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How much salt do i have to put in a 55 gallon tank for the fish to live, and
thrive.Can i put freshwater fish in there with them, like clown loaches, or black sharks,I also have a bumblebee cat,a pleco,
and 1 cory cat.thx.

Is live aquaria a good place to buy fish online?

where did u get the idea that u need salt for mollys, platys, and swordtails? if u meen aquarium salt (the kind used to heal wounds, kill parasites, and prevent disease in a freshwater tank) then it is 1 tbs/10 gallons. and yes other fresh water fish can live with a little salt. i got one question why r u using a 55 gallon tank for loachs, and livebearers? why not cichlids? lol

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Brian

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I heard that the mollys,plats, and swords did better in a brackish envirement.
I do have cichlids, heres my tanks.


125 gallon tank
8 severums
1 Tiger shovel nose catfish(im tryin to sell it)
3 zEBRA PLECOS

55 gallon tank
2 breeding gold oscars

55 gallon tank
2 JDs
5 clown loaches

55 gallon tank
breeding tank for gouramis, livebearers,
and such

29 gallon tank

2 breeding convictd


I have beem in fish for many years, and have aquired these tanks and alot of knowledge along the way.But a little help now and again wouldnt hurt.

the mollys, platys, and swordtails arent brackish but it wont hurt to add 1 tbs/10 gallons salt anyway just to prevent parasites. do everything u can to get rid of the tiger shovel nose cause i read that they get 30 inches long!

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Hay cichfreak, your wrong ... they get larger, in the wild amazon they ha ve been found 4 feet long on average, 5 footers are common in a big aquarium.....so, u want to bye it

oops, sorry i mean buy it

yah, those things do get around 5 ta 6 feet. and platies, swords, guppies, etc are brackish i believe. they can live in fresh, brackish and (what i heard) even full blown saltwater

Originally posted by sportyrox:
Hay cichfreak, your wrong ... they get larger, in the wild amazon they ha ve been found 4 feet long on average, 5 footers are common in a big aquarium.....so, u want to bye it

doesnt surprize (sp) me, like i said i read it in a book and i have found many other errors in that book


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