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- Mon Dec 07, 2009 2:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Are Puffers The smartest fish
- Replies: 54
- Views: 3629
Re: Are Puffers The smartest fish
See, the thing is, I'm biased. I'm automatically inclined to say that puffers are, by far, the smartest fish regardless of what anyone would've posted
- Sun Dec 06, 2009 11:43 pm
- Forum: Freshwater Puffers
- Topic: Cycled Tank?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1164
Re: Cycled Tank?
Try Lowe's Hardware store. I believe the brand that Lowe's sells comes in two types: one with surfactants and one without. Both bottles, however, indicate that both brands contain surfactants, but if my memory serves me correct, the clear bottle does not bubble up or contain surfactants. I can't rec...
- Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fishless Cycling
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1437
Re: Fishless Cycling
There was probably only enough bacteria to seed your tank with -some- bacteria but probably still not enough to cycle your water immediately with that much ammonia. The ammonia by itself should naturally be building up your biological filtration; however, this will take some time regardless. Best of...
- Sun Dec 06, 2009 6:37 pm
- Forum: Freshwater Puffers
- Topic: Cycled Tank?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1164
Re: Cycled Tank?
I would double check the nitrates. If your tank is cycled, your test kits should be showing traces of nitrates. If you are 100 percent sure that there are no nitrates, then your tank is not cycled.
- Sun Dec 06, 2009 1:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Keeping puffers entertained
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5112
Re: Keeping puffers entertained
I'm thinking about buying one of those bird toys designed to hide food and the bird has to find a way to get it. Or I'll make something or a challenge for my puffer to stimulate their minds Haha, I wonder how much mental stimulation a GSP truly needs. Mine seem to think about nothing but food all d...
- Sun Dec 06, 2009 1:21 am
- Forum: Hospital
- Topic: IPs in GSP
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1081
Re: IPs in GSP
As much as I hate Walmart, they sell Jungle parasite medicine. It's the fizz tab type which I believe is what you're looking for.
- Sun Dec 06, 2009 12:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: breeding snails 4 their tea!!
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2552
Re: breeding snails 4 their tea!!
We naturally have a large source of copper in aquarium--large enough to inhibit inverts from living. If you have any problem raising ramshorns, this might be the cause.
- Sat Dec 05, 2009 11:57 pm
- Forum: Marine Tanks
- Topic: Hydor Koralia - Newbie Reef Questions
- Replies: 5
- Views: 636
Re: Hydor Koralia - Newbie Reef Questions
Hmm... Yeah, I might go with the 2s. I just don't want there to be too much water current, because my GSPs aren't exactly the best swimmers :( but I also want enough to keep the corals healthy. My GSPs are fat and kinda sluggish and can't seem to swim through waves as well as the tomato clown, so I ...
- Sat Dec 05, 2009 11:52 pm
- Forum: Marine Tanks
- Topic: 6x54 watt T5; bulb and brand Q
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1142
Re: 6x54 watt T5; bulb and brand Q
I buy from this guy on eBay. He sells about 4 lights for 40 dollars (shipping included, 48" T5s). It's a generic brand, and I'm not sure of the actual quality of the bulbs, but my discus planted tank is flourishing using a 6700k and a 1200k.
- Sat Dec 05, 2009 11:48 pm
- Forum: Marine Tanks
- Topic: Hydor Koralia - Newbie Reef Questions
- Replies: 5
- Views: 636
Re: Hydor Koralia - Newbie Reef Questions
[/quote] I wish I had a koralia wavemaker... Lucky... Im stuck with my old redseawavemaster pro and 4 mj1200s and one koralia 4 (90g) I think the two koralia 1s would be fine for a tank that size, I would try positing them at either end of the tank so the currents colide, it might take some time to ...
- Sat Dec 05, 2009 11:43 pm
- Forum: Hospital
- Topic: GSP Newbie - Its a long read....
- Replies: 126
- Views: 5845
Re: GSP Newbie - Its a long read....
Yep, my parrots are super aggressive. I have two separate community tanks--one is mixed with cichlids and parrots and the other is just parrots. In the cichlid community tank, I currently have three parrots: one larger female and two smaller males. They coexist fairly well and are housed with about ...
- Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:46 pm
- Forum: Marine Tanks
- Topic: Hydor Koralia - Newbie Reef Questions
- Replies: 5
- Views: 636
Hydor Koralia - Newbie Reef Questions
Hey Folks, I'm taking preparations to jump start my first attempt at reef keeping. At the moment, I currently have a 60 gallon long with about 25 pounds of rock and 2 inches of crushed coral substrate. I plan to switch out the crushed coral for aragonite sand at a later point by perhaps having a ver...
- Fri Dec 04, 2009 11:55 pm
- Forum: Brackish Puffers
- Topic: Moving Tips
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1225
Re: Moving Tips
We get a lot of power outages in my part of California, so I keep a bunch of those airstones as backup for whenever we have a blackout. It's pretty nice when considering a battery operated backup would cost me much more, and I'd need one for every tank in my house.
- Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:49 pm
- Forum: Brackish Puffers
- Topic: Moving Tips
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1225
Re: Moving Tips
Well, if it's a drive or something and you're keeping him in a 5 gallon bucket, buy a couple of heat packs. They're what most people use whenever they have to ship live fish. They'll keep your water warm for awhile. The brand Tom's also sells "airstones" that'll produce bubbles in your wat...
- Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:47 pm
- Forum: Hospital
- Topic: Could it be tapeworm?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1445
Re: Could it be tapeworm?
Well, it definitely looks like internal parasites. Puffers are pretty sensitive to medication, so I will let someone else advise you on possible treatments for your fahaka. I'd be careful about those feeder fishes, though. Almost all feeder fish contain a significant source of internal parasites, an...