The Puffer Forum

Hi All :) Been a long time since I posted on the forum, almost a year and my GSP is still alive and well :) Recently transplanted him in his new "puffer palace" which is a 55 gallon, brackish tank, salinity is 1.11 (I have had him in this salinity for almost the whole time I have had him, ...

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Recently, my tank has finally cycled. (a-0 ni-0 nitrate 20) How much water should I change and how often should I change it in my GSP tank without killing the bacteria?

is there a brand that you would recommend? and would recommend sand or crushed coral?

My husband and I are planning on switching our regular gravel to a coral substrate, how many pounds do you think would be sufficient enough for my 29 gallon brackish tank? Also, I was more interested in getting live sand instead of crushed coral, but one of my filters goes all the way to the bottom ...

The 29 gallon is only temporary, and is adequate for my puffer who is only an inch to an inch and a quarter is size. About the substrate, will doing water changes lower my ph even if I have live sand or gravel in my tank?

gravity is 1.009, and I am currently using gravel, should i use sand? will changing the PH hurt my GSP?

Hello! My husband and I currently have a cycled 29 gallon GSP tank. I have noticted while doing some research that a lot of places say that a GSP should be kept at a PH of 7.5-8.5 and a DH of 9-19. My PH is currently 7.4 and my DH is quite low at 5. I am wondering what do do, as I have read that it ...

Is this still around? I would like to purchase something from Dr. Fosters and I cant remember the coupon code!

I bought TLC to cycle my tank, that was all we could find around here, we didn't really know about cycling the tank until after we had the fish, so when we started the new tank, we added the salt, waited for it to completely cycle through the tank, and then added the appropriate amount of TLC, and w...

I have read to use salt....i just transferred him yesterday to a brackish tank...do you know if the marine salt would be the right salt to get rid of the ich? the article doesnt say....he had ich when we moved him from the small tank to this much larger tank.....from fresh water (1 tablespoon aquari...

My husband and I are first time GSP parents, we have done a TON of research about GSPs. We have a puffer, juvenile, in a 29 gallon brackish tank....We just yesterday moved him from a five gallon (I know, this is incredibly too small, we were unaware of our puffer needing so much room)....My husband ...