luffyjnr Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Hi All, I have a fishtank sitting out in the garage, that I would love to setup with bream, flatties, whiting etc. I was wondering if anyone has tried this and any hints or tips. I'm not sure if you need to use the water they are actually in, or if you can setup the salt water in the tank, and the fish will survive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishguts Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 hi luffy! a mate had a beaut predator tank (high maintainance) super clean maori wrass, horn shark, moray eel and a few other boofhead things, nearly took his finger off once hand feeding he introed a couple of legal bream and pinkies and i think the water was too clean for them, you would have to get a substantial amount of water they were in..... 100ltrs? and get a test kit and keep the water at those levels.... tk..ph etc. give the bloke in toukley a call! but i know the levels prescribed for his predators was just to clean for ringins they lost there colour quick and went belly up! hope this helps. ..cheers!..stevo!.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigholio Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 I've kept estuarine fish. It's a headache. Best to go full 'oceanic' as sugested or estuarine fish that will live in FW. Mullet, butterfish, perchlet & eels are a few that can acclimatise to full fresh, add others if you keep it brackish with aquarium salts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vipernut Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Another option might be to forget about saltwater,and go fresh with bass,barra,archer fish and cod. Stephen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luffyjnr Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 Blimey, would'nt have thought it would have been that hard. Thanks for the info, might look at bass n mullet, bream will live in semi fresh water I spose, but I don't want to stress the fish out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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