The Puffer Forum

Thanks very much guys, youve been really helpfull im going to give the camera a go today, but he is looking much better now only a few remain so hopefully that protazin might have got it? anywaay im just off to learn about veggie filters! thanks again!

Pufferpunk wrote:What nitrate test are you using? It's is very surprising that you have no nitrate in there. How big is the puffer now?

its a liquid salifert test kit and a nutrafin liquid test kit both reading 0 hes 4" now

There is a lot more to water than ammonia, nitrites and nitrates.. those are just easy to measure guidelines. Clean water is always a good thing. The cleaner the better. By clean, we don't mean that it looks clean or has low nitrates, but that you've removed polluted water filled with all kinds of ...

ok im going with protazin just done a 100 litre w/c hoovering gravel, and am adding treatment as its still spreading it must be some usual form of "spot" ive also been adding minerals to his food. so fingers crossed!

there are about 15 spots on him at the mo, im using ro and re mineralizing using lake tanganyka minerals, as i had the ro unit left from my marine tanks and the nitrate outta my taps is nearly 40ppm! :shock: i just read the article by that guy makes sense, but everything is stable (test most weeks b...

yeah they do protude and the best i can describe them as is like calcium spots on people! they appear to be smooth not furry, do they just dissapear with age then?

t1gerbee wrote:can you get a photo for us, impossible to know where to start otherwise. Are they smooth spots or furry ones..?

cheers yeah im tring but camera is playing up at the minute! im going to borrow a friends though and get some pictures up,thanks

We all do a minimum of 50% water changes around here, on our puffer tanks 9I do 75%). I haven't had a sick fish in years. thats great news that you havent had a sick fish in years,and to be honest the mbu wasnt in great shape when i bought him (just thought it would be nicer to try and help him) as...

does anyone have any ideas on the spots? its really bugging me! thanks...

why would you do 50 percent?

the shop told me he was dewormed (unsure as to that though!) but i was reading the article in the library here and would like to do it just to be safe, what do you think is the best way to go about it? the mbu is 4-5 inches at the mo, and i have treated for ich using ehsa exit (i like it because it ...

ok well here are params ammm-0 nitrite-0 nitrate-0 phosphate-0 ph-7.8 gh-45 mg/l (as caco3) temp-76f tank size is 6ftx2ftx2ft-(am upgrading very soon!) currently shared with 13 glowlight danios and 8 congo tetras, no chemical products have been added, i have anubias nana as the only plant bogwood fo...

i have been treating my mbu for whitespot as i noticed small white spots appearing on him,but it doesnt look like the usual "kind" of white spot.the spots look bigger and are more white (really bright) does anyone have any ideas? as there are more and i have been treating for 2 days now? t...

that is quite a good price for a baby mbu thats what i paid