10g Brackish

[blueramboy87]

I've decided to go brackish with the extra 10g but can't really figure out what would work. Gobies, figure 8 puffer, mollies, even celebes rainbowfish? Any advice would greatly be appreciated.

 

[Mar23]

I have a 10 gallon brackish that I am getting ready to home a figure 8 puffer. I also have some ghost shrimp and pretty moss balls. But I'm new at this, so I'm sure others will have better ideas.


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[Pseudomugil]

A figure 8 puffer would be it in a 10 gallon, as their bio load is huge and they're recommended in at least a 15 gallon tank.

For stocking, you could do:

1 figure 8 puffer

OR

4 ghost shrimp
4 bumblebee gobies
6 celebes rainbowfish

OR

1 celebes halfbeak
1 knight goby or purple spot goby
2 sailfin mollies

A freshwater (actually brackish) flounder would be cool, but might be too big for that size of tank

Hope I helped

 

[blueramboy87]

Thanks for the replies guys! I was actually just looking at freshwater flounder and would love one. I think it would work in a ten gallon but anyone have input on that?

 

[Pseudomugil]

I've read in some places they grow to 8 inches long, others only 2-3 inches long. It may depend on if there are different species of freshwater flounder.

 

[NigelK8485]

You could look at different achirus species, some are freshwater and some are brackish and remain small. What is usually sold as a freshwater flounder is the hogchoker, trinectes maculatus, which is brackish to full marine and would get too large for your tank.

Achirus and the hogchoker are extremely difficult to feed and usually will only accept live foods and even then it is a challenge to get them to eat the live foods when in an aquarium.


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[blueramboy87]

Okay thanks for the info. I am finding a lot of stuff that says they are fine in a ten gallon but I will go back to that later. What are you opinions on putting maybe three mollies in. This seems to be pretty varied information on whether that would work or not.

 

[blueramboy87]

Anybody with molly input?

 

[Pseudomugil]

Mollies would be fine, but why not try for something a little more unique with them? Purple spot gobies are really cool.

 

[blueramboy87]

I am looking at an empire gudgeon goby. Can't find much information online so does anyone on here have any?

 

[NigelK8485]

What do you mean you can't find much information? Just google them, I just did and there are pages of information.


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[blueramboy87]

I did. Went through all those websites. None of them are very straight forward on tank size and that is what I am looking for.

 

[NigelK8485]

The very first web result, minimum base should be 80x30cm. Or 30x12". So about a 30 gallon aquarium is the minimum.


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[NatureFish]

Puffers are one of the most adorable fish in the hobby! I too have a spare ten gallon but I'm a bit too nervous to venture out into brackish...


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[Mar23]

So far it's really not much different from freshwater for me. All you have to do differently is add marine salt to your water (in the right amount based on the fish. And figure 8 puffers don't need that much salt, anyway.


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[blueramboy87]

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The very first web result, minimum base should be 80x30cm. Or 30x12". So about a 30 gallon aquarium is the minimum.


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Thanks. Somehow I missed that.

 

[Nils]

Make it a fiddler crab tank, and then add some small brackish fish in the water, like mollies. The mollies will reproduce, the fiddler cars will catch fry and have a food supply. Just you'd have to make the water more than the actual land portion of it.

Nils

 

[blueramboy87]

I thought about doing that but would rather just keep it all water. I do plan on adding some blue legged hermit crabs. I have read things that say they can be in a brackish tank.

 

[blueramboy87]

So after a ton of research I have come up with the following:
1 Freshwater Flounder
3 Bumblebee Gobies
1 Figure 8 Puffer
5 or so blue legged hermit crabs
I think I can make this work by adding double filtration and make plenty of hiding spots/territories. Please give me your opinions on this. Still need to figure out what the salinity will be and how I will aquascape.

 

[Mar23]

Are these different options or all in the same tank?


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