The Puffer Forum

with a python, I just make sure my faucet water isn't on very much so that there is enough suction to pick up the sand but drop it again about halfway up the tube. It makes cleaning the sand really easy especially if it is larger grain sand. It takes some practice.

I was thinking about adding either otos or mollies but I wasn't too sure if my puffer would hurt either of them or the salt level with the otos. I added several doses of the Algae Destroyer Advanced and it halted the plant growth a little but it killed almost all of the hair algae. I manually cleane...

My regular maintenance has been a 50% water change once a week until a few weeks ago. I had finals and was really busy so I didnt get to do water changes. The excess nutrients from not doing water changes must have led to the algae bloom. I changed 50% of the water tonight and vacuumed the gravel an...

Thanks for the help. I havent been dosing any ferts because the plants grow like crazy anyway--at least they did until the algae started. Only newly added plants are growing well now. I have some FloraPride on hand so I will try dosing that and see if the plants start beating back the algae. I don't...

Hello folks, I have a figure 8 puffer in a 15 gallon heavily planted tank with a SG of 1.008. Over the past few weeks hair algae has just gone nuts in the tank and I cant clean it off fast enough. I was wondering if an algaecide like Algae Destroyer Advanced would hurt either the puffer or my plants...