Aquariums… puffer fish and lobsters…?What is the difference between Brackish water and marine water?
Posted on Sep 07, 2008 under fish aquariums |What is Brackish water? and what is the diff between brackish water and marine water?
Can Blue Lobsters live with Puffer fish (Diff types of puffers)?
Can anyone recommend any Prehistoric looking fish that would go well with lobsters and that don't grow any bigger than 6 inches?
Brackish water has less salinity than marine water. Brackish water occurs in areas where rivers are flowing into the ocean. Mangrove swamps are an example of a brackish water environment.
Blue lobsters, I belive, are a freshwater creature. They are also not lobsters, but crayfish. Dont quote me on it, though. I would not trust a blue lobster (or any crayfish) with a $10 puffer fish anyway, as the lobster has no idea the puffer is not food for him and will likely think he looks like a good snack…
I'm not sure on the prehistoric fish, but if you go online and look through some sites, you can find some pretty cool fish and request them at your local pet store. Just be ready to pay a little extra.
February 12th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Brackish water has less salinity than marine water. Brackish water occurs in areas where rivers are flowing into the ocean. Mangrove swamps are an example of a brackish water environment.
Blue lobsters, I belive, are a freshwater creature. They are also not lobsters, but crayfish. Dont quote me on it, though. I would not trust a blue lobster (or any crayfish) with a $10 puffer fish anyway, as the lobster has no idea the puffer is not food for him and will likely think he looks like a good snack…
I'm not sure on the prehistoric fish, but if you go online and look through some sites, you can find some pretty cool fish and request them at your local pet store. Just be ready to pay a little extra.
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17yrs of fish tank care
My own brackish tank (finally!!) with two bumblebee gobies and two figure-eight puffers
Some sites to look at commonly avainlable freshwater fish-
Liveaquaria.com
animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/fresh.htm
February 12th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Brackish water is slightly salty, but not as salty as marine water. Beware of lobsters, they are bottom feeders and may use their claws to grab and eat one of the other fish in the tank. I have seen very aggressive puffers, so you may want to watch what other types of fish you have in the tank with them too. I like needle nose fish. They are aggressive and eat feeder fish so you have to watch what fish you put in there also.
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February 12th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
A brackish tank is a mixture between freshwater and salt water and a marine water is just freshwater
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February 12th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
a cool looking fish is a bichir they look some what prehistoric, only down side is they can grow to be 2ft in lenth
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