The Puffer Forum

ok i have pulled the guppies from the tank and they are happy back in the old tank. What is a good source of ammonia to add to the water.

im going to pickup the api liquid test kit tomorrow and i will test it and post the parameters.

that just told me about ammonia in the tank. What about all of the beneficial bacteria that needs to be in the tank. What can i do to get that.

ahh makes sense now well if it does die i have a couple of guppies in there to start the cycle. thanks for all the info

I dont think there is going to be any bacteria in the water because i bought all new water and mixed the salt in. Then i took the 10 guppies i had in my other tank and put them in the new tank to start the cycle. The old tank was brackish with a salinity of 1.008. The old tank was also cycled out. S...

I also did not use any of the water from the previous tank.

Also i dont have the puffer yet im waiting on the tank to cycle completely before i get him. The old tank was at 1.008. Im using the biological filter from the old tank on the new one to aid in the cycle. Hope that clarifies some things

i have the filtration system from my 20 gallon tank in my 37 gallon. The 20 gallon tank was brackish and had been setup for a few months. So im introducing the bacteria from the old tank into the new one

JP let me ask you this i just started my puffer tank and the salinity is at 1.013 consistently every time i have checked it. The gsp at the pet store is in a salinity of 1.011 and i have had them prove this to me. How bad will it bother the puffer in this salinity change? I have also decided i shoul...

1.018 is what im going to work my salinity up to over time. Ive read that they seem to do better in a full marine environment. Also i just added the filter from my established tank into the new tank to help cycle it.

The sand i have is carribean arragonite sand and it has been in an established tank since day one. Also i just set the tank up yesterday and my salinity is at 1.013. The fish store here keeps there gsp' s in a salinity of 1.011.. This brackish is very new to me im going away from saltwater as it is ...

Im new to brackish water and i was wondering if anyone knew of a chemical to help start the cycle. I bought the 37 gallon marineland eclipse tank with the bio wheel filter in it. I also have live sand that i pulled out of my 20 gallon aquarium. I then took the 10 guppies i had in the 20 gallon and p...