Coundown to end of ich treatment waterchanges!

[SammyDee]

Okay so I should be using aquarium salt too then cause Im at 1.006 now. I was told the aqua salt wouldnt do anything should I be using it aswell as the marine salt?????

[mrgreen]

I think the aquarium salt helps burst the cycsts of the ich if you're already at brackish. But ask Dadof4.

[SammyDee]

I thought thats what you did since you were BW too? I been adding melafix but not daily should I be using it daily? And I added Aqua salt too I figured it couldnt hurt since its not raising the salinity. I am just really bummed cuz two of my GSP are happy and active looking showing good color and the other one has one whitespot and still eats like crazy but is all grey on top and white belly with no stresslines but eats a ton still but sleeps all day?

[mrgreen]

I added the melafix when I added the aquarium salt - right after I was done with a water change. (Every other day.)

I've rarely seen my puffs sleep. They must do it in the wee hours of the morning.

[SammyDee]

Thx I will continue with that treatment but is it imperitive to use the aquarium salt cuz I'm running out next WC.

[Dadof4]

It's not imperative but it may extend your treatment time if you don't. The goal of the salt is to bring up the osmolarity of the surrounding water. Yes, you can do it with marine salt but when you have a brackish tank but that becomes expensive in my opinion. Also it sounds like you have your SG where you want it and aquarium salt doesn't really raise your SG but will increase the osmolarity.

[SammyDee]

actually I was planning on keeping them around 1.010-1.015 is this too high one is about 2.75" and the other two are 2.5" long nose to tail.

[mrgreen]

I was up to 1.010 at one point, but then to 1.012 and had to quickly change out 1/2 the water with fresh so it was back to 1.008 as moving more than .002 a week kills your biofilter. As for how how F8s go, I'm not sure, but I thought 1.010 or so was about it.

[LilGreenPuffer]

actually I was planning on keeping them around 1.010-1.015 is this too high one is about 2.75" and the other two are 2.5" long nose to tail.

The PufferPedia suggests a much lower SG - between 1.004 and 1.008, I think. Your puffers don't need it any higher, and it's extra money for more salt. Just keep it lower.

[SammyDee]

it says For 2" (1.005-1.010) and 2-4" (1.010-1.015) and adult 4"+(1.018-1.022)
I wanteed to keep them high end BW since I cant afford Full Marine yet. So Where is the highests I should be So that their immune system is in the best shape possible.

[mrgreen]

"it" what says that?

[SammyDee]

TPF article right here. its about 2 paragraphs down.

library/puffers-in-focus/an-introductio ... d-puffers/

[mrgreen]

Oh! I got confused- I thought you had F8s like me.

[SammyDee]

Cant F8s be kept in completly freshwater i want some thing for my fresh water tank that not aggresive cuz it has two 7" fancy tails, a blue siclid?, irredecent shark, one neon guppie there was two I think the siclid at them and hes nippy so I adopting him out to a friend, tons of snails I breed in it, A silver dollar,13" pleco who Im selling too a Baby 3" pleco, 2 baby tiger barb and one spotted catfish about 3" Its prolly over stocked as is.

[mrgreen]

I don't know what size your tank is, but F8s must be kept in brackish to be healthy and live long, happy lives. They are also agressive. They are happy cute little guys but then can turn and bite the fins off everybody! Sometimes they even turn on each other. You just never know. Other kinds of fish are food or toys to them. F8s need 15 gallons for the first and 10 for each additional, though I prefer to give each 15. We are recreating their entire environment- air, water, space, food- everything. Only fair we try to make it as clean and comfortable as possible.