The Puffer Forum

Ph is 7.4, Ammonia/Nitrite/Nitrate is 0/0/10, salinity is about 1.003. Tank is a 15G planted aquarium. I just got 2 figure 8 puffers from my LFS, and they came in with what looks like skin damage. I tossed some stress-coat (with aloe-vera) in the water. It looks to me like it might just be damage fr...

Myaj wrote:Personally, I'd go a lot slower than that if I wanted the plants to live, but that's just me

Er, I meant to say, 1/2 cup of salt, not 1/2 of the total salt

So, from my other thread, I learned that: 1 cup of marine salt added to 5G of water will raise the Specific Gravity by .005. It thus follows that 1 cup of marine salt added to 15G (probably more like 13, after you subtract out the rocks and stuff) will raise the SG by .001. Furthermore, I need to do...

I found a rough estimate is; a cup of marine salt added to 5g of water will raise the SG around .005. You do the math. Excellent. Thank you for that equation, I'll be able to take it from there. I'm finding that while puffers are kind of a niche fish, but the community that has sprung up around the...

I'm curious, how much marine salt per gallon (or 10 gallons) should I add to get +.001 SG?

So, I have 4 freshwater tanks at home, and I was thinking about getting either a Figure 8 or GSP and putting it in my 15G tank. The tank has the same footprint as a 10G, but it higher. It is planted with all kinds of nice things, including java fern, marble queen sword, amazon sword, anubias, and is...