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by puffyme
Sat Apr 25, 2015 6:54 pm
Forum: Brackish Puffers
Topic: salt estimate
Replies: 11
Views: 2228

Re: salt estimate

Its been almost 3 months now! My puffy is happy and healthy. One question I have regarding to the salt estimate is from Feb I been 50% WC weekly and raise the SG of a tank by 0.002 weekly. My question is what is the desired SG? My puffy is around 2" now and the SG I am running now is 1.020 and ...
by puffyme
Tue Mar 03, 2015 3:52 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Help! Does my GSP look like he has Internal Parasites?
Replies: 5
Views: 1230

Re: Help! Does my GSP look like he has Internal Parasites?

so its safe to mix it with the frozen shrimp? As I read the product and instruction, it is suppose to use one (1) teaspoon per 20 gallons of water to be treated. So is that mean I can either mix with the food i feed it or add it into the tank? Sorry I am little confuse with so many comments and inst...
by puffyme
Tue Mar 03, 2015 2:26 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Help! Does my GSP look like he has Internal Parasites?
Replies: 5
Views: 1230

Re: Help! Does my GSP look like he has Internal Parasites?

brackish water at 1.006. 30 gallons tank. how much prazipro should i use to soak it with the frozen shrimp? And how often and how long do i have to use it?

Is this the prazipro?

http://www.hikariusa.com/solutions/healthaid/prazipro/
by puffyme
Tue Mar 03, 2015 2:11 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Help! Does my GSP look like he has Internal Parasites?
Replies: 5
Views: 1230

Help! Does my GSP look like he has Internal Parasites?

I had a GSP for about 5 weeks now. It is very active and it eat anything regularly. I normally feed it with frozen shrimp and pond snails. Lately I changed the gravel to CaribSea Aragonite Aquarium Sand and notice that there is some black long wasted on the sand surface. And my GSP doesn't seem to g...
by puffyme
Tue Feb 03, 2015 1:40 am
Forum: Meet and Greet
Topic: Hello from California!
Replies: 7
Views: 1292

Re: Hello from California!

What is the desire PPM for the tank water? The tap water in California is quite hard. Its about 300ppm.
by puffyme
Mon Feb 02, 2015 11:52 pm
Forum: Brackish Puffers
Topic: salt estimate
Replies: 11
Views: 2228

Re: salt estimate

Thanks!
by puffyme
Sun Feb 01, 2015 2:44 am
Forum: Brackish Puffers
Topic: salt estimate
Replies: 11
Views: 2228

Re: salt estimate

Thanks! So for this situation I should use the Prime Dechlorinator and BioSpira when WC to lower or eliminate the toxic until there are beneficial bacteria in my system?
by puffyme
Sun Feb 01, 2015 2:20 am
Forum: Brackish Puffers
Topic: salt estimate
Replies: 11
Views: 2228

Re: salt estimate

This is my first fish. I bought a Marineland 10g tank kit, which included 50w heater, double size filter, and LED lid. Along with the tank I also got the Prime dechlorinator and the tester strips. Before I got the GSP, I set up the tank with Prime dechlorinator, heater, decorations, and have the fil...
by puffyme
Sun Feb 01, 2015 12:23 am
Forum: Meet and Greet
Topic: Hello from California!
Replies: 7
Views: 1292

Re: Hello from California!

According to the post regarding to the brackish water mix. Does it has to be 50% water change weekly? And is it true that water change need to be done by weekly? Like 20-30% water change weekly?
by puffyme
Sat Jan 31, 2015 5:45 pm
Forum: Meet and Greet
Topic: Hello from California!
Replies: 7
Views: 1292

Hello from California!

Hello Puffer Forum, I am glad I can be here. I am a new puffer owner. Just got a 1.25" GSP from LPS. Still got lots to learn. Please do not hesitate to give me any advise.
by puffyme
Sat Jan 31, 2015 5:25 pm
Forum: Brackish Puffers
Topic: salt estimate
Replies: 11
Views: 2228

Re: salt estimate

I bought my GSP from LPS, the guy told me it is good on freshwater. But I did some research and saw many comments GSP does go from FW-BW-SW by age. Right? Now I have 10g tank temperary for my 1.25" GSP in freshwater, by time I will switch to bigger tank as everyone recommend min 30-55g. Should ...