The Puffer Forum

Aragonite works because of the grain size of the sand and the fact that the tank is decorated with mostly dry rock and a few plastic plants. I use Caribsea Special Grade Reef sand that's between 1-3mm. It's the substrate reefers often choose for use in high flow tanks. The particles are fine enough ...

I don't see how you'd get a powerhead to reverse. Ilive has the idea PP. The power heads themselves don't flow in reverse but the under gravel filter does flow in the opposite direction than originally intended. So, from the pre-filtered intake of the power head then to the output and down through ...

I currently have a single F8 in a 30 gallon long with a pre-filtered bio-only canister as well as two pre-filtered Maxi Jet power heads to provide mechanical filtration. The tank is basically set up as RTR detailed in a post here a few years ago. I know the old man doesn't post here anymore but I al...

UPDATE I lost that particular fish today. He was at the bottom pale, not breathing and completely non responsive. I will proceed with increasing the salinity to 1.010 over the next few weeks, it is currently at 1.006. I noticed my KH went up with the addition of the new water. My KH from the tap is ...

Thanks for the info PP. I apologize @nmonks, a copy of your book is on the way as penance lol. Is there anything I should be mindful of while raising the SG besides the prescribed rate of .002 per week? I've read that the nerite should be fine up to about 1.010.

@nmonks I hope to get several different opinions on this. I think raising the SG would be a logical step if I cannot get confirmation.

I'll wait for confirmation. I've never seen filamentous ich, which made me doubt it was the problem. I have table salt at the ready just in case though. Thanks for the quick reply.

1) pH: 8.2 Ammonia: 0 ppm Nitrite: 0 ppm Nitrates: 10-20 ppm Salinity : 1.004 2) Tank: 33 Long 3x Bumblebee Goby 1x Olive Nerite 3) Frozen Blood worms thawed in tank water with vitamins added. Cultured snails, crushed (Ramshorn and Common Pond) Prime Instant Ocean salt mix Vita Chem Freshwater Pimaf...

The Ramshorns I have now were purchased through ebay. I ordered 10+ and and got 17 snails. They shipped from Montana to Florida in 2 days with no losses during transit. They were insulated very well with several layers of newspaper, aluminum foil and what looked like pillow stuffing. I ordered brown...

Another update in case anyone wanted to know. The Maxi jet pumps with the pre-filter sponges work very well as mechanical filters. After setting up the tank, the ensuing cloudiness from the fine particles in the (pre-washed) sand was essentially cleared up in less than 24 hours. The tank became what...

Thanks for doing all the digging for me. Yes it is that off-white colored base rock that reefers use in saltwater setups.( http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=24528) that brand in particular. I just got both tanks set up and stocked this weekend while my 33 long is cycling....

You can test your tap water for calcium most tap will have enough. But if not some people use cuttlebone. Just be carefull of your ph when using cuttlebone. Others make snelllo ( snail jello) there are recepies available online but the main ingredients are baby food and tums (for calcium) Lol I had...

The CRUELEST April Fools joke ever. It...it was still November...*sobs*

+1 to PP's comment. Those markings and that fin coloration...but my experience is limited.

Well, first of all, you should inform your friend if you haven't done so already. I'm not saying it's going to be easy, but it is the right thing to do. Secondly, did the puffer eat the ENTIRE cat?