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Lurker or ambush predator? Is a dragon puffer ok for a 15 gallon?

I'm planning to keep an avocado puffer, but i think my room is too small for a 20-30 gallon tank which is listed as the minimum size for avocados. I'm wondering if i can still keep them in a 15 gallon if i keep their water in tip top condition? (as 50% water changes twice a week + heavily planted). ...

Pufferpunk wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 6:48 pm How about injecting an earthworm with the med?

Ooh I didnt think of that, i will try that method, hopefully it'll work. Thank you so much!!

Are they FW puffers? Did you8 try adding garlic juice to the medicated soak? No they are not fw, they are bw. Yes, i have mashed some garlic and soaked it in the garlic juice for 10 minutes. They did not like it at all. Maybe i need to buy seachem garlic instead? Or should i just pour the medicine ...

Hi! I want to deworm my puffers and treat internal parasites, however they wont eat medicated feed (maybe its bitter or something). I'm trying to treat them with praziquantel and metronidazole. There are instructions on the package on how to treat by dosing the water. However according to https://ww...

Puffer bites. Looks like GSPs but at that age, difficult to tell. Do they have the yellow spot on their head? Oh dear, if its puffer bites/injury, i think salt can treat it. I'm not sure what yellow spot you are talking about but here are some extra pictures! https://ibb.co/nb1Z4Hj https://ibb.co/Z...

What are these spots on these puffers? These are puffers that I caught in a nearby river. I'm slowly increasing the salinity from freshwater to brackish. But i'm not sure what these spots are and if salt can help treat them. Does anyone know? Picture: https://ibb.co/Jqtc6nd Close up Picture: https:/...

Pufferpunk wrote: ↑Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:21 pm Should be fine.

Thanks for your advice! Now the fungus is almost gone, however i see him breathing only through one gill. He is only using the gills that is on the side of the fungus infection. Is this normal behaviour?

It does appear to be a fungus, possibly due to an injury. You can try Pimafiz/Melafix or go stronger with Meth Blue treatment. I'd also get the SG to at least 1.004, as long as the QT isn't cycled anyway. Thank you for the reply puffer punk! Unfortunately its kinda hard to find pimafix and melafix....

1) Your water parameters - 7.6 pH, 0 Ammonia, 0 Nitrite, 0 Nitrates. Salinity is 1.000 (FW) as its a new puffer and the store kept it in FW. 2) 15 gallon quarantine tank, Ceylon puffer 3) feeding: earthworms, shrimp. 90% daily water change. Praziquantel and metrodinazole 4) no changes, new puffer 5)...

1) pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates are 0 as i do daily water changes and salinity is 1.005 specific gravity or 9 ppt 2) 70 gallon tank, no other inhabitants 3) i feed earthworm, mealworm, krill, shrimps, crabs. I add photosynthetic bacteria and nitrifying bacteria and lactic bacteria every water chan...

Adult GSPs thrive in marine conditions & become sickly &with shorter lifespans in FW, in captivity. That's strange..... why do they move from BW when their juvenile to FW as adult in the wild? I also visited a fish store and they sold both juvenile and adult GSP. They told me that they keep...

I found this study from the National University of Singapore. It says that adult GSP are found natively in freshwater while their juveniles are in brackish water. But from what i read online from other sources, they say to increase the salinity of the aquarium as the GSP ages. I'm not sure I underst...

The water condition is brackish

1. Drain 50% of water
2. Fill in the tank back with tap water.
3. Put anti- chlorine
4.put salt


Im new to this. Is this a correct way to do a water change for brackish water?

1) Your water parameters - PH is 7.8, Salinity is 1.008. I do not have an ammonia and nitrate measuring device unfortunately. 2) 20 Gallon tank. Only 2 GSPs no other inhabitants. 3) Feeding: Shrimp (defrozen),havent changed water since i bought them ( 1 week). I added anti-chlorine, marine salt, clo...