The Puffer Forum

thank you, i do have the right salt and and my hydrometer should be here tomorrow


This forum is a great thing.

Hello The one guy siad it, i am new to salt and Tangs, are africian cicjlids from the lake, i guess there are slat water tangs. lol never knew Hey, i lost 1 puffer, but the other in the tank is looking good. I have been soaking brine shrimp and krill in the junglu ip treatment and some garlic. Now 1...

A calvis or trophues , tangs from lake tangynika

they come from an african lake. google african cichlids you will find info there.

thank you once again

One more question

should i feed the puffers while i have lights off and letting them adapt ?

if yes, should i soak food in meds or garlic ?

thanks for all the advice boxer


have a good day

hi boxer thank you for the info Yes the only salt in the tank is the seachem i added. And the tangs where in freshwater. I will do what you say and leave the lights off. 1 more question. i have some anubus nana plants in the tank , should i leave them in or put them in my freshwater tank ? ill keep ...

hey again exact , 0 amm , 0 nit , ph, around 8 , best i can do there. i added the salt by mixing in a bucket and letting it dissolve for about 3 hours. i already added the ip meds yesterday, so i cant change that. should i keep the lights on less or anything like that to reduce the stress ? ty

hi tank has been setup for 2 years , took out tangs. the water is fine, amm, nit, ph , 78f , ph is high , i started seachem salt first day, about 10 spoons, will gradually increase, have hydrometer on order. i have had puffs for 4 days and the 1 puff is very skinny, dark and not eating. hope i answe...

Hello new here I have 2 gsp , in a 50 gal tank, i am raising it to brackish slowly. 1 of the puffers seems sick, he wont eat and sits on the bottom alot. The other is fine . The sick one is darkish , while the other has white belly. i got some ip meds, parasite clear jungle brand. i started the meds...