Thinking of brackish?

[waterlogged]

Hey i'm thinking of setting up a brackist aquarium and was wondering what i need to consider with this. eg would a 60L aprox tank work fine, and were in the lower north island can one find brakish fish/plants

[Joshlikesfish]

Bigger the tank, the easier the levels are to maintain.

HTH

[spoon]

yep 60l would be fine some plants like java moss and java fern can handle low levels of salt

[waterlogged]

any idea were i could get fish from? i know bumble bee gobies and mollies can handle certain levels

[malevolentsparkle]

any size would work really, but most brakish fish are pretty big. a tank that size would be pretty restrictive. gobies and puffers would work. maybe orange chromides? mollies would be ok but you don't need brakish for them.

[breakaway]

There are some brackish puffers - commonly referred to as 'green spotted puffer' or 'figure 8 puffer'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_spotted_puffer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraodon_fluviatilis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraodon_nigroviridis

Whichever one(s) you get, make sure you research them well so you can provide the best possible care for them.

[waterlogged]

yea not a fam of mollies just knew they could. i have only seen pufferes up in auckland and hamilton.