Anguilla marmorata environment

Daddyo72 · 05-20-2006, 12:28 PM

I have one at the moment and read they go from brackish to fresh water. The one I have is a foot long and in freshwater now. What would be the perfect environment for him?

**TheOldSalt** · 05-21-2006, 09:09 AM

Well, if it's only a foot long, and I'm betting it sure ain't tankraised, then it's still quite young and probably still needs to be in brackish conditions. As it grows another few inches, start diluting the salt with waterchanges until it's in straight freshwater. It would probably prefer a sandy bottom.

**Cichlid Man** · 05-21-2006, 11:23 AM

Whoa! They grow very big. I would suggest a brackish environement, and switching it to fresh as it goes. You could always vary the salinity and see which environement suits it best.

05-20-2006, 12:28 PM	#1
Daddyo72 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 35 Posts: 6	Anguilla marmorata environment I have one at the moment and read they go from brackish to fresh water. The one I have is a foot long and in freshwater now. What would be the perfect environment for him?

05-21-2006, 11:23 AM	#3
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,100	Whoa! They grow very big. I would suggest a brackish environement, and switching it to fresh as it goes. You could always vary the salinity and see which environement suits it best. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

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05-21-2006, 09:09 AM	#2
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,250	Well, if it's only a foot long, and I'm betting it sure ain't tankraised, then it's still quite young and probably still needs to be in brackish conditions. As it grows another few inches, start diluting the salt with waterchanges until it's in straight freshwater. It would probably prefer a sandy bottom.

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