The Puffer Forum

lol great video, probably a bad idea to mix a puffer and an octopus after seeing that.

Put the bags in a cooler with a disposable heat pack. You should also call a responsible on line fish retailer and ask how they ship there livestock.

Added my first marine salt. The aquarium is now around 1.002. I took all the snails out and put them in a piece of Tupperware with some lettuce.

lol!! OK figured out what I did wrong folks. The brewery hydrometer does work, it measures the exact same thing as the ones you guys use. You can use hydrometer to measure salt or sugar displacement(Degrees Brix). Refractometers were used for wine and beer before they were used for aquarium hobbyist...

Yeah I thought the rating of .996 was very strange too. This is the same rating I got form my tap water as well. I accounted for the temperature of the water in my calculation so I must be doing something else wrong. Maybe my thermometer is off. I am going to test over again. My hydrometer is a very...

I recommend you go to your local brewing supply store. They sell glass floating hydrometers with ratings between 1.000 and 1.017, perfect for brackish water.

Agreed. I have decided to match the LFS's salinity level at 1.010. I currently just have a bunch of snails in my tank and a couple gouramis that are there for cycling purposes. My current plans are to raise the salinity levels 0.001-0.002 a day. I will take out the fish and drop pure ammonia into th...

Here is the full scientific name (Neovespicula depressifrons). These slightly venomous fish grow up to 10cm and live in brackish water. Here is a primitive guide to caring frot them and a lot of pictures: http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Oddball,%20Butterfly%20Goby%20or%20Wasp%20Fishl.htm Anyone ever own...

That is a good point which I have pondered. I'm going to try it anyways and if the Bactria does indeed die I will cycle the tank over again from scratch using marine bio-spira. Hmmmm maybe I should just raise the salinity right now and go get marine bio-spira. Decisions, decisions. Or I could just g...

OK, I will keep the GSP in Brackish water. You guys win, I am convinced. I went to another aquarium store place in my area and they had there GSP and Figure8 in a salinity of 1.010- 1.012 and the fish did look slightly better and more active. I also read some of Dr. Ebert's writings and he obviously...

The reason I want to keep my future GSP in freshwater is because I want to do what is best for the fish. I own marine salt and a hydrometer so I am not causing problems here because I am lazy. Maybe the best the thing for the GSP would be to keep it in very light brackish water like 1.005-1.008. Can...

All I was saying is that we still don't know exactly which type of water is the best. I personally think that these fish can live in brackish or freshwater and live normal lives. We don't know what the optimum is until further research is completed. The people or person who decided that keeping thei...

I find it amazing that all of you in this forum instantly pounce on anyone in here that keeps their Figure8(Tetraodon biocellatus/Tetraodon steindachneri) or GSP(Tetraodon nigroviridis) in freshwater instead of brackish. I have been lurking on here for a while because I am considering purchasing one...