy at the LFS told me the candycane was freshwater, but for some reason, I automatically thought it was brackish. But with a lifespan of just a year and $20 each, it's enough for me to abandon the idea. There goes my excuse to buy Nerite snails.

I did manage to dig up some more info on the bamboo shrimp in the past few minutes. This site sells a brackish filter-feeding shrimp - http/www.freshwaterinverts.com/shrimp_filter_feeding.html - though it's likely not the ones commonly found in fish stores.

Thanks Neale. I don't know where the brackish hobby would be without you.

 

[nmonks]

Been there, done that. I bought an adult pair for about £15, or $30. Little did I know they'd be dead within a year.

Having said that, they were amazing fish. Very beautiful (see below) and amazingly active. My then-girlfriend even had them so tame they'd come onto her hand like mudskippers, almost out of the water. Really, really nice fish. But definitely buy juveniles so at least you get a couple years out of them. Juveniles sell in the UK for around £4-5, and I'd consider them definitely worth a flutter at that price.

Naomi Delventhal has spawned them, but the fry need marine conditions and tiny foods and have proven to be very difficult to rear.

Cheers, Neale

But with a lifespan of just a year and $20 each, it's enough for me to abandon the idea. There goes my excuse to buy Nerite snails.

 

[dizzied]

They definitely are very beautiful. I did mistake them for mudskippers when I first saw them, hopping around the tank and all. Unfortunately, the LFS only has adult ones - about 2.5" and up. Maybe I'll give them a go if I ever see juveniles for sale.

 

[DarkEntity]

one of my local places regularly has filter shrimp for sale, they look so cool, i just would be worried about them getting enough to eat