The Puffer Forum

Deep sand bed

I agree that space is very valuable in a tank. With that said, as time goes on, do you ever remove any old sand before you put new sand in. If I add 1/4 inch every 6 months. In two years I'll have added a inch of sand. Which I dont want to do. I personally don't like very deep sand beds because then...

Thank you very much. You have been very helpful

Both of my tanks I do a weekly water change. My brakish tank has two f8's in it so I do %50 water change every week. My saltwater tank only has two clownfish and starry blenny and a serpent starfish and a emerald crab and some hermit crabs and a porcelain crab. And in it I do a %20 weekly water chan...

I have two tanks. One brackish tank, and one saltwater tank. Both that I've had for about 2 years. I put aragonite sand in them so that it would maintain the ph for me. But I have noticed the ph has been dropping over time. And now I have to put ph adjuster in every water. Does aragonite degrade ove...

Ok. Thanks. Next time I am at my Lfs I will by some and try it and let you know

Really, pond snails? I heard their shells were to hard and would hurt their teeth

I have not tried crushing them. I have tried a couple kinds of small nerites, and rams horns.

I have two f8's in a 30 gallon tank that o have had for about a year and a half. They have not and will not eat snails. At least none that I gave tried to feed them. So I have been feeding them a diet alternating between krill, blood worms, mysis shrimp, clams on the half shell, and occasionally gho...

I had already checked my tap water. it is 0 ppm. I am leaning towards me over feeding them.

I like putting crushed coral or some kind of sand or substrate that manages my ph. But I dont know what you have in this tank.

Thats sucks. sorry

I change about 50%

What does it mean when your amonia and nitrite are o and you have a high nitrate? Like 20ppm. It's a 30 gallon with two f8's. Have had the two f8's for about 2 months or so. Completely cycled the tank before I got them. I do water changes about every 3 to 4 days. So what's up?

If I didn't work that would be really cool. Some day I would like to open a fish store. And actually do it right unlike most lfs's. Probably a pipe dream but its mine. lol