mousky

WANTED: PHOTOS OF AQUASCAPED BRACKISH TANKS

First off, I'm not sure that this is the right area for this question, so sorry and please move to right area if not.

I have been pulling my hair out trying to find photos of aquascaped brackish and biotype brackish (estuary, mangrove and river)tanks, or even better the real thing (underwater), or any brackish tanks really.

I've been searching solidly for a week and have some really good information but no inspiration.

I have noticed that many of you have brackish tanks, so if you could please post some pics I would be very grateful.

The tank I have is a 2'x17.5"x18" bay front with built in sump.

I have a few ideas for flora and fauna:

* bumblebee gobies, so a brackish river would be the go, as for other fish I'm not sure as there are not many brackish species that are compatable in a 2ft tank.

* aquacsape in java fern, so it will be a Javanese biotype.

* two lovely mangrove roots and some limestone rocks.

Any ideas and pics will be great thank you

Faruk Gençöz

We do have local biotopes forum but what you are seeking is an aquascaped tank. So there is no problem that you posted your question here.

An interesting subject. Hope we see some pics.

Steven_Chong

Look through the AGA contest pictures for some of the older contests-- especially the "Biotope" section, should have a few nice brackish aquascapes.

mousky

Come on guys, I know you have them, I can the descriptions in your signature.

Come on come on come on come on!

AaronT

I'm not sure there can be such a thing, at least not with the conventional aquarium plants. Most aquatic plants will not survive in water that is truly brackish.

frozenoak

Best I can do is give you this link. They list a lot of the plants you can use. The site may have pic's of a whole tank I'm not sure.

If you don't mind would you revisit this post after you successfully complete you brackish tank. I want to set up a puffer tank and could sure use your feedback.

Hope the link helps.
dale

Steven_Chong

I wouldn't even bother with plants, but I would bother with finding things on your own (particularly when people tell you where to try looking . . .) . Here's a shot of something Jeff did a few years back:

2003 AGA International Aquascaping Contest

reiverix

Here's my 29g. SG of 1.004 and home to a f8 puffer and two knight gobies. Java fern is doing really well. The val does ok but tends to brown out after it reaches the surface. I've been trying bacopa lately and it's touch and go. There's also java moss that grows but not too noticably.

Lighting is 56w T5. I dose traces several times a week. NO3 as needed. I don't dose anything else. My tap has enough PO4 and the salt mix contains enough K, Mg and Ca. Substrate is aragonite.

billionzz

You could try BACOPA MONNIERI, I've seen it growing well along brackish water shorelines.

Bill

reiverix

Yeah I got some of that last week but have still to get round to acclimitizing it. I've heard that crinum calimistratum does well in brackish but it's a pricey plant to experiment with.