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bigmoose · Post by **bigmoose** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:04 am

i got my tank up and running its been a couple of weeks im glad i found this site i took my time and got it rite for a change!!!!! my puffers are doin fine i went with GSP's four of them they were in a walmart tank and doin very bad they were layin on the bottom of the tank turnin colors. i was cyclin my tank at the time i said what the hell go ahead and try so i brought the whole tank and took them home ive done two wc changes so far and now im happy to say they are doin very fine they are happy and FAT!!!! THANKS GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am looking into a 140g tank rite now just tryin to make room lol!

yunachin · Post by **yunachin** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:25 am

What size is your tank now?

bigmoose · Post by **bigmoose** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:20 pm

55g i know its too small but they were suffering big time i just couldnt walk away one of them was even turnin black!! well now they have BIG WHITE BELLIES!!!!! and they watch me with big smiles on their faces oh they have beautiful color they r about a inch maybe two inches long i will upgrade soon

-Russ= · Post by **-Russ=** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:32 pm

grats on the save.. I've got two F8's (looking for a 3rd) in a 55.. it's amazing how with a little bit of care they can be such healthy lively fish. We went away on vacation so I got them a fiddler crab and 10 ghost shrimp to eat while we were gone. Sure enough when we came back almost 2 weeks later their colors were fading and their bellies were not as white/big as normal. As soon as they saw we were around they perked up, watched us unpack, and after a small water change and some fresh snails (which my F8's devour) their colors were full their bellies were white and fat and they are lively as ever.

Great fish.....

yunachin · Post by **yunachin** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:47 pm

Unfortunately of you don't get them into a larger tank they are going to suffer. I know you wanted to save them and that is great but putting them into a tank too small will cause great problems. If I were you I would look for another tank to split them up or a big 120 to put them all in.

bigmoose · Post by **bigmoose** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 6:11 pm

hey russ i do the ghost shrimp to! oh they love them i put alot of plants so the ghost hides in them and when poke out its over lol so far i havent had any problems none at all im watching my levels every other day but i also have three filters hook up to tank lol!! no fighting they follow each other they have their own sleepin quarters im growin brin shrimp rite now my only problem im havin is findin snails all the ones i find are too big i feel any thing was better then what they were in maybe i made a mistake but so far its been WONDERFUL!!!!!

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 6:36 pm

As long as they are <2", they will be OK in the 55g but as soon as they get a little bigger, I definately agree, you're going to have to upgrade to a tank over 2x that size. A 125g would be nice for horizontal swimming room.

bigmoose · Post by **bigmoose** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 6:44 pm

im checking into that now im just making room in my house rite now to fit that size tank im also looking into marine equipment for my puffers i want to start collecting the things i need to change to full salt water please help lol!!!! THANKS AGAIN PUNK

-Russ= · Post by **-Russ=** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:09 pm

Couple a tricks about the snails. In an attempt to keep my tank a bit cleaner I feed my F8's with with a net. So they also know when/where the snails and gonna be. They run right to the net (it's amusing)....but... my reason for brining it up is when I have snails that are to big i crack them with my fingers before putting them in giving the F8's something to grapple when they wanna start ripping into the snail.

Also... a suggestion I got from somewhere, prob on this site, set up a 10g tank and use it for breeding snails. Get as many free ones from the LFS as you can and toss them in. It'll take a month or two depending on how many you get in order to establish enough ramshornes that you can remove the babies and keep the stock up. but it's totally worth it. I've got a 20g with some guppies I'm breeding for fun, a few cories but theres probably 50 or so ramshornes and theres more every day.I also typically pick up like 2dozen ghost shirmp every few weeks and just store them in that tank till I'm ready to give my puffers a treat.

bigmoose · Post by **bigmoose** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 8:41 pm

i will try snail tank this week

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