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How will my other fish handle those brackish conditions?

Pufferpunk wrote:Are these fish in brackish water? Glass cats & cories won't like any salt at all.

I heard that adding a table spoon of salt is good for fish in general. But no, the water is otherwise unsalted.

Some Cory, a glass catfish, and 5 mollies. My fear is that the puffers will fill up with the flakes thrown in for the other fish and when it comes time to feed the puffers snails (at least 1-2 times per week), they will already be unhealthy and fat.

I have 2 F8s. 1 smaller than the other. The one I recently bought keeps eating flake food and lots of it. The flakes are meant for the other fish, who get to eat it, but the F8 is not supposed to eat the flakes. Recently, he started eating them even faster. This is the bigger one. I taught him how t...

Flake food is not puffer food. You need to train the fish to puffer food ASAP. As already said, there are multiple good feeding items in the Library here. Use therm. I got him to eat a whole snail finally. First one I dropped was eaten in 2 seconds by the smaller puffer that was already fat. So I i...

I would do weekly 25% - 50% depending on the plants. Watch your nitrates for a few weeks to get a feeling on how they fluctuate in that tank and go from there. Some plants like a high nitrate level and most snails are not that fragile that they can't handle a little higher nitrate level. The shrimp...

This is why puffers must be kept in species only tanks. Especially not kept with fish that have long fins, like guppies. Well fed or not, your puffers will eventually eat all your fish. I don't know if this is true. I have a puffer and at first he nipped fins until some fish had almost no fins at a...

I have a 5-gallon tank that has no fish in it, just plants, snails and shrimp. How often should I change the water?

How big is he? Kiwi, tangerine, orange, grapefruit? Sure you do not have a Ceylon? Flake food is not good enough here is a feeding article just to give you some more ideas besides shrimps and snails- (But, Kudos for giving snails) http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/library/feeding/feeding-your-puf...

I bought a F8 puffer that is rather large, probably medium sized, and it eats flake food. I have a smaller F8 that won't touch it, but eats live shrimp, live snails and shrimp pellets. This new puffer didn't eat the snail initially, but after the smaller puffer started on it the new one finished eat...

Ok that's what I needed to know. F8 it is.

I already have an F8 puffer and was thinking of getting another one. Should I get another F8 or a spotted puffer?

Where can I buy cheap fans like that? I don't feel like spending $6 on shipping for a $2 product.

I am looking for a cheap solution to cool my aquarium. Unfortunately, $500 for a chiller is way bigger than my budget. I don't need it to be automated or powerful since I am usually there and only need it to lower the temp from 2-4 degrees in a 30 gallon aquarium. What options do I have?

Danio and this fish that attaches to the ground and eats crap from there. Also from wood.