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by sandspuffers
Sun Feb 05, 2012 4:15 am
Forum: Hospital
Topic: gsp ich progressing
Replies: 2
Views: 604

gsp ich progressing

my gsp has ich on its fins. we have done the nox-ich treatment for 3 days like it says to. that did not help any it seems. it says to take a day off, so we did, and now were on day 2 of the second ich treatment and it does not seem to be helping any still. we did a 50% before we started the treatmen...
by sandspuffers
Sun Jan 29, 2012 1:23 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: help cure GSP ick please :(
Replies: 3
Views: 700

Re: help cure GSP ick please :(

Thanks for your help. we are getting a hydrometer sometime today. the brand of salt we are using is instant ocean. last night was the first night of turning the water into brackish so we only added half a cup. we got some really nice advise from a worker at fishy business where we bought it. thats r...
by sandspuffers
Sun Jan 29, 2012 3:07 am
Forum: Hospital
Topic: help cure GSP ick please :(
Replies: 3
Views: 700

help cure GSP ick please :(

My GSP has ick. he was in a freshwater tank but we are slowly making the conversion over to brackish water. (tonight we added a half cup of salt to the tank after doing a 50% water change.) there is another GSP in there with him that looks perfectly fine (i know only one puffer for 30 gallons but th...
by sandspuffers
Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:18 am
Forum: Hospital
Topic: my puffer might be sick HELP
Replies: 4
Views: 539

Re: my puffer might be sick HELP

Can you post answers to any of the questions in red above? It would help a lot. the tank is brand new. started it yesterday. hasn't been cycled yet. other fish are being taking out. they are a knight goby, a rainbow shark, and one other that i dont know how to spell it. 10 gallon. fresh water. that...
by sandspuffers
Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:12 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: im new to fish please read and give me ideas
Replies: 6
Views: 699

Re: im new to fish please read and give me ideas

First off, green spotted puffers are not fresh water fish, and they require at least 30 gallons of space PER gsp that you have, and are aggressive fish that rarely ever get along with tank mates. You need to either consider a much larger second tank for the puffers, or letting someone else adopt th...
by sandspuffers
Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:45 am
Forum: Hospital
Topic: my puffer might be sick HELP
Replies: 4
Views: 539

my puffer might be sick HELP

ok, so me and my girlfriend bought two puffer fish and 3 other fish. all are in a 10 gallon tank. the puffers are deff young. they are under an inch long. anyway, we have learned more about the fish and we have decided to get rid of the other 3 fish and only keep the puffers. we are also going to se...
by sandspuffers
Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: im new to fish please read and give me ideas
Replies: 6
Views: 699

im new to fish please read and give me ideas

hi, i just recently bought 2 small green spot freshwater pufferfish. and i have both of them in a 10 gallon tank along with 3 other fish. one is a knight goby, one is a rainbow shark, and i cant remember the name of the fifth one. anyway, all the fish are getting along great except for one puffer an...