The Puffer Forum

Yep, last one died this morning... im a murderer. surlaW.

My last little guy doesnt look like hes gonna last much longer. the water is ok now but i think hes sad cuz he lost 2 buddies in 2 days i dunno. Did i crash my whole tank? like i said i take super good care of both my tanks and this was totally devistating. Id like to try again and again with GSP's ...

ammonia is still 0 and i changed another 50% yesterday and woke up about 15 min ago to find another guy didnt make it. I dont know what the surlaW is going on but i only have 1 left!

alright cool thanks i was just about to ask that. Ive been feeding em just a couple dried baby shrimps, i was afraid to stop feeding them but that was my first thought. i changed 50% yesterday and 50% again today. Their color has gotten better and they're cruising around a little bit too now. Im tot...

Ya i got the test kit. Ive done 2 water changes and my nitrates and nitrites are still a little high, 5ppm. ive used damn near half a bottle of Prime too. my puffs look tired, they're only swimming when i feed them and the rest of the time theyre chillin on the bottom or in a corner. what should i do?

Wow u guys. One of my little fellows didnt make it. After the wc i started getting almost immediate responses out of the other 2 and the one that didnt eat today was sucked against the filter again. when i moved him it looked like some of his skin rubbed off and he was totally limp but still alive. ...

thank u guys so much u prolly saved my little guys again! im doing a wc right now ill keep ya posted!

Holy surlaW never ever will I use test strips again, i went to PS to buy a test kit and i brought my water in for them to test it and my nitrites came back 10+ and my nitrates at 10+!!!!! The strips said 0 on the nitrites and 5 on the nitrates! WC and lots of Prime about to happen right now... any o...

Awesome thank u guys! I will make the switch asap. I usually change around 30-40% every weekend.

Im positive my water parameters are fine, I have a refractometer and test strips and im anal about checking that stuff 3 times a day. I know 45 is small but as soon as they get about 3 inches i was gonna move em to a 120. They're still juvies so im sure they are ok in the 45 right now and they are b...

Sorry guys im new. my nitrites are 0 as well. I have 3gsps almost 2 inches in a 45 gal. my water temp is 78F and i have fantastic water movement. I cycled this tank with bacteria from a tank i know to be healthy. Ive raised the salinity by .002 over the past few weeks to get to where i am now. I use...

Also they look like they're panting heavily.... thanks

Hey again everyone. Ya the energy level of my little guys have gone down significantly over the past 3 days. Their color is darker a majority of the time and their bellies are seldom white. One didnt eat today and hes been clinging to the filter for several hours and when I move him he just goes and...

Hey thanks to everyone thats helped me and my little fellas. Crazy fish let me tell ya, I thought they layed eggs and everyone was right it was poop, in my defense though ive yet to see anything else come out of their bodies that look like that series of dumps did. Also ive slowly been increasing th...

Alrighty..... hour 48 after a 30% water change and introducing salt, I was scared to do 50% that just kinda freaks me out, I adjusted my math accordingly... I really dont want to stress these little guys. My SG before the change was 1.002 and ive checked it 3 times throughout the day today and its b...