So I made the mistake of purchasing an Archerfish for my fw tank. Then I did research and asked questions and realized that it needed brackish water. At first, I was deciding whether I wanted to return him, or just make him deal with straight fw. I decided on the latter, until today, when I saw another one of those "I've never seen that before" fish, looked into it, realized it was brackish, and bought it. Or rather them. 2 Violet Gobies.
So I have a 65 gallon tank, which is currently occupied by Cichlids. Though their numbers are few, and they are small, so I could rehome them into my 55, which has 3 other cichlids in it. Once the current occupants are out (aside from the newbies, they were in fw at the lfs, I can't imagine them having an issue in the next week or so), I can move the Archerfish in and begin the transition from fw to brackish.
So here goes my questions.
Will I need new equipment? I currently have a Marineland C360 and a bubble sponge filter.
Are my fw plastic decorations fine? should I replace them with stone?
How fast or slow should I do the transition?
Which salt is recommended?
I have looked online, and gotten conflicting information. Hopefully someone on here can shed some light on this subject, or multiple parties can argue it out and I can continue to guess... haha.
So I have a 65 gallon tank, which is currently occupied by Cichlids. Though their numbers are few, and they are small, so I could rehome them into my 55, which has 3 other cichlids in it. Once the current occupants are out (aside from the newbies, they were in fw at the lfs, I can't imagine them having an issue in the next week or so), I can move the Archerfish in and begin the transition from fw to brackish.
So here goes my questions.
Will I need new equipment? I currently have a Marineland C360 and a bubble sponge filter.
Are my fw plastic decorations fine? should I replace them with stone?
How fast or slow should I do the transition?
Which salt is recommended?
I have looked online, and gotten conflicting information. Hopefully someone on here can shed some light on this subject, or multiple parties can argue it out and I can continue to guess... haha.