The Puffer Forum

luckily enough a guy i know from my local church is a chemistry doctorate and responsible for the water quality of most of Wales :) (for those on the other side of the pond thats about a third of the size of Britain - which is three quarters of the UK... uh... yeah) anyway i've only just realised th...

SaltNewB wrote:Nice thanks for the link!

welcome!

great news...

i'm definately going to get one.. might get two actually, just in case...

hmm.. so ghost shrimp do survive in brackish?

I think I may try introducing one, the puffers are young and will be more accustomed to frozen food (snails soon)

Pufferpunk wrote:Yup, YUM!!!

lol!

i'd like a ghost shrimp... are they suitable for BW?

I'm guessing that my F8's would eat it within mins of being introduced into the tank anyway....

my F8's just eat everything I chose to put in the tank

i put Java fern in, they peck it to death within 24 hours, I put in Java moss, they pull it apart and send it in the direction of the filter...

although they do seem to be getting bored with the moss so it may survive... maybe

SaltNewB wrote:Hmmmm I like Kent marine. I didn't know they made salt though. How much does it cost?

http://www.kentmarine.com/products/sea-salt.htm

i use Kent Marine Reef Salt Mix, for my Brackish tank at 1.005SG.

I really like the look of the black glass though. Is there any reason I couldn't use 2/3 aragonite and then the glass for the top layer? The glass is completely neutral so it would only be an aesthetic choice. [/color] I may be wrong here but i think it's the exposed surface area of the aragonite t...

+1 on the aragonite substrate, I just populated my tank a little over a month ago and quickly realised that the substrate I had just wasn't suitable for the messy eaters :) I changed over to aragonite sand and now keeping the tank clean is a breaze! they find the missed food and vacuuming the sand s...

Absolutely stunned at that vid. nothing more to add really.

Pufferpunk wrote:I wouldn't worry about those levels for your fish.

Cool.. thanks

It's the salt that makes your GH test high. I tried to test mine several times before and I couldn't add enough solution drops to get a change in color. lol.. .it took me 20 drops to get the colour change! I thought I was losing my mind.. well, thanks for your responses guys. So I guess it's not wo...

so my F8 has pecked away at my baby Java Fern.. hopefuylly it'll recover but this F8 just loves to peck...

Java moss is going in today.., let's hope he leaves that one alone!!!