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No, I'm not considering putting any in with the community freshwater tank... I would be looking at a brackish tank so would wonder about what is best to add to the water to maintain the parameters that it needs to have.
There is not a lot of information on these guys so I thought I would sound the waters here and see what people know or have experience with.
So far I know they are brackish water, meat lovers, territorial and not good tank mates for most fish and like tunnels and hidey holes.
Next up would be tank size requirements... besides the larger the better, are there recommendations as to what would be considered minimum tank size and what sort of numbers work/don't work for these guys?
The store has a few in stock and I thought that they might be interesting in a species tank with some suitable inverts for the water. Maybe I can get some nerites to actually lay viable eggs.
Of course, there is the plant issue... I haven't even started to look to see what plants might go with brackish water.
Is this close enough to being salt water that I should be bumping over to the salt water forum?
Thoughts anyone?
Jeff.
There is not a lot of information on these guys so I thought I would sound the waters here and see what people know or have experience with.
So far I know they are brackish water, meat lovers, territorial and not good tank mates for most fish and like tunnels and hidey holes.
Next up would be tank size requirements... besides the larger the better, are there recommendations as to what would be considered minimum tank size and what sort of numbers work/don't work for these guys?
The store has a few in stock and I thought that they might be interesting in a species tank with some suitable inverts for the water. Maybe I can get some nerites to actually lay viable eggs.
Of course, there is the plant issue... I haven't even started to look to see what plants might go with brackish water.
Is this close enough to being salt water that I should be bumping over to the salt water forum?
Thoughts anyone?
Jeff.