Adding a new fish

[salisbury a d]

A few months ago I went to the marsh here in Wickford and caught a minow for my aquarium. Just out of curiosity I acclimated it to fresh water and it has been alive since March. I was wondering if I could acclimate it back to salt water and introduce it to my reef?
If that the heat of the reef is a problem the minow has been living in a heated tank.
It also acceps flakes, is about an inch long, and is very pretty.
Adam

 

[b_ball12_99]

Very possibly can be done. Not recemmended though. What has it been living with and have you ID it yet? It might harm things in your tank.

 

[salisbury a d]

All I know is it is a one inch minow I caught in a marsh in March then I acclimated it to fresh water and it has been living in my fresh water "aggresive" tank witha jeweled chiclid green terror and a blue gourami and is still alive.
Adam
[ June 25, 2001: Message edited by: Salisbury A D ]

 

[b_ball12_99]

If it has survived in an aggressive tank then it is probably aggressive and aggressive fish aren't recemmended for reef.

 

[mr . salty]

I would tend to agree with b_ball,It is most likly an agressive/destructive fish. You should leave him where he is.Especially if he is doing as well as you say.Maybe when he gets a little older you will be able to ID it.(Remember,NEVER put anything into your SHOW TANK that you don't know about)

 

[salisbury a d]

The "agressive" tank really isn't agressive, the fish are pansies and freak out when I enter the room. The minow has his own burrow in the cc but mainly hides in the roots of the floating plants.
He is a good algae cleaner I'll tell you that.
Adam