JobforaCowboy
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Mar 7, 2011
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Hey,
This is my first post to the forums. I've recently started in the hobby of fishkeeping, bought a 10 gallon tank, did the fishless cycle and had an outbreak of ick that's cleared up now.
My tanks all set up, but I want to convert it from freshwater to Brackish. The fish I have in there now aren't suitable for Brackish but I am rehoming them, just waiting for my mums tank to cycle. I have 2 Red Claw Crabs that prefer brackish and I want to convert the tank for them. I have a few questions regarding the transition from Freshwater to Brackish and have done a lot of research finding only conflicting ideas and leading to more questions rather than awnsers.
Currently the tank is about 3/4 full with a nice piece of driftwood sticking out of the water, if I lower the water anymore than I reach another problem with my filter's output being too high for the water level.
I have a Hydrometer and Instant ocean salt. I heard that adding too much salt water mix to the tank will both stress the Crabs and kill off the bacteria. What is the best way to transistion from FW to BW without this happening? I am aiming for a SG of 1.005-1.008, should I slowly add salt during water changes? If so how big of a water change should I do and how much salt?
If I have missed anything then I'll try to provide information the best I can.
Sorry for the huge post and mass of questions, I just thought its time to ask questions rather than endless research that ends up nowhere.
Thanks for your patience.
This is my first post to the forums. I've recently started in the hobby of fishkeeping, bought a 10 gallon tank, did the fishless cycle and had an outbreak of ick that's cleared up now.
My tanks all set up, but I want to convert it from freshwater to Brackish. The fish I have in there now aren't suitable for Brackish but I am rehoming them, just waiting for my mums tank to cycle. I have 2 Red Claw Crabs that prefer brackish and I want to convert the tank for them. I have a few questions regarding the transition from Freshwater to Brackish and have done a lot of research finding only conflicting ideas and leading to more questions rather than awnsers.
Currently the tank is about 3/4 full with a nice piece of driftwood sticking out of the water, if I lower the water anymore than I reach another problem with my filter's output being too high for the water level.
I have a Hydrometer and Instant ocean salt. I heard that adding too much salt water mix to the tank will both stress the Crabs and kill off the bacteria. What is the best way to transistion from FW to BW without this happening? I am aiming for a SG of 1.005-1.008, should I slowly add salt during water changes? If so how big of a water change should I do and how much salt?
If I have missed anything then I'll try to provide information the best I can.
Sorry for the huge post and mass of questions, I just thought its time to ask questions rather than endless research that ends up nowhere.
Thanks for your patience.
