Freshwater Flounder (or is it really Brackish or Saltwater?)

[PoseidonCichlid]

Regularly our LFS gets in shipments of baby flounders (I believe they are from Florida, either from a fish farm or who knows) they are always kept in the FW section and labeled as freshwater fish. Are these candidates for the brackish aquarium or even saltwater? Or are they truly freshwater? I tried to get a species name but as I expected nobody has a clue. Would love to have a tank full of them with a sand substrate but only if they'll thrive and if I know how much salt if any to give them, thanks for any pointers.

 

[lindenthaler.9]

It's difficult without a scientific name.. but I know of one that's commonly sold as freshwater that is a brackish species, maybe even marine as adults. I'll try to find a link of them to post here.

 

[lindenthaler.9]

http://badmanstropicalfish.com/articles/article78.html

Is this them? If so, definitely brackish. And according to this, species only tank. It's something to look into farther about them. Maybe someone here has personal experience with them.

 

[Bichir Bro]

As a general tip anything with the prefix, "freshwater" it's usually going to be a brackish fish; like freshwater lion fish, flounder and so on and so forth.


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[lindenthaler.9]

As a general tip anything with the prefix, "freshwater" it's usually going to be a brackish fish; like freshwater lion fish, flounder and so on and so forth.


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+1.
Speaking of, I really need to find a Freshwater Lion. It's been awhile since I've set up a species specific tank.
..About two months that is.

 

[Pseudomugil]

Search up hogchoker sole, that's the other name for it.