The Puffer Forum

My Dogface puffer has been doing the same thing for the last 5 days every afternoon . Then he just rests for a while . He thrashes around snaps his teeth swims fast goes to the bathroom and just has a fit . I just feed him a crayfish which calmed him down now he is sleeping . No changes to his tank ...

What I'd do is slowly replace most of that fake stuff with live rock. Make sure it's cured (no die off) or you'll have to cure it in a bucket. Make some caves out of LR for your puffer. No need to change any of the chemistry in your water, WC with the IO will do that. IMO, I'd replace those bioball...

Pufferpunk wrote:Forget about a sock, unless you feel like cleaning it every other day. PITA in my book. Sponges needs to be rinsed at least weekly, if not more.

ok thanks and what does PITA mean ? Forget it I got it . Know what that means !

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this is what my set up looks like if that helps

this is what my set up looks like if that helps

Yes I have a in sump protein skimmer with the exhaust pipe that spills into the sump right over the sponge . I do not know what a sock is ? can you explain that to me ? My skimmer has been filling up about the whole cup for the last few days . and it at the spot where it say's water level . I also h...

I have a Lamotte test kit. I do believe you mean dKH & 12 is very high. I keep my alk at 8-9. It's gotta be the salt they are using. IO is excellent for a FO system. What substrate are you using? How much LR? Kal seems to get something stuck in is throat & then he coughs it out & he's f...

Is that dKH? 12dKH is really high but if you add a buffer, your pH is going to go lower. I think you need to start mixing your own salt with a brand that doesn't mix that high. There are other sports your dog can do other than racing (Kal coughs like that sometimes too), like Go-to-Ground, Barn Hun...

Im sorry , its Nitrite 0 , I have my own test kit but wanted to double check it so I had it tested. Nitrate 20 . Still have bubbles ,but not as cloudy just little bubbles all in the tank very small ones .tank has been set up since jan 3 , 2009 . AM reads 0 .

I had a water change done yesterday and now I just noticed bubbles on the filter pads in the wet dry filter and lots of little bubbles in the tank . My protein skimmer has been filling up about a half a cup today . The water coming from the sponge in the sump looks a bit cloudy . Had water test done...

You have a JRT? Do you belong to the JRTCA? All sorts of fun, cool activities for them to do! Kalvin is Champion Go-to-Ground in the Midwest. He's a pretty fast racer too. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/Pufferpunk/Racing%20Dogs/5Racers.jpg Leader of the pack: http://img.photobucket.com/albu...

THanks so much , I will check that out ! I pay a fortune for the water . I tend to spend a fortune on my dogs too . Most of my friends and family know im at the neurotic point with my animals and now I have just fell in love with my puffer . My JAck Russel , Jackson is very jealous of him . I can't ...

No need to use all that $alt for such a high SG. 1.020-22 is fine. Is that dKH? What test kit are you using? What kind of salt? I'd forget about the Chemipure too. Isn't that stuff expensive? I thought that the sg was high . I did not make the water they brought it over from the lfs . I guess the l...