The Puffer Forum

okey dokey...thanks for the advice!!

Thanks...was unsure as I am unfamiliar with this stuff...I also have some Nourish by Seacem for freshwater fish...which would be best for the brackish f8's?

Hi, I have 2 F8's and I was given some Seachem Vitality which is a vitamin and Amino Acid supplement for marine fish. I was also given some dried fish eggs and fly larvae. I was wondering if it would be good to soak the freeze dried larvae in the vitality and feed it to them...I know the freeze drie...

Thanks for the response...I have had the tank for 3 years, however I have always had a GSP in it that was in a brackish tank when I got him from the LFS so I didnt have to acclimate him to my salinity, I just matched the salinity of the LFS when I set up the tank...these F8s are the first time I hav...

How many can go in this tank...it is at the limit for f8s I know...but can 3 mollies go in here too?

One more question... Do I just put the mollies right in with the salinity of 1.004? Or do I do a drip on them or what?
I have a 30gallon and 2 small f8's...will it tolerate a few mollies? 2 or 3?

Good old black mollies will do I imagine? I dont have a newly established tank...it is 3 years old...and had a GSP in it for almost the whole time...I have just gotten the two F8s last week and was just wondering if there was a way to deal with the brown film I get in there...guess I have to just ge...

ok...got it...I will try mollies...I have a film of brown algae...

Thanks for the info!!

interesting that was what I was wondering...I have a low brackish right now (1.004) and thought they might be ok...but wasnt sure...

any other thoughts out there?

I thought mollies were strickly freshwater...and do they eat algae? What about plecos?

Hi all,

My salinity is at 1.004 for my figure 8s...is there an algae eater that would work in this salinity?

I got them at freshwater and did the drip system and then plopped them in last sat...looks like everything is good for them at this point...

okay dokey...thanks...I will do that...I got a cold and dont know if I can get them this weekend now...so I may have time to lower the salinity slowly int he tank and then use bio spira to help it along before I get the cuties!!

Thanks again for all the help...will keep you posted.

Got it...with a drip that slow it will take hours to do this correct?

I am a little confused...I put the fish in the bucket...with the water from the LFS. Do I add the same salinity water to fill the bucket up 1/2 way too? If not it seems that the water in the bucket will become the same salinity very quickly. THese little f8's are in almost full fresh from what I und...

How much water should be in there before I move them into the tank? How long can they stay in the bucket?