snowflake

[tyler]

i have a 150gal tank and i am thinking of getting one or two snowflakes ive had fish in the tank for a few years all 2 to 4 inch fish. i need as much info on the snowflake as possible. any info will be helpful.

do they like low salinity?

[William]

snowflake can be kept in freshwater but should be kept in brackish water since they are very sensetive if kept in freshwater. the singel most important thing when keeping these fish are to keep their stress levels low. This is done by decorating the tank with a lot of hiding places among the bottom of the tank. Fish that are stressed don't eat as they should and usually die after a few months.

feed them shrimp and fish meat.

They will catch and eat smaller fish. They might seem like clumpsy hunter when you observe them during the they but you will none the less soon start noticing small fish go missing.

[tyler]

not 100% sure how to creat a brackish water tank>

also what type of fish like brakish water thtat i could keep with him.
i also have a tank that is 60x13x23 the online calculater is off i typed it in and it said it was 77 gal but i then typed the demensions in for a 125 gal and it was off by 13 gal.

help

[William]

You create brackish water by adding aquarium salt to the tank- The amount depends on what other fish you want to keep.

[tyler]

are chinese algae eater compatable with brackish water?

[William]

I actually don't know. My guess is that it depends on which salinity you are going to keep in it.

[tyler]

my tank is going to be around 1.008

i read that morays live in brackish water
is this true?

[William]

Some species do other live in pure saltwater. snowflakes can be kept longterm in brackish water.

[tyler]

what is the ideal salinity of a brackish water tank?

what kind of eels live in brackish water that you know of.