The Puffer Forum

now is it normal for a puffer to be like 1/3 black and then after it eats, it gets back to full white. it's a pretty fat puffer.

ya i'm probably going to clean up the gravel again. that'll be changing it twice in 2 days but hopefully it's gonna save him. i'm gonna start looking for a new tank too. the strange thing is only one of them has a black belly sigh.

biospira cycled

i've kept it at around 1.008-1.009 for like 2-3 weeks i think. i was sick so i wasn't able to change the water during that time. The nitrite looks like it's around .25. I was just doing the one inch per gallon rule, GSPx3 = 6"x3 = 18 and 2 figure 8's that's = 6" in total.. Total is 24 inch...

the salinity is still hovering around 1.009-1.01.

i will have to dig up the test result from the trash can. probably didn't type the nitrite solutions in there darn it.
The readings i got was from AFTER doing a 50% water change. There are no live plants or anything in the tank.

This is the result from what I have:
Ammonia: .25
Nitrate: 0-.5
hardness: 300
alkalinity: 300
ph: 8.4-8.8

See anything based on this? Please!!

My tank is set up at 1.008-1.009 salinity. I have 4 GSP's and 2 figure 8's in a 29 gallon tank. The water tests are appropriate and in order but it seems like one of the GSP's belly has been black for sometime and it's not eating now. It's getting kind of skinny now and kind of worrying me. All the ...