Liz
Aquarium Advice Regular
Hi everyone,
I'm a new member looking for some advice. I've recently had some disasters with ich in my coldwater 15g set up. On the loss of some great fishy friends I decided to go tropical.
After some consideration I've recently bought 2 columbian catsharks which were living in freshwater at the LFS. I know these require brackish waters as they get older and am gradually adding doses of salt. However, I have some remnants of my old coldwater tank - Hobbes my 3" red plecostomus and a couple of common goldfish.
I am in the process of getting a second hand larger tank (40g) for the catsharks because of the current inhabitant incompatibility and their potential size but am wondering whether Hobbes could cope with brackish water
Does anyone know whether or not a red pleco can survive in a brackish tank? They're hardy fish but I've grown very attached to him and would hate to injure him with my ignorance.
The latin name for him is hypostomus plecostomus (I realise they have so many common names).
Thanks
Liz
I'm a new member looking for some advice. I've recently had some disasters with ich in my coldwater 15g set up. On the loss of some great fishy friends I decided to go tropical.
After some consideration I've recently bought 2 columbian catsharks which were living in freshwater at the LFS. I know these require brackish waters as they get older and am gradually adding doses of salt. However, I have some remnants of my old coldwater tank - Hobbes my 3" red plecostomus and a couple of common goldfish.
I am in the process of getting a second hand larger tank (40g) for the catsharks because of the current inhabitant incompatibility and their potential size but am wondering whether Hobbes could cope with brackish water
Does anyone know whether or not a red pleco can survive in a brackish tank? They're hardy fish but I've grown very attached to him and would hate to injure him with my ignorance.
The latin name for him is hypostomus plecostomus (I realise they have so many common names).
Thanks
Liz