geting a 55gallon going to have aisan fish can i have monos

[Holton]

Im geting a 55gallon and plann to have asian fish includeing: barbs, gouramies, rasbouras, sharks, a catfish, louches, and an eel.
I want to know if I could have monos in with them or if I would have to take a few fish off the list?

 

[Endgame319]

Monos are a brackish water fish (a mix of freshwater and saltwater). So they would not work in your tank.

 

[Holton]

thanks but I've herd of people that have brakish and fresswater fish in one tank.

 

[krap101]

some freshwater can live in brackish like mollies. (i think)

 

[Holton]

Hey krap do you know if asian fish above can live in partial brackish or if monos can live in fress?

 

[nodoubt471]

IME monos do not ever do well in fresh, they do much better in brackish and i have even seen them kept in tanks with marine fish. they really like their salt, and i dont think that the barbs and the rest of the fish you mentioned would appreciate being thrown into a SG as high as one of a brackish tank. i would skip the monos and just get the rest of the fish and have them as fresh.

and yea mollies can live in brackish, ive had them in SG as high as 1.014 for a few days (it was a treatment for ich).

HTH

 

[webmoose]

mono's are the tricky kind of brackish that require increasing salt as they grow.. and they like big tanks for swimming room.

 

[Holton]

Thank you all and I gess I have to take monos off the menu.

 

[webmoose]

very very cool fish I can understand your interest!

 

[Holton]

glad ya think so

 

[Menagerie]

Remember, fish keeping can be a life long hobby and you don't have to keep every fish you want all at the same time. Or, you can set up multiple tanks I love bumble bee gobies and finally was able to set up a BW tank. It's not hard.

 

[Holton]

you do have a point I gess i should wait. :|

 

[Kohan Bros.]

im not a reely fw but i have cnverted molies from fw to sw to feed to my preditor sw tank