I was looking at my fahaka's aquarium today and noticed that on the glass there are some weird looking things. It looks like little white dots and hair line worms that are very small moving around.I have no idea where they came from but im guessing that they are very bad. I was just wondering how can I eliminate them without harming my puffer? should I increase the temp to a certian level? should I add aquarium salt?
water test today:
temp: 79 - 80 f
ammonia - 0
nitrite - 0
nitrate 20
ph 7.0
kh - 120
gh 30
HELP!!!
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Re: HELP!!!
These are from overfeeding & not vacuming up excess food. How often are you feeding your puffer? Just wipe them off & do a WC to remove.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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Re: HELP!!!
I feed my puffer like twice daily. I remove any uneatten food 15-30 minutes after feeding him. I do water changes every other day. are they bad for him? will they make him sick?Pufferpunk wrote:These are from overfeeding & not vacuming up excess food. How often are you feeding your puffer? Just wipe them off & do a WC to remove.
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Re: HELP!!!
I feed him mostly uncooked shrimp, cut up and soaked in vitamin water. as well I have a seperate tank where I keep all my feeder minnows, goldfish, crawfish and snails.
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Re: HELP!!!
I get snails from that tank and feed him little snackes here or there.eigo wrote:I feed him mostly uncooked shrimp, cut up and soaked in vitamin water. as well I have a seperate tank where I keep all my feeder minnows, goldfish, crawfish and snails.
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Re: HELP!!!
Didn't someone already tell you your puffer should only be eating every 2-3 days at it's size? It's like 4-5", right?
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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Re: HELP!!!
its like 3 inches long. I read a article that when they are small they should eat everyday.. are those little white bugs bad?Pufferpunk wrote:Didn't someone already tell you your puffer should only be eating every 2-3 days at it's size? It's like 4-5", right?
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Re: HELP!!!
Just a sign of overfeeding. Try every other day.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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(Tetraodon nigroviridis)
2 figure eight puffers
(Tetraodon biocellatus)
1 fahaka puffer
(Tetraodon lineatus)
3 south american puffers
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1 twin spot puffer
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7 dwarf puffers
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Re: HELP!!!
K, ill start doing that for now on, Will those bugs go away though? It makes my tank look dirty.Pufferpunk wrote:Just a sign of overfeeding. Try every other day.
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Re: HELP!!!
Like I said, scrape them off & syphon out at your next WC.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"