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by trygon
Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:58 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Carinotetraodon Borneensis & Salivator HELP PLEASE
Replies: 7
Views: 1913

Re: Carinotetraodon Borneensis & Salivator HELP PLEASE

Erythromycin has served me well for years. It is a rather gentle antibiotic and I have never observed any ammonia or nitrite spikes post its use. I have tried Melafix on all sorts of fish at my store - it seems to work miracles on bettas but can be absolutely useless on some other species - probably...
by trygon
Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:47 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Carinotetraodon Borneensis & Salivator HELP PLEASE
Replies: 7
Views: 1913

Re: Carinotetraodon Borneensis & Salivator HELP PLEASE

Well... Its been 36 hours and the peace has been kept so far. The two Salivators each have nice territories surrounding different pieces of driftwood and the two "borneensis" tend to occupy the denser planted part of the aquarium - they like to rest between jave fern leaves. The biggest sa...
by trygon
Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:15 am
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Carinotetraodon Borneensis & Salivator HELP PLEASE
Replies: 7
Views: 1913

Carinotetraodon Borneensis & Salivator HELP PLEASE

I am a long-time hobbiest, but relatively new to fresh water puffers (I have had a T. Miurus for about 6 months now). I work at a tropical fish store in the eastern US and saw on an asian list both Carinotetraodon borneensis and Carinotetraodon salivator. Of course I could not resist and I ordered t...