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- Sat Aug 16, 2014 8:20 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What do your puffers do all day?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3869
Re: What do your puffers do all day?
Puffers are rarely schoolers unless in large river main channels during the dry season or in sizable estuaries. They are very bright and intelligent and learn quickly for fish. IMHO & IME, they are rarely-to never barren-tank fish. If in properly decorated tanks, even singletons will be outgoing...
- Sat Aug 16, 2014 7:56 am
- Forum: Brackish Puffers
- Topic: How do you keep YOUR tank clean?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 644
Re: How do you keep YOUR tank clean?
1. "Do you remove decorations when you change the water?" -Not in most tanks. Normally that is only done in fry-rearing tanks which are unplanted. 2. "Do you vacuum the substrate and/or use a net to catch bits?" -Most tanks are planted, and/or have extensive wood- and/or rock-wor...
- Fri Aug 15, 2014 8:00 am
- Forum: Hospital
- Topic: pale f8, lethargic, help please!!
- Replies: 31
- Views: 5575
Re: pale f8?
I would suspect that your water is quite hard. But if they are using test strips and not liquid reagents, the testing is not likely to be very accurate. If you are on a public utility, you can get a profile from your water utility which is at least accurate on what leaves their plant. You might give...
- Fri Aug 15, 2014 6:51 am
- Forum: Brackish Tanks
- Topic: Figure 8 in marine tank acclimation
- Replies: 2
- Views: 953
Re: Figure 8 in marine tank acclimation
+1 to Pufferpunk's comments.
- Fri Aug 15, 2014 6:46 am
- Forum: Freshwater Puffers
- Topic: hairy puffer with tankmates... maybe?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4071
Re: hairy puffer with tankmates... maybe?
Piscivorous (if they really are - most puffers are invert eaters by choice, fish eaters if that is all that is offered) puffers do not "need" tankmates. They need good water quality and visually complex set-up. I hope you plan on extended QT for any "temporary" tankmates. Puffers...
- Thu Aug 14, 2014 8:17 am
- Forum: Tricks of the Trade/Equipment Queries
- Topic: sponge filter for snail breeding
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2227
Re: sponge filter for snail breeding
You will have to hand-sort, but that will be a forever task. If you have enough buckets and tanks just sort as well as you can and once they start breeding, set another container with 3-8 adults of each species and develop pure containers of each to use as your future breeding stock of each type. Ev...
- Thu Aug 14, 2014 7:25 am
- Forum: Meet and Greet
- Topic: Old member, New username
- Replies: 6
- Views: 917
Re: Old member, New username
Welcome back, and good luck with the new (to you) tank. As puffer-keepers we are generally reliant on wild-caught fish, and those may be only seasonally available or otherwise reliant on local conditions. Your area however is close to one of the country's major import areas, so you should have bette...
- Thu Aug 14, 2014 6:53 am
- Forum: Marine Tanks
- Topic: Just wondering how many people here have a mantis shrimp :)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 936
Re: Just wondering how many people here have a mantis shrimp
Many, many years ago I kept a mantis for some time. They are fascinating for a time, but I did trade it off in less than a year.
- Thu Aug 14, 2014 6:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Is my cycle stalled...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 972
Re: Is my cycle stalled...
Test strips are not reliable. If they have had air exposure for any length of time, they are a waste of time.
- Wed Aug 13, 2014 7:59 am
- Forum: Tricks of the Trade/Equipment Queries
- Topic: sponge filter for snail breeding
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2227
Re: sponge filter for snail breeding
I use fluorescent lighting indoors for snails - My outdoor growing season is too short to provide me with all the snails I have needed, and buckets in full sun can overheat badly in hot summers. For reliability and safety, indoors year-round is safer and more predictable for me. My aquatic plant sup...
- Tue Aug 12, 2014 9:14 am
- Forum: Giant Puffer Species
- Topic: Fahaka questions
- Replies: 47
- Views: 7910
Re: Fahaka questions
Fitting multiple tanks or fish rooms into pre-existing houses is depressingly risky and/or expensive.
- Tue Aug 12, 2014 8:54 am
- Forum: Tricks of the Trade/Equipment Queries
- Topic: sponge filter for snail breeding
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2227
Re: sponge filter for snail breeding
I'm afraid I have to disagree again. Snails are a good puffer food for various reasons, bur the underlying premise is always that you are what your prey eats. Carnivores, piscivores, etc. rely on their prey to provide them with the nutrients which they do eat directly themselves. Marine puffers do c...
- Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:11 am
- Forum: Tricks of the Trade/Equipment Queries
- Topic: sponge filter for snail breeding
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2227
Re: sponge filter for snail breeding
As with all tanks, filter sizes or numbers should be related to tank size. Browse the web and/or local shops for scale ideas. Snail breeding tanks IMHO should be pretty basic. There is nothing wrong with air-driven sponges so long as the tanks have cover glasses to minimize spray, evaporation, and n...
- Mon Aug 11, 2014 6:51 am
- Forum: Giant Puffer Species
- Topic: Fahaka questions
- Replies: 47
- Views: 7910
Re: Fahaka questions
Big fish and small rooms or houses are tricky, to put it mildly.
Also, with big tanks, not all structures offer adequate support. That is another potential hazard. If you even think about a big tank, call in a structural engineer first thing.
Also, with big tanks, not all structures offer adequate support. That is another potential hazard. If you even think about a big tank, call in a structural engineer first thing.
- Sun Aug 10, 2014 7:15 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lost Puffer
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1874
Re: Lost Puffer
Planning in detail is a chore until you develop the habit. Then it becomes the most effective and efficient way to set up tanks. I do admit that I have been known to over-engineer tanks, but for fish which are effectively wet puppies for 15+ years that is not always a bad thing to do. GSPs definitel...