The Puffer Forum

I have heard of the diatom filters but don't know what they are? I have a magnum 250 and i have the micro cartridge for it but i only use it once a mont or so to "polish" the water, it does make it super clear. normally i run carbon and sponge in it( the carbon cause i have a bunch and it ...

Cool thanks for the info, J had always been told over the years to keep a good portion of water when doing that kind of stuff, I'll watch it and keep cleanin it up.

about 3 weeks ago, but i did not do a complete on the filter, and used 50% of the water, i did keep some of the plants from before but gave them all a thorough scrubbing by hand in old tank water?

ok ive done that the tank has been up for 1 1/2 years but only full bracish for about 6 mos. does this still count as new setup?

I have a redish/ brown algae in my 30 gl with my gsp. i have read a previous post here but i am not sure if i should do anything for it. it has not gone away at all, and if i wipe it off it just comes back. it has been in the tank for 2 months and even stayed through a thorough tear down and clean w...

I'll give both those a try, I put a few in yesterday and when they dropped in he caught 2 and ate them right up. There are 3 more messin around a plant, I'll catch them and try puttin a couple on the glass and the tweezers too.

Well I have came up with yet another question on feeding my GSP. I have been trying to get some snails for him to eat, at the LFS they have some in freshwater tanks that are free and i get those, but I have no idea what kind they are. The main thing I'm worried about is that they won't stay alive lo...

ok Im goin to get some at the store today and i'll give it a try this week, thanks.

Yea I've een doin the quarentine on live for awhile I learned the hard way a few years ago with an Oscar. He was 4 years old and I lost him do to not doing it. Thanks, what about feeding clams at the size my GSP is. I'm not sure if I need to crack it open first or what?

I was startin to think that way from what i've been gatherin here.

Hi all I am new to here and I'm still getting used to searching for stuff, I have found a ton of info already. I have a question on feeding my GSP. Currently he gets a variety of frozen brine, frozen blood worms, frozen krill, live black worms, and once a month 4-5 live ghost shrimp. I feed him ever...