The Puffer Forum

Just to let everyone know he is doing fine he eat some shrimp yesterday evening to. I just wish the other tank would hurry up and cycle so they can go in there new home. I will keep you updated and maybe even some pics soon of my little hunks. thanks for all your help you guys are the best. I am sur...

Okay ever time I add salt to my tank it reads right where I want it and then after a little while it goes back down. to nothing it reads just fine for awhile but I added salt yesterday and it was fine I just checked it again alittle while ago and thing keeps reading none I have two different hydrome...

OKay I put 2 of those round bubble stone in there.They do well by giving off little bitty tiny bubbles. Do you think two is to many. there are just the small 3in round ones he doesnt seem to be at the top no more but they both might be scared to go up there cause of all the bubbles now. I hope that ...

It is a green spotted p[uffer and at the store wher I bought him they had him in freshwater so I had to get him worked up to the right sg so yesterday when I did a water change I just added A little more salt it is at 1.009 and my ph is at 7.2 that is with a liquid measure. Okay I will go add a air ...

Okay I just check both of there tanks. The tank there are in right now is acidy good or bad and if bad how can I fix it I added some salt to it yesterday. and the furture tank Is high with nitrite so that tank is almost done I added sand to it yesterday for them and just a little more salt its almos...

Well one of my puffers hover has been doing really good eating like crazy he is finally eating snails to. But I wake up this morning and he is at the top "not floating" just swimming around with his face to the top of the water to me it looks like he is saying let me out of here. he will s...

Okay I got 10 gallon that I was going to put in some ghost shrimp and some snails so I can keep them stocked with food.. my question is what do snails eat I have seen the shrimp eat blood worms but what do the snails eat? Okay another question first of all .The puffers aka Hover and copter like a he...

Thats what I have been waiting for it to see the nitrate but nothing I have put lots of food in it. I think what it was it while I cycling the tank half way threw I decided to start it has a brackish tank so I think it threw it off guard and now it is still taking a while. even before I had the filt...

OKay the readings of the tank for there future home is

nitrate 0
nitrite 0
Gh it just red
kh 120
ph just a tad over 7.8
now it has been cycling for 3 1/2 weeks

the sg level is at 1.010

Thank you for all your info So no matter what I need to slowly let them get used to everything like making the sg go back down slowly it wont be until later I transfer them into the other tank I belive it is almost done it is not reading no more nitrite but it is still cloudy I think I am just going...

What do you mean by sg?like how much salt am I using to cycle the big tank is that what you mean? I am using instant ocean. If the salt content is to high should I just do a 20% water change and dont put no more salt in there so it evens out. Please help I am new to the bracksish tanks. I want to le...

But there is now sign of nitrite or ammonia in there tank right now and I will catch it before the ammonia even sligthly starts to rise and put them eiether in the tank that is almost done cycling thats if it is done cycling or I will just do another water change and stall the cycle some more.

It is a brand new tanks but before the reading get any where near the ammonia level They can come out of there and it to there new home. The other tanks is almost done cycling I have been putting lots of food in that tank to help speed up the process. Would you like to know the readings of the pther...

Okay my reading on the tank are/.. nitrate 0 nitrite o ammonia 0 GH 300 kh 120 ph 8.4 I have a hydrometer and I dont know If I am doing it right but the little lever goes up when I fill it full of water but then it goes back down for no reading which might be a good thing cause the store they came f...