The Puffer Forum

He has been spot on in the past. Maybe just a blip

OK, scratch that plan then

I spoke to the guy at the fish shop yesterday and he recommended adding in 1 Siamese Tiger Fish. He told me that they are happy with Brackish and will only try and eat fish that are smaller than them.

Any feedback on that?

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My Ceylon goes mad when I come into the room. He is always up to say Hello and do his feed me I am wasting away routine. Anyone would think I never feed the fat so and so.

Yeah, I did have 2 and they were fine apart from feeding time. Not any nipping but chasing. I just wondered if I could risk a replacement really.

I probably will. I did a bit of a makeover on the tank over the weekend and will keep an eye on the local fish shop for GSP's. They had some nice big Topaz, but they were bigger than Charlie and I think would be too much for him.

Any more thoughts would be welcome.

yeah, still in a 240L so just over 60 Gallons. He is about 4 inches long I reckon and seems happy enough.

Hi all, I have recently lost one of my Ceylons to what I think was worms (tried several remedies), and was wondering if I could replace it in a tank that now houses only one. Do you think that there will be problems? The original ones where bought at the same time and have always been together. Than...

Well I shall try at least. They just seemed to hide amonst some rocks and get on with it

Well I seem to have succesfully bred river shrimp. I use them to feed the Pufs and a couple were hidng in the rocks in the tank for about 2 weeks. Any way I was doing my weekly clean and when I had finished I looked in and saw these tiny little shrimp!! They are about 2mm long and just get blasted a...

Hi all,

I want to get a few Mangroves for my brackish set up. I was wondering how much space they need really above the water. My tank is fairly deep but I want to leave as much water as possible.

Also can I plant into the sand or do I need some specialist substrate ?

Cheers

Thanks

Yeah I read somewhere that it helps to just cut down the algae by giving a break during the day. I still have some but in my community tank it is nearly non existent.

If you are looking for Refractometers try good old eBay. I got mine for £22 plus postage.


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Going back to lighting, I have mine on a timer 10-12 then 3-9. I was getting some algae problems as I do not have many plants.

My bet is that is is white spot. Both my Ceylons got that and the LFS told me that they are real prone to it when stressed. A new tank is enough to stress them enough.

Easy to get rid of with treatment though.