The Puffer Forum

ahh okay i accidentally reposted this like 4 times in 10 seconds..ill keep this one

Alright so i had a previous post asking for help on my brachish water tank because my gsp had fungus growing on it. turns out my ammonia was at 3.5 (ya i know burning my fish alive-- i was new to tanks and didnt know u needed to cycle them) so i made an emergency spare tank, and got completely new w...

patience and time?? what do you mean by that?

wait...surlaW. alright so the bacteria die without the fish in it? because i took all the fish out of the old tank because the ammonia levels were sky high (3.5) and started adding the biospira to that tank to lower those levels. i didnt wanna leave the fish in there because thats painful. you're sa...

hey does anyone know if this contains live bacteria? i couldnt find biospira and the people at the fish store said they use this to cycle their tanks. it says on the bottle that it contains 'dual action live bacteria' so between that and what the fish store people say i would believe it does but it ...

thanks for all the help guys. im actually really determined to have a community tank that all my fish willl tolerate. i bought a separate tank today that i will do daily water changes in while i give the other tank a chance to cycle. im adding pimafix and melafix every day to help heal any of the fi...

ok actually, being a little new to tropical fish i never cycled the tank. after reading on this site i realized the error of my ways and ran out last nite to buy startzyme, apparently it has live bacteria that is supposed to cut ammonia/nitrite levels.i added the first dose. i also got some funguscl...

yeah it was proper marine salt, and wait..the fish that i had called a pleco is maybe not that..its one of those fish that eats algae and chills on the bottom or sides of the tank and its only like 3" long but will grow to be like a foot. its really chill hardly ever moves and sticks onto the g...

Ok I have a 30 gallon tank with a baby GSP, baby f8 puffer, a pleco, 2 gauramis and 2 goldskirt tetras. starting with tap water treated with amquel and properpH7.0, i added a tablespoon/5 gallons of salt as per pet store instructions. everything seemed fine however today i added 2 more gold skirted ...