The Puffer Forum

Myaj wrote:And if Boxermom and I split shipping, anyone else in the Greater Chicago area maybe...

Rocker, they are beautiful! Growing so fast and their markings and color, wow, for such young fish they look absolutely stunning.

I'd be happy to split shipping. I live in 60448

Great pics. An egg yolk solution makes a great fry food. So does mosquito larva but it may be too late in the season to set up a bucket for routine collections.

Could be Lymphocystis. Are they mainly on the mouth and fins? Starting to look like cauliflower? In early stages it can look like ICH.

Sodium chloride, or sodium ions and chloride ions do not, repeat do not, regulate osmotic balance or osmolarity. They are among the many ions so regulated, and nothing in the references you cited supports your concept that they regulate osmolarity or that supplements of those ions are beneficial to...

Your first reference quotes me extensively and is not favorable overall to the use of salt routinely. On that WetmanNY and I agreed. This neither supports your contention nor explains how salt regulates osmotic balance in FW fish. The second ref is not a FW example. Such fish are not by anyone's de...

http://www.skepticalaquarist.com/docs/health/salt.shtml http://www.ca.uky.edu/wkrec/RedDrumPhysiology.htm http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/printpage.php?section=articles&article_id=335 The rest you can goggle yourself. There are dozens of links. The last is skeptical as you are. ...

Great to hear. I love happy endings.

I'm well aware of your qualifications RTR and am certain I have much I can learn from you. But.....Even among the Experts the is one of the HUGEST debates among fish keepers. Don't take a matter of fact condescending tone with me. Woland. I've no plans to keep them together. I've a fish room equippe...

I am pretty well versed in osmosis, osmotic pressure effects, and osmoregulation, and would love to know how sodium chloride regulates that. Tell us, please. I can be just as sarcastic as you. I find this an interesting topic but if your going to take that tone with me then I won't waste my time tr...

Very useful. Though I could and hundreds have, debated this topic of 'Salt or not to salt.' Some swear by it, others don't. Though I must say in conjunction with my weekly water changes of 50%, my need for over filtration, and salt, I've not had sick fish in years. Check the definition of osmoregula...

I'm buying some Abei puffers. Will there be a problem with the salinity going from his 1 tsp per gallon to my completely freshwater aquarium? Typically I chose the side of salt(a slight amount. 1 tbs per 5 gallons) as a great preventative action against disease/sickness and to aid osmoregulation, bu...

Aquatic gardening is a VERY addictive. Give that a try. I personally love mosses and carpet plants. Securing them to the substrate or large rocks and then covering them with a hair net can help form some really interesting caves and a great carpet effect. I warn you, it is VERY addictive and your pu...

I use the plastic scrubber pads from the dollar store. Their very porous, easy to clean and cheap(Just lightly rinse with a bit of tank water to protect your bacteria). I've used fiber fill(Totally inert) for a buck from any craft store. Keep in mind that I don't use bio media as a way to filter my ...

I make my own food using Levimasole (livestock wormer) and Metronidozole (over the counter fish antibiotic) and water. Generally I fast the fish for a day or two, then soak either thawed frozen food (bloodworms usually) or New Life Spectrum pellets in the mixture. Usually they are hungry enough to ...

Excellent resource. Used it a bit myself.