[loveforfish]

hi. new to the forum here.. im involved with some freshwater forums but they cant answere my question..

i just got into a brackish water aquarium set up with a spotted puffer.. im wondering what kind of live plants can i keep in this aquarium.

is there any type of coral or plants i can keep alive in my brackish water..

something thats not to hard to care for and doesnt take special lights or much care.

my sg is 1.003

if you need anymore info on my water paremeters i can get them.

thanks

[Ninong]

Hi loveforfish,



Is this a green spotted puffer (Tetraodon nigroviridis)? How large is it right now? You might want to check out the fishbase entry on this fish.

Here's something else I found on it online.

I don't know of any corals that would survive in brackish systems. As far as marine plants are concerned, you should check for estuarine species.

[greenbean36191]

There aren't any corals that would tolerate such a low salinity. There are a few, non-reefbuilding species that you can occasionally find in estuarine areas, but only where the salinity is much closer to full-strength SW.

[sihaya]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong... but I think (instead of finding brakish corals), you could acclimate your brakish fish to higher salinity water.

[weez1959]

Yup, it's possible to acclimate a Green spotted puffer to full marine water, I'm slowly doing that right now with a GSP, he's up to 1.014 and it hasn't bothered him yet...