The Puffer Forum

Happy you guys are supporting my plan. I just transferred him to the new setup and he seems a lot more relaxed and is no longer hiding. Just cruising around and investgating his new home. Now I just have to watch for fin rot. Last question, Do you think I should treat the tank with Melafix? My only ...

I currently have 2 GSP fish in a 65 gallon brackish water tank (no other fish). Salinity: 1.005, Nitrite:0, Nitrate:10ppm, Amnionia:0, PH: need to still check. I have had these two guys for quite a while now (almost a year). All was well until a couple of days ago. The passive of the two GSPs decide...

1.008 is nowhere near able to support SW bacteria. You are in the area of no man's bacteria-land. You're just going to have to keep up with WC right now. You could lower the SG a bit, until the new filter is able to support more bacteria. The filter you have now has none, so I don't see the use of ...

Ok, would it be wise if I did this? Purchased an AC filter, have it run along side with my current filter, and See if I can get my hands on established marine tank media. If I did get marine tank media, how much would I need? and would I still need the Seachem Prime? Also,does Seachem Prime hurt the...

Marineland Penguin 200 HOB filter

Oh I'm not sure if this would help, but I also have 40g FW aquarium that is well established. Would the bacteria in there help my solve my issue?

It took me about 2 months to cycle my brackish tank and just recently (for the past week) noticed my nitrites are no longer at 0. Should I worry about this because I am. The two GSPs seem fine, but I don't know how long they will be fine for. Every other day I have been doing 50% water changes to co...

greenspottedlover wrote:GSP, I have one with a spot like that except his spot is shaped like a pufferfish. Also by Topaz do you mean Ceylon?

I think they are one in same.
http://forum.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk ... hp?t=36787

thanks guys. just wasn't sure. never seen a GSP with that marking before.

bubbles1.jpg bubbles2.jpg After a long awaited fishless cycle, I special ordered 2 Green Spotted Puffers from a respected LFS. When I got them about 4 weeks ago, they both appeared to be GSPs. However, Im not so sure about one of them now. Bubbles, the one in question has spotting similar to a GSP,...

That is confusing. You might try mixing the bottles up by tapping them on a hard surface fo 30 seconds or so. This especially applies to the nitrAte solutions and more time is better. Just about everyone I've seen buys the FW master kit for their BW. JRC3, I just tried it once more. I think you are...

I believe the PH solution is different on the API kits in regards to SW and FW. Everything else works on both. I use the FW kit for my BW. I just did two tests for ammonia levels twice. First one using API freshwater liquid test and readings came out around 8ppm. The second one was API for fresh wa...

I'm currently in the middle of a fishless cycle (30g BW tank, 3 weeks in). The SG is around 1.0004, but 1.0008 is my goal. Basically, I'm just wondering what kind of testing kit I should purchase since I'm tired of those testing strips. Should it be for fresh water or salt water? or does it even mat...

I have had my F8 puffer for nearly a year now. I almost lost her too last week to her swimming down a filter tube AND that freaked me out. Anyways, She came from a fresh water tank and consequently I have been keeping her in fresh since then. My tank has been fully cycled and Im contemplating about ...

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