The Puffer Forum

I'm not at home right now, so I can't give you accurate water parameters.

Is a dip tube a gravel vac? Wouldn't that still suck up sand and subsequently lose sand?

Partly, but it's mostly the poop. It looks like rabbit sized poops.

27 Gallon Cube Eheim Ecco 2232 Using play sand as the substrate. He eats a guppy a day, from my guppy breeding tank, since he's around 1.5-2 inches. It seems to be some brown algae that's accumulating on my rocks and substrate. I do water changes once a week and I have no idea on the kind of siphon ...

I have a recently established congo puffer tank. I have a 5" sand bed but I have trouble keeping it clean. During water changes, if I try to clean the sand, I end up sucking up a decent amount of sand along with the debris and poop. Anyone have suggestions? I was thinking of some sort of sieve ...

It was posted in an auction on aquabid with no identification with just this video attached to it. I couldn't figure out what it was. Seems like it is a ceylon though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... 0OUSgPJzws

Is a black belly typical or a sign of illness? It's stated that it's 4.5" long.

EDIT:
I think it's a figure 8. Can someone confirm?