The tank likely to draw the most attention will be
a brackish water environment.
Not exact matches
In addition to its importance in the
water cycle, as a potentially exploitable
water resource and a source of
water for
brackish coastal
environments such as marshes and coastal lagoons, it also can serve as an important source of dissolved chemical compounds such as nutrients and trace and toxic metals.
-- Heikki Peltonen, Finnish
Environment Institute, MRC, Finland, Behavioural responses of
brackish water fish on underwater noise — novel experimental approaches
Brackish -
water environments and Rift Lake habitats will benefit greatly from these rocks since they buffer
water chemistry by gradually leaching compounds that make
water harder.
Rift Lake cichlids,
brackish -
water environments, and of course, marine fish and reef tanks must use gravel made from aragonite or similar organic - based materials such as coral rock or tufa.
This is great for marine,
brackish -
water and African Rift Lake
environments, but it is certainly not recommended for any other habitats.
The young spend their juvenile stages in
brackish water and the adults migrate into the marine
environment.
There are two adaptive types of interest, some adapted to a harsh salt
environment (halophytes) while others are adapted to fresh and
brackish (slightly salty)
water.