donttaptheglass
Aquarium Advice Freak
The wife and I went to PetSmart tonight just for giggles and we were commenting on the tanks there . . . probably one of the better maintained PetSmarts we've ever been in . . .tanks are very clean and clear, not a dead fish to be seen, the employees seem to be fairly knowledgeable (though I always ask here first!)
I had one question though, that I wasn't willing to trust to PetSmart . . . there were a few fish that we were showing interest in that it says on the tags under the tanks that some salt is required in the tanks for the fish. To name a couple (and I'll try to include pics if I can find 'em) were:
Leporis fasciatus
South American Dragon Goby
Silver tipped shark
Just wondering how this works? How much salt? Will they survive without the salt in a tank with others that don't need the salt? Someone help me out here. I thought freshwater tanks that were kinda salty were brakish. Why are they displayed with freshwater fish if they require salt? I started out with a freshwater tank because I wanted to start fairly simple. Now it seems to me that I need to look for Saltwater, Brakish, Freshwater or interesting mixtures of the above.
Am I making this more complicated than it needs to be?
I had one question though, that I wasn't willing to trust to PetSmart . . . there were a few fish that we were showing interest in that it says on the tags under the tanks that some salt is required in the tanks for the fish. To name a couple (and I'll try to include pics if I can find 'em) were:
Leporis fasciatus
South American Dragon Goby
Silver tipped shark
Just wondering how this works? How much salt? Will they survive without the salt in a tank with others that don't need the salt? Someone help me out here. I thought freshwater tanks that were kinda salty were brakish. Why are they displayed with freshwater fish if they require salt? I started out with a freshwater tank because I wanted to start fairly simple. Now it seems to me that I need to look for Saltwater, Brakish, Freshwater or interesting mixtures of the above.
Am I making this more complicated than it needs to be?
