The Puffer Forum

ok, i am probably just being anxious. first time starting a fish tank...

i read forum's about "stuck cycles" and couldn't help but my lump mine into that category. call it impatience.

i guess i will just wait it out until ammonia and nitrites hit zero.

actually i am not very close to my local fish store, it is about an hour away. I guess it is a stretch to call that local... I will see what i can do about them holding the fish for me. I am using the API liquid test kit, the reason that i said 2-5 ppm was it was sort of in between, I would say that...

fiddlesticks...
good to know for the future i suppose.

What can i do to remedy my problems as of now?

i am not in a plastic bin anymore. that was only for the first week. Are you saying that the bin may have leached chemicals into my water that are still there?

I have had water running through my filters for 20 days. To start I set up a 10g rubbermade bin and dosed to 5ppm ammonia. had that going for a little over a week while getting tank set to go. Friday the 5th i filled tank with water and aragonite substrate(tank will be for brackish puffers which nee...

Update: I have had a fish-store an hour from my house order 2 figure 8 puffers and 3 bumble bee gobys for me!!! I plan on transporting them in an igloo cooler and will have a digital oven thermometer in the cooler and some of those hand warmer packet things on hand in case the temp drops. I have the...

Damn life getting in the way of our projects... lol. Just kidding, I know the feeling.

Update?
Hopefully the project has not stalled.Can't wait to see it complete!

Hello I am in the process of getting 2 figure 8 puffers and am curious about their personality. The only Figure 8's i have been able to see in person have been in poor health, sluggish and not all that active. I did however see some GSP's that were speedy little devils, buzzing all around their smal...

Thanks for the replies! I did not end up buying any fish. patience is a virtue... an annoying one. The Figure 8 puffers they had looked to be nearly full grown and none of them looked to be all that healthy so they were immediately nixed. I seriously considered a single Green Spotted Puffer, just be...

thanks for the quick response!
I could not to commit to upgrading the tank before two years from now. I have yet to finish college and would not be able to upgrade to a larger tank until i have graduated. So i guess the GSP idea is out.

Any other suggestions on prospective puffers for a 29g?

So... I am 2.5 hrs from my house & fish tank. I am visiting my girlfriend and there are actual fish stores down here that deal in more than Cichlids. Went to scope out the fish store to day to look at stock.... I am trying to fill a 29g tank that is cycled, and empty, and i was thinking of trans...

it's official. check out the link:

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/general.cfm?gid=977

This is an awesome project, i love the originality and the end result will, no doubt, be stunning. I have no idea if this is a possibility or what the dimensional constraints that you are working with are, but.... did you consider leaving the Iron frame inside the piano? I realize that the weight of...

If you do find the solution to this conundrum please post it here as i am wondering the same exact thing!