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#1 2010-08-12 22:28:30

klakritz
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From: Winchester Massachusetts
Registered: 2005-10-25
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'backish water' for 'brackish water'

You can get brackish water (a mix of fresh and salt water) when the flow of a fresh water stream diminishes, allowing salty ocean water to back up into it. 500+ ghits. Examples:

... a coastline open to the sea, in which the tide rises and falls and in which fresh and salt water meet and mix to create backish water. ...
quizlet.com/1959359/unit-3-geology-101-unl-flash-cards/

I was told that Anacharis (Elodea densa) would do fine in strong backish water.
www.petshrimp.com/discussions/viewtopic … &t=1725…

Some helminth parasites of fresh and backish water fishes from Loisiana and. Panama, J. Parasitol. 41 (6): 587-594. Spall, R.D. and R.C. Summerfelt. 1969.
cdigital.dgb.uanl.mx/la/1020082549/1020082549_020.pdf

So a second try I started… and all got was some brownish backish water and something that reminded me of wet sand underneath.
foodblog.paulchens.org/?p=2179

my ghost shrimp is full of eggs,what can I do to make sure they hatch? I have heard they will only hatch in backish water,is that true?
www.aquariacentral.com/forums/archive/i … 94887.html

2 things I especially dont like, each has their place in the world are sharks and alligators ( and crocs in FL backish water areas) ...
www.mdwfp.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17278

Its unique ecosystem comprises of aquatic flora and fauna in and around the backish water of Chilka Lake.
www.travelindiaonline.org/.../10-beauti … nd-of.html

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