The Puffer Forum

My GSP is named puppy

nitrates are 7.5.. My guess is internal parasites. Its all i could imagine at this point.

no they did not give me any numbers. But my own test kit shows 0 Ammonia and Nitrite so the only other thing could be nitrate that I coud think of. but i did a PWC less than a week ago so that would be surprising. The only thing i could think of killing them is bad worms or shrimp that I have fed th...

we cant find any trouble. This is really discouraging for me :-( im gonna go do a 50% WC and clean everything out. Im gonna take a break from puffers I guess. I want to keep brackish water so I can come back to puffers later once I have some more experience :-( Any reccomendations of hardier Brackis...

This is very sad. Both of my puffs died today. There was no indication at all. Im taking water samples and whatnot to the LFS now to see if theres anything that I didnt see happening.

2 puffs in a 20 gallon tank, both are still under 1" but growing. I did vac less than 1 week ago in my last PWC but I will do another tomorrow. Like I mentioned above one puff is eating (not as much as I would like) and the other is eating very very little. They have been eating once a day rece...

Not sure on nitrate i dont have a tester for it. One puff is swimming around now but the other is still lazing around. SG has been at .004 since last thursday (last 25% WC), it was previously .002. I was planning on brining it up by .002 per week till i got to .006 until they got bigger.

Ok so since my little ordeal with an algae infestation i have heavily cut back on my light in my tank. Now today I noticed both of my puffers have darkened up a lot and have been acting very sluggish. One was eating a little and the other tried to eat only one worm and seemed to be having trouble ev...

very good info, thanks guys.

how often should I vaccume out the gravel, I havent gotten a gravel vaccume yet.

Also how should I go about vaccuming the gravel when my puffers nibble everything that goes into the tank (its my hand im worried about) do you think hand nibbling will be an issue?

Hey what is a safe way to siphon water out of my tank without the risk of taking any fish along with my water. Sorry for such a dumb question but im a fishkeeping newb.

yes

do you guys know of any guides that would give me guidelines on raising my salinity? I am still at a grey area not knowing how many TBSP of salt to add per gallon to raise such and such %.

I have had mixed answers on this topic so I wanted your guys input as to adding salt to my tank. I have heard from some that I need to pre mix my salt water and add it in but others have told me I can just add the salt directly into my tank. Obviously adding salt directly into my tank is the easiest...

well ive seen the scratching on two different occasions and no spots so Im not going to worry about it. I am so happym, hes doing so well. I came home to see him swimming about. 80% of his bright green color is back and getting better and better every time i see him. I cant thank you guys enough for...