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Parameters: Am= .25ppm No2= .5ppm No3= 5ppm 38gal Hexagonal, he is the only one in there @ 1.004 s.g. 84* F I had been doing daily 50% water changes but found out at my local fish store that I was breaking up the cycling process since they had not been cycled properly. (I was missing the media that ...

Great thanks for the info, one other thing seems to be happening. One of my puffers has developed what looks like a white, hazy film over the skin??? Any idea on what it is and how to treat it?

You guys are great thanks!

Thanks for all the help and sorry for a late replies, I have been busy trying to keep up with life and the puffers, lol. So should I change out the filter media every month like they say or is there a better interval? I will check at my local store and see if they have any extra used filter medias t...

I am reading it now thank you. So I read it and I am a little confused. The tank is suppose to cycle, building up bacteria in the tank that helps keep the levels down of the bad things. They say it takes up to two months to properly establish a tank, do I change the filter media once a month like it...

So if I am doing water changes and not adding the bacteria, then am I not losing those bacteria and not replacing them lowering the bacteria in the tank?

OK, So just add the treated water to the tank and no bacteria?

I am glad I found you guys as well. I am using Nutrafin Cycle bacteria. Yes I have a full test kit, have been checking levels daily since they were put in the new tanks.

Pictures are up in my last post, they are appox. 1" long.

The first tank, a 30gal has been up for two weeks, with normal fish. Declorinated the water, added conditioner, adding the bacteria per what the bottle said, and did a 50% water change two days ago to lower the levels to match what the puffers where in for a easy transition. The second tank, a 38gal...

Hello all those much smarter then myself in all things Puffer, I bought two GSP's (Biff and Napoleon) from a local pet store before reading up on them. I had planned to put them in with other fish and keep them in a single freshwater 30gal tank. However, I liked the two little guys so much that I wa...