Figure 8s

[danni_69]

hey guys.. my boyfriend is goin to be setting up a new tank soon. He's goin to be doing a brackish puffer tank, goin to be keeping 5 figure 8s in a 100 litre tank.

Just to ask, what are good plants to put in brackish water, and is there anythin that can be kept with figure 8s?

Cheers guys

 

[youngfisher]

I think bumbleebee gobbys can live with them. (could be wrong though)

 

[Davo86]

You really need around 15G per Figure 8 puffer and 100L is only 26G, so in reality the tank is only suitable for 2 F8's max.
You could go for 2 F8's and around 4 BBGs IMO but only if tank maintenance is good

 

[iliveinazoo]

A rule I've heard is 15USG for 1 and 10USG for every one after. I can only speak from experience about fish that will co-habit with figure 8's because some have good luck with them and some have bad. In my tank I have bumblebee gobies and a halfbeak in with 2 figure 8's, a year and a half on and all are doing well.

There's a sticky at the top about brackish plants. If you maintain your tank around SG1.003 lots of plants will do well, less at 1.005 but still quite a few, above 1.005 it's not really worth the effort.

 

[danni_69]

cheers guys