The Puffer Forum

Try some out of the beaten path ma & pa shops. You'd be surprised what they might have.

If you can't find it, you can order it here: http://fishstoretn.com/bio_spira.html

Please read the 1st sticky in this forum & answer all the questions, so we can help in diagnosis.

I'm afraid the rest of the 30 will probably die.

Eh, too many stickies clog up the forums.

Happens to me all the time... Folks just start IMing me like they know me or something, with a different name & I'm like, "Who are you?"

I have 3 in my 40g, along w a large royal pleco & a SAP. I noticed a modestus missing & when I went to clean the tank, a fungused corpse floated up. Not sure what happened to it. There was also a very old very large purple spotted gudgeon in there, that they nipped to death. I had no where e...

Great! Now, you must add fish at the same time as the B-S or the bacteria will die & you've waisted your $$$. Otherwise, keep the B-S in the fridge, untill you are ready. What puffers have you decided on?

No, the only product that instantly cycle a tank is Bio-Spira.

You can also fishless cycle if your wish: http://www.tropicalfishcentre.co.uk/Fishlesscycle.htm

Please answer the questions here, so we can help:

http://www.thepufferforum.org/viewtopic.php?t=5

According to Dr Ebert, there is a red & brown variety.

Water from an established tank, does nothing for cycling. The bacteria you need lives on surfaces, not in the water column.

Wow, very interesting! How lucky you were to find such an expert on the subject. So what is the SG that would have killed the flukes?

The problem is, if you do have a good batch of B-S & don't feed it, it may die before you add fish.

Thanks, I didn't have the energy to write all that!