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How quickly did the water go from fresh to brackish? I am still converting the tank from fresh to brackish, adding a tsp of instant oceans marine salt every few days or so. I dont have anything to measure the current salt level(im a little low on cash right now) but i measured out how much salt ill...

Pufferpunk wrote:Biozyme has no LIVE bacteria in there. How long have the fish been in there?

A couple of months and they seem happy enough. They swim around alot and greet me at the glass whenever i walk in the room. Ill work on getting some LIVE bacteria. Is there anything else I need to know?

No, water, by itself, is not "cycled". The bacteria needed to cycle a tank, lives on surfaces, not in the water column: http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/library/water-filtration/emergencycycle/ Thank you for this article! I am about to do a BIG water change, and hopefully that will hel...

He looks fine to me. I am a bit concerned about your parameters though. Could you give us a little history on the tank? The tank was first used by my mother some years ago then had been sitting for a few years. I took it outside and washed it out for about an hour, made sure it didnt leak, and adde...

Just tell him to STAY! My goodness he wouldn't told still lol! This was the best picture of him I could get. I hope it's at least a little helpful :/ They're very small but I can see them whem he swims up and down the glass. They almost look like little pieces of black lint. Also he's been stressed...

Pufferpunk wrote:They will work for BW, yes. A pic of the puffer's belly would help.

I'm pulling out my camera now, might take a few minutes to get a good one and upload it though!

What test kits are you using, something's not right. Also, are you defrosting & rinsing those frozen blocks of food? I am using the API Freshwater Master Test Kit. I noticed it was freshwater when I bought it and asked the worker who showed me it if it would still give me accurate results for a...

1) Water parameters - pH- 8 Ammonia - 0 , Nitrite - 0.25 ppm , Nitrates- 0 ppm 2) Tank size: 20 gallons 3) Feeding: 1 block of Frozen Mussle by the "San Francisco Bay Co." or 1 block of Forzen Blood Worms by the same Company. I do a 35-45% water change every week (usually on Sundays) 4) Th...

Alright i'll try to upgrade to a bigger tank soon. This little girl is sucking all the money i have out of me lol. I dont have the Sg thing either. :\ Everytime i think I have all the right equipment theres always one or two more things to add

Its a 10 gallon tank (yeah yeah i know 30g per puffer....)

Cute! The 7th pic down looks like she's trying to kiss you!

Today I bought the Freshwater Master Test Kit and I read through all the directions, and all the results and what they mean, I just wanted to check with some experts to make sure they are still correct for my GSP since it is a FRESHWATER test kit. Sorry if i sound like a noob...heh heh heh... :lol: ...

Thanks to everyone for the great advice I did a water change and theyre already doing better. Im taking care of everything else tomorrow when i get make a trip to the pet store.

I recently purchased two 1 and a half inch GSP's from the local pet store. I have a 3 gallon tank whose only inhabitants are 2 GSP's. I’ve added the proper amount of aquarium salt and purchased a heater that is currently set at 79 F. Everything went great for the first week until I noticed white sp...