New Member With Questions

[imashortguy]

Hi, all;

Just joined, and have some questions I can't get answered elsewhere. It's been 30 years since I had a brackish set-up, and now want to try it again. Right now I'm beginning to get rid of my freshwater fish so I can convert my 50 gal tank. However, there are a few I'd like to keep if possible. Can cory cats and a clown pleco survive in brackish water? (these plecos are very hard to find around here)

Thanks for any help you can offer.

 

[TheHolding]

Hi, all;

Just joined, and have some questions I can't get answered elsewhere. It's been 30 years since I had a brackish set-up, and now want to try it again. Right now I'm beginning to get rid of my freshwater fish so I can convert my 50 gal tank. However, there are a few I'd like to keep if possible. Can cory cats and a clown pleco survive in brackish water? (these plecos are very hard to find around here)

Thanks for any help you can offer.

I don't think so but don't quote me on it.

If they can it would be very low brackish - no greater than 1.003!

 

[nmonks]

Absolutely not. While both will tolerate medicinal levels of salt just fine, like you'd use for treating whitespot, they'd be stressed by salinities high enough to keep brackish water fish healthy.

There are of course some nominally brackish water fish that do perfectly well in freshwater; glassfish, bumblebee gobies and wrestling halfbeaks for example. So if you're keeping those species, adding salt isn't critical. But if you're after species that truly need saline conditions, like knight gobies, scats or figure-8 puffers, then maintenance of those species with your existing catfish isn't an option.

Cheers, Neale

Can cory cats and a clown pleco survive in brackish water? (these plecos are very hard to find around here)

 

[imashortguy]

Thanks for the advice...that's just what I needed to know. I'll sell them.