So, I have tried to think of a way to say this to make myself seem less dumb but there really isn't any way to do it so here we go
I have a GSP. I inherited it from a friend that had it in freshwater. I thought i was was smart because I knew that I was going to have to slowly convert it to brackish water. I went to my lfs and got me some freshwater aquarium salt and tried to raise the salinity by .002. I put in the dissolved salt little by little checking the salinity after every little bit until I ended up putting about 1.5 cups of the salt into my fully cycled 20 gallon tank without it even raising the salinity. I decided to stop adding more and look a little further into things just to discover that I need marine salt rather than freshwater salt. I have the marine salt but I am wondering if it will be bad to add the instant ocean in with the freshwater salt. Should I just start converting to brackish conditions normally (like the threads on here have explained) or would you all try something different? Is the salt that I did add way too much even though it didn't really raise the salinity? Will it hurt my bacteria or my fish? I did it 2 days ago and there is still no ammonia or nitrite and the fish are still looking and acting healthy. Thanks for your help in advance!
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A very large water change should take care of the aquarium salt problem. Good luck with the new guy!
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So my plan is to do 40% water change now, wait two days, do another water change, wait 2 more days and do a water change starting to add the marine salt. Sound good????? And from my water tests today i haven't killed off my bacteria yet. We'll see what happens
"THIS PURPLE BELT IS NOT A TOY, THIS IS A MESSAGE TO THE ENTIRE OFFICE SO THAT EVERYONE CAN SEE I CAN PHYSICALLY DOMINATE THEM"
-- DWIGHT SCHRUTE
haha sorry about that! My community fish are all together in my 30 gallon tank and then my puffers in a separate 20 gallon. So yeah I have spent the last week in books and all over the internet studying up on how to care for my little guys. I am glad to have them and i am really excited. I know that I will need a bigger tank within a few months, I'll be moving into a new apartment in about 4 months so I figure it will be the perfect time to switch to a bigger tank for them.
"THIS PURPLE BELT IS NOT A TOY, THIS IS A MESSAGE TO THE ENTIRE OFFICE SO THAT EVERYONE CAN SEE I CAN PHYSICALLY DOMINATE THEM"
-- DWIGHT SCHRUTE
My Puffers: Puffers I have kept: T lineatus T miurus A modestus T biocellatus C valentini C coranata C papuan C lorteti DPs suvattii burrfish T niphobles
