freshwater flounder - Aquarium Advice

kukerdan · 01-07-2005, 07:11 PM

whats the deal with these guys, how do you feed em,

one of my pair was swimming around the tank at the top happily, riding the air bubles, so i fed the fish, thinkin maybe he was looking for food, he tried to get a peice, but failed, lol, i have variety wafers scattered around , is this good food for them?

on a side note : my baby goby likes to attack and chase the wafers

Menagerie · 01-07-2005, 09:07 PM

Flounders are predatory in nature. They will do best with live foods or frozen foods. Aside from that, no flounder is purely [acronym:939e90b231="Freshwater"]FW[/acronym:939e90b231]--believe me, I have done the research. For a fantastic profile: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=28764

Drake · 01-26-2005, 05:26 PM

I don't think any eel, pufferfish, flounder or what other fish that has the name fw in front of it is really a fw fish. They all are better off in an aquarium with salt.

xxsquallxx · 07-14-2005, 09:39 PM

i have 3 fw flounders. i add a hefty teaspoon of salt per gallon and they are doing just fine.

krap101 · 07-14-2005, 09:41 PM

dwarf puffer?

talloulou · 07-14-2005, 09:44 PM

Off topic....but I miss Menagerie's old picture with the screaming chimp.

Menagerie · 07-14-2005, 10:00 PM

Screaming chimp??

Quote:

i have 3 fw flounders. i add a hefty teaspoon of salt per gallon and they are doing just fine.

I am interested to know how long you have had them. What size were they when you bought them and what size they are now. Are you using marine salt, or aquarium salt?

xxsquallxx · 07-15-2005, 07:32 AM

ive had them for a few months now. theyve grown for sure since i got them. of course though i feed them well. i have them in with ghost shrimp. 7 of those as well. one of the flounders is about an inch and a half or so, the other 2 are about an inch.

im actually using aquarium rock salt. they seem to be real happy. active at night, always doing something.

Steven_Askham · 07-15-2005, 03:33 PM

WOW. Could you please post an image ?

Blazeherd2306 · 07-15-2005, 08:19 PM

Aquarium salt will not make your water brackish. You need to use marine salt. If you continue to keep the flounder in [acronym:6565ced8ef="Freshwater"]FW[/acronym:6565ced8ef] then its lifespan will be greatly shortened.

kukerdan-I would really recommend you give away a lot of your fish. In both tanks, you are WAY overstocked. In the ten [acronym:6565ced8ef="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:6565ced8ef] you have 16 fish and some of those fish will reach a good size and there will be compatability issues. In the 90 [acronym:6565ced8ef="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:6565ced8ef] you have 38 fish with compatability issues and some of those fish will get HUGE.

01-07-2005, 07:11 PM	#1
kukerdan Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: new york Posts: 184 Images: 1	freshwater flounder whats the deal with these guys, how do you feed em, one of my pair was swimming around the tank at the top happily, riding the air bubles, so i fed the fish, thinkin maybe he was looking for food, he tried to get a peice, but failed, lol, i have variety wafers scattered around , is this good food for them? on a side note : my baby goby likes to attack and chase the wafers __________________ 10 Gallon: 1 flower shrimp, 1 zebra danio,2 blue danio 1 white cloud danio, 1 tiny [acronym:719c5aceff="Chinese Algae Eater"]CAE[/acronym:719c5aceff], 1 fan dance goby, 1 drawf redtip gourami, 3 silver hatchet fish, 1 baby blue zebra cihlid, 3 Green Panchax killifish, 1 madagascar rainbow, 1 dwarf neon rainbow, 1 aquatic frog 90 Gallon 1 [acronym:719c5aceff="Chinese Algae Eater"]CAE[/acronym:719c5aceff], 1 giant panda cory,2 green spotted cory, 2 giant danio. 1 large tinfoil barb, 1 rosy barb, 1 marbled goby, 1 purple spotted gudgeon, 1 jade goby, 1 red dwarf gouromi, 2 clown loaches,4 tiger barbs, 5 weather loaches, 3 blood parrots,1 firemouth cichlid, 1 goldfish, 1 Electric yellow cichlid, 1 Auratus cichlid, 1 Zebra Tilapia cichlid, 1 Yellowfin Borleyi cichlid, 1 purple peacock cichlid, 2 striped barbs, 1 figure 8 puffer, 1 electric catfish, 1 african butterfly fish

01-07-2005, 09:07 PM	#2
Menagerie Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Vancouver, WA Posts: 11,266 Images: 77	Flounders are predatory in nature. They will do best with live foods or frozen foods. Aside from that, no flounder is purely [acronym:939e90b231="Freshwater"]FW[/acronym:939e90b231]--believe me, I have done the research. For a fantastic profile: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=28764 __________________

01-26-2005, 05:26 PM	#3
Drake Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: St. Louis Posts: 202	I don't think any eel, pufferfish, flounder or what other fish that has the name fw in front of it is really a fw fish. They all are better off in an aquarium with salt. __________________ 55 Gallon-two clown knifefish, chocolate pleco 46 Gallon Bow Front-Planted-swords, java fern and African cichlids, sail fin pleco 29 Gallon-black ghost knifefish, bristlenose pleco 10 gallon-brackish, figure-eight puffer, knight goby

07-14-2005, 09:41 PM	#5
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07-14-2005, 09:44 PM	#6
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07-14-2005, 09:39 PM	#4
xxsquallxx Aquarium Advice Newbie Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: ca, us Posts: 4 Images: 4	i have 3 fw flounders. i add a hefty teaspoon of salt per gallon and they are doing just fine.

07-15-2005, 07:32 AM	#8
xxsquallxx Aquarium Advice Newbie Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: ca, us Posts: 4 Images: 4	ive had them for a few months now. theyve grown for sure since i got them. of course though i feed them well. i have them in with ghost shrimp. 7 of those as well. one of the flounders is about an inch and a half or so, the other 2 are about an inch. im actually using aquarium rock salt. they seem to be real happy. active at night, always doing something.

07-15-2005, 03:33 PM	#9
Steven_Askham Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: England / Posts: 1,144	WOW. Could you please post an image ? __________________ 3 Foot : 4 Discus & 2 Blue Rams & 2 Bristlenose & 3 Cockatoo's 3 Foot : 2 Yellow Belly Turtles. 2 Foot: Salt Water

07-15-2005, 08:19 PM	#10
Blazeherd2306 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: May 2004 Location: U.S. Posts: 1,723 Images: 5	Aquarium salt will not make your water brackish. You need to use marine salt. If you continue to keep the flounder in [acronym:6565ced8ef="Freshwater"]FW[/acronym:6565ced8ef] then its lifespan will be greatly shortened. kukerdan-I would really recommend you give away a lot of your fish. In both tanks, you are WAY overstocked. In the ten [acronym:6565ced8ef="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:6565ced8ef] you have 16 fish and some of those fish will reach a good size and there will be compatability issues. In the 90 [acronym:6565ced8ef="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:6565ced8ef] you have 38 fish with compatability issues and some of those fish will get HUGE.

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