The Puffer Forum

Thank you everyone for all your help! after water changes daily and then every other day the numbers are stable again. i added some plants and an air stone to help with the oxygen since i keep the tank warm with this last cold spell its been fluctuating between 78 and 80. but the puffer really seems...

if stress zyme doesnt work what can i use to introduce the good bacteria? also i looked for that Prime that i have heard about and couldnt find it. that is how i was directed to the stresszyme. if i prepare the water 24 hrs in advance how do i keep its temp close? that is my concern. i was disolving...

i will keep an eye on the temp as the weather warms up but my house is kept at 68 degrees so it is more of a challenge to keep the temp up then down right now. thank you for the heads up.

Thank you for the quick replies, @purple candle i started the salt level at fresh and put salt in a plastic baby food container to release into the water till it slowly increases by .002 right after i got them the first time and then 3-4 wks later did it again and it is at 1.004 now. as i was resear...

current water parameters- Nitrate <20 Nitrite .5 PH 8 Ammonia- .25 salinity- 1.004 I have a 20g long with currently one gsp 1.5" feeding freeze dried Gammarus and bloodworms also an occasional snail water changes weekly usually small, just did a 50% wc today do to lose of cycle today was the fi...