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by Woland
Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:57 pm
Forum: Brackish Puffers
Topic: Recommendation- Further F8 versus GSP?
Replies: 36
Views: 1925

Re: Recommendation

Thanks Woland I am getting great advice, my heart is tearing me between F8 and SAP... Right.. my first finalish decision is.. F8! (Till tomorrow probably). I will look into brackish more and go from there. Thanks again Woland for your experiences and advice. Anytime! Good luck! F8s are great! http:...
by Woland
Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:53 pm
Forum: Brackish Puffers
Topic: Tetraodon erythrotaenia
Replies: 16
Views: 1537

Re: Tetraodon erythrotaenia

Woland, what size tank do you have for the one? 40 liters for the time being. Will double that space shortly. How much water do you change weekly, and what are your nitrates at the time of a water change? Havent measured Nitrates for years... Used to do a weekly 50% water change, but now I keep my ...
by Woland
Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:59 pm
Forum: Brackish Puffers
Topic: Recommendation- Further F8 versus GSP?
Replies: 36
Views: 1925

Re: Recommendation

II thought freshwater would be easier set up, but if it is stressful for a SAP to be in a tank by itself, I wouldn't want to stress the fish. Is this with all SAPs or dependent on the temperant of each one? Thank you for answering my questions A light brackish set-up is quite simple. Marine conditi...
by Woland
Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:06 pm
Forum: Brackish Puffers
Topic: Recommendation- Further F8 versus GSP?
Replies: 36
Views: 1925

Re: Recommendation

I would stay clear of SAPs with such a small tank.
As a rule; they tend to fall into stress-behaviour, restlessly pacing the tank.
I had to go up to 350 litres before the behaviour (somewhat) subsided.

F8s are beautiful creatures. :D
by Woland
Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:41 pm
Forum: Brackish Puffers
Topic: Tetraodon erythrotaenia
Replies: 16
Views: 1537

Re: Tetraodon erythrotaenia

I keep one specimen at approx 1.005, and it seems content with these conditions. I bought it from a guy who had purchased 4 specimens and kept them in a 200 liter tank. My specimen is a dedicated murderer, who killed the other 3 specimens in a short period of time. I do not much like the smaller spe...
by Woland
Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:48 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: T. Palembangensis Growth Rate
Replies: 1
Views: 407

Re: T. Palembangensis Growth Rate

That depends. It has been suggested that they are very slow growers (2 cm. pr. year), but in my experience it depends on the size of the tank. One specimen I kept had a substantial jump in growth when I moved him into a 660 ltr. tank. An educated guess would be (around) 6-10 years before max size is...
by Woland
Sat Jan 31, 2009 7:35 am
Forum: The PufferPedia
Topic: Figure 8 Pedia is incomplete?
Replies: 5
Views: 1129

Re: Figure 8 Pedia is incomplete?

If I remember correctly; there is a maximum of characters availiable in each "box" in the PP, and in the haste of creation this limitation was excee...

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Best regards

Woland
by Woland
Sun Aug 24, 2008 2:35 pm
Forum: Brackish Puffers
Topic: NEW GUINEA RED LINE TRIBAL PUFFER, T. ERYTHROTAENIA
Replies: 43
Views: 7634

Re: NEW GUINEA RED LINE TRIBAL PUFFER, T. ERYTHROTAENIA

I had one of these in my very early puffer keeping days.
Had it in freshwater (did not know better) and it died after 4-5 weeks.
Go brackish!

Where did you buy them?
by Woland
Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:11 pm
Forum: Brackish Tanks
Topic: Aquarium Salt in Brackish Tanks?!?!?!?!?!?
Replies: 12
Views: 1946

Re: Aquarium Salt in Brackish Tanks?!?!?!?!?!?

It is silly... Although; the main content of aquarium salt is usually;;; salt... The content declaration of the dominating European product Ektozon is as follows: Each 100 grams contains Natrium perboricum, 580 mg Magnesiumperoxid, 58 mg Kalium chloricum, 97 mg. The rest is NaCl. Kinda expensive fun...
by Woland
Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:45 pm
Forum: Giant Puffer Species
Topic: Filbert Turning Into a KILLER?
Replies: 25
Views: 2365

Re: Filbert Turning Into a KILLER?

My experience is that Puffers goes after the eyes with vigour in order to sustain fatal damage on the victim. Seen it with done by both Abeis and GSPs. I certainly hope that Filbert is merely tasting life around him, but I would not count on it. My Fahaka did in a LARGE Pleco after 1 year of peacefu...
by Woland
Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:04 am
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Growth rate on Tetraodon Baileyi
Replies: 3
Views: 530

Re: Growth rate on Tetraodon Baileyi

Hi Ian.

Until fairly recently Baileyis were unheard of in our hobby.
W know absolutly nothing about growth rate.
An educated guess would be somewhere beetween 1-2 cm a year.
by Woland
Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:34 am
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Palembang Puffer Tank Mate
Replies: 3
Views: 429

Re: Palembang Puffer Tank Mate

Hi Guys, Any suggestions as to what i could put in my tank with my Palembang Puffer? The tank is about 130 Litres and the Puffer is doing well. Will a tank mate upset him? Should i just leave him alone? Could i put another puffer in with him? Any help is appreciated. Matt Hi Matt. A tank mate will ...
by Woland
Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:19 pm
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Show Your Tatts!
Replies: 421
Views: 42198

Re: Show Your Tatts!

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by Woland
Sat Mar 08, 2008 1:10 pm
Forum: Brackish Tanks
Topic: AAAHHHH! *not* sooo upset! :)
Replies: 36
Views: 1532

Re: AAAHHHH! sooo upset!

Jase wrote: the Sg was ~1.009 and the new water was ~1.010 cause I'm still raising it...
Did you measure SG in the tank before changing water?
Had the tank suffered much evaporation?
Was the "new" water of the same temperature as the water in the tank when you measured SG?
by Woland
Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:50 am
Forum: Hospital
Topic: My puffer is turning black is there anything wrong?
Replies: 19
Views: 3699

Re: My puffer is turning black is there anything wrong?

your puffer will be fine....my gsp does that all the time...usually when the lights are off....after the lights go on...and after i feed it...its belly is white again....i have 2 gsps and 1 figure 8 in the same tank...and only one gsp does that... This is a bad advice. The puffers will sustain dama...