Check out my tank!

[tyrell30]

Take a look at my tank. tell me what you think.

 

[LavaToad]

I had no idea jewel cichlids could live in saltwater... cool

 

[ruckus09]

nice!

 

[shmibly]

how in gods name did you get the jewel cichlids to live in that water???
I wanna do this!!

 

[skene]

I'm just curious... what is your SG at? You must be keeping it very low/near brackish for the cichlids to live in it.

 

[dubs]

ok am looking at a different way to go reefing nice tank and please give some insight on how u got that jewel in there

 

[CHEMCHEF]

Crazy
If I could get oscars im my reef it would be like heaven

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

Crazy
If I could get oscars im my reef it would be like heaven

lol

 

[litoreef]

more info ,,

 

[tyrell30]

1024 s.g

 

[tyrell30]

i acclimated them in a 10 gallon tankwhen water evaporated i added salt water from my marine tank. it took abut 6 weeks. i already knew they could acclimate to a marine enviorment i read it in a fish book.

 

[tyrell30]

i acclimated them in a 10 gallon tankwhen water evaporated i added salt water from my marine tank. it took abut 6 weeks. i

 

[Imbarrie]

Are they still aggressive in a saltwater environment?

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

See I been saying that for years..you can easily acclimate probably any fish to live in different conditions. What does saltwater do for a fish? They don't need the salt there's no benefit to them it's just where they are. Look how many creatures have survived millions of years through different conditions. People say "your tank params should be here" Well guess what? Every body of water is completely different and is subject to change. I have talked about putting saltwater fish in a brackish tank and brackish in a salt tank and have done it. I had a damsel in my cichlid tank for a few months but he got destroyed he was doing fine though. You can also easily put a cichlid in saltwater like you see here. They also have fish like molly's adapted to saltwater they sell them in pet co and those are straight freshwater.

 

[lfsmarineguy]

See I been saying that for years..you can easily acclimate probably any fish to live in different conditions. What does saltwater do for a fish? They don't need the salt there's no benefit to them it's just where they are. Look how many creatures have survived millions of years through different conditions. People say "your tank params should be here" Well guess what? Every body of water is completely different and is subject to change. I have talked about putting saltwater fish in a brackish tank and brackish in a salt tank and have done it. I had a damsel in my cichlid tank for a few months but he got destroyed he was doing fine though. You can also easily put a cichlid in saltwater like you see here. They also have fish like molly's adapted to saltwater they sell them in pet co and those are straight freshwater.

Where is the work that supports your theory on the uselessness of salt in saltwater?

Just because some fish can be acclimated either way doesn't mean anything other than those fish are capable of acclimating to either environment. The rest is just a leap at best.

 

[marrone]

Yes, you can acclimated fresh water fish to saltwater, and there are articles on it, but what I remember from reading one was this, "why would you want to?"