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Dawgz · Post by **Dawgz** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 11:36 pm

they were in a bigger tank that was divided, the other side had a dog face puffer.

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 11:50 pm

Well, as long as your tank isn't cycled anyway, you'll be doing 50% daily water changes for a while, so you can get the SG down to the proper measurement of 1.005 in no time. Don't lower the SG more than .002/day.

Just curious, how old are you BTW?

Dawgz · Post by **Dawgz** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 11:55 pm

wait do a water change every day? why is that?, and i checked the salinity agian, i forgot to tap the "air bubbles" im new to the hydrometer thing, and it was reading 1.016....and im 20 years old.

Dawgz · Post by **Dawgz** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 11:56 pm

if i do a water change everyday? do i add more salt in? or no...how do i go about doing this?

also when u said "Don't lower the SG more than .002/day. " how do i know if im lowering it by .002 ? better yet, how do u ownly lower it by .002.

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:47 am

Sounds like you're in a bit over your head w/this puffer.

You will have to do all those water changes, cause your tank isn't cycled & the puffer will be poisoned by it's own waste.
Read: http://www.piranha-fury.com/information ... id=cycling

Dawgz · Post by **Dawgz** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:25 am

ok....but u said to do a 50% water change, if i do that today wont that lower the salinity? wat do after i add th 50% back with fresh water, do i mix a cup of salt before hand?

lorimac40 · Post by **lorimac40** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 10:34 am

The LFS in Minneapolis keeps there f-8 in full marine too, I mentioned to the owner that they were best kept in brackish and he said " on all my diving trips I have seen them in full salt to fresh so they are fine " some of them have been there for 6 weeks and seem fine @ right now but you can tell their color is kinda dull.

lorimac40 · Post by **lorimac40** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:06 am

Dawgz, Where do you live?

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:48 pm

Yes, you need to lower the salinity to 1.005 (slowly), which is the best for these puffers. Your LFS is keeping them in way too much salt.

Dawgz · Post by **Dawgz** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 4:31 pm

lorimac40 wrote:Dawgz, Where do you live?

im in NJ.

Dawgz · Post by **Dawgz** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 5:43 pm

oh and also, when i went to one of the petstores, i asked for biospira and they had it in the freezer!, i looked on the back of the package and it said do not freeze or expose to heat, haha and they were selling it for 20 dollars! the one that'll cover a 30 gallon tank..... isnt that stuff like 8 bux?

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