The Puffer Forum

Here are links to information that we talked about today for specific product information and websites. http://www.bigalsonline.com/index.xml?splash_done=1 http://www.marineland.com/science/biospira/biospira_testimonial.asp Feel free to ask questions about your saltwater tanks, fish, bio-spira, etc....

Why are you showing Nitrite on your test? It should be zero. Sorry to hear about your loss. I know how much they can mean to you.

Have you tried live fish fry or live brine shrimp? If either of those fail to work, as Phaedrus suggested, just keep trying. Your DP will eventually get hungry enough to eat. I had a few DPs take a couple of weeks before they would eat. I was always very successful in the end with just plain frozen ...

Update, the little guy is doing really bad. I got the aforementioned stuff under control and then he got ich and velvet. I got the ich beat, but I am not sure how to properly treat the velvet. I have been doing freshwater dips and treating with formalin and malachite green. I have also raised the te...

Now there is a second lump on his belly. It is normal color except for a bit of off-yellow to it. Could this be a parasite?

Looks like the cottony stuff is gone and like there is a depression in the middle of the raised black spot, the spot is about 1/8" long.

Overnight, a raised, black, oval spot appeared on my new saltwater puffs back, right behind his head. It is solid black and may(hard to tell) have cottony stuff on it). I have looked all over the internet to try and figure out what it is, to no avail. I am very worried about the little guy. I put so...

I haven't met a quiet power filter yet, but there are bound to be some quieter than others. Somebody will pipe in on suggestions soon. The Whisper filter I have is the least noisesome of all the ones I own. All of my AquaClears rattle. 400GPH seems like a lot of current for a 20 gallon tank. I use 2...

Well, this turned out to be upsetting. It is horrible for a business to A) Sell a fish it knows nothing about just to get a sell, by telling their customers the fish only gets 1 or 2", or, B) Lying to customers to get a sell. This fish turns out to be a Narrow-Lined puffer of which I will post ...

NIMPT!

Pufferpunk wrote:Most of those fish are seriously stunted, I'm afraid...

Especially the Pacu.

Sand will eat your filters up and gets in the control knob of the Python as well. It is hard to clean, but looks beautiful. Weigh your options. I prefer finely crushed Aragonite Coral, but this is for PH buffering in Brackish and Marine tanks. I like Eco-Complete in Freshwater tanks as it is fine, b...

Yeah, more water changes and they will disappear. Overfeeding is the usual cause and poor water quality. I have overfed/waited too long between water changes in the past and got them. Nothing to worry about other than a sign to keep it clean, hehe.

Can you describe them in further detail please? Or post a pic?

Yeah, with Nitrite that high, put the whole bag in at once, put some right on the bio wheel, spin it as you put it on, put some on the filter media itself, and some in the filter box. That should do you fine.