Brackish Inverts?????

[Hondamx]

Is there any brackish inverts??

[reiverix]

If you don't have puffers you can keep olive nerite snails. There's also some brackish fiddler crabs but these require a land area.

[Incognito]

There are quite a few brackish crabs and shrimp. Ghost shrimp do well in brackish water, red clawed crabs (need air access), fiddler crabs (should have air and land access). Many snails tolerate brackish well (I've had pond snails appear in a brackish tank).

What do you have in mind?

If you are looking for tankmate for a puffer, be warned they're aggressive towards any invert you would probably put in there, and anything large enough to not be troubled would be a threat to the fish.

[crazy loaches]

So then there arent any inverts large or small that could be housed with a couple fig8's? Figured the answer is no, but worth one last verification.

[reiverix]

I just can't see any type of snail getting the run of the tank. Shrimp might last longer but will probably be stalked eventually. FWIW I had three cherry shrimp in my f8 tank for at least 4 weeks. They hitchhiked on some bacopa I added. I moved them to another tank after I spotted them but I've no idea if there was any more and they got eaten. It is a (light) brackish tank so it was a surprise to see them combing through the java fern.

[crazy loaches]

What about Atyopsis moluccensis, aka wood/flower/bamboo/singapore shrimp? I have read that thier fry need brackish water to survive, but no specific references for the adult shrimp living for long in brackish water? I have read also they are one of the largest freshwater shrimps at up to ~3.5"-5", and are filter feeders. I bought a pair of these a few days ago (about 3" long) and put one in my 75G planted and one in the 45G bowfront with BB Gobies that will be slowly acclimated to light brackish. I have 3 Fig8 puffers that will be put in the brackish tank once its sg is brought up. I was going to chance it and see what happens (the Fig8's are about 2" long right now). But if there is very little chance the puffers wont bother the shrimp I'll put the shrimp in the 75 with the other before the sg starts going up. Although my 75G has Clown Loaches in it... so thats taking a chance too. But so far they have paid the shrimp no attention.

[Franco]

I just got my first fig8 puffer and right now its living by itself. I want something else for the tank that will get the scraps that the puffer leaves behind. Does anyone have any suggestions as to a scavenger that I could put in the tank?

I was thinking about putting some ghost shrimp in there but I figure they will get eaten eventually. Are there any little cory or pleco type fish that might survive with the fig8? I got the least aggressive fish out of the whole tank so I don't know if there will be any problems or not if I add a little pleco or some algae eaters or something.

Any advice would be great.

[reiverix]

How big is the tank? What is the SG?

[PufferMom]

Puffers do not do well with other fish for the most part. Some have had some success keeping Figure 8s with bumblebee gobies. There are NO cories or plecos that will do well in brackish and survive with puffers. Your best bet is to not overfeed and manually remove any leftovers. Its not hard.

[Chill]

I have had Malaysian Trumpet Snails reproducing in brackish water. They burrow in the sand and their shells are fairly hard. They might work but I don't know much about puffers so you might want to reserch if there are any risks to the puffer.

[Roan]

Originally Posted by Chill

I have had Malaysian Trumpet Snails reproducing in brackish water. They burrow in the sand and their shells are fairly hard. They might work but I don't know much about puffers so you might want to reserch if there are any risks to the puffer.

This is a very old thread

MTS are dangerous to puffers. Their shells are way too hard.

Roan