I need more infermation on green spotted puffers

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wait wouldnt a coconut shall rot away??
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you really have to work out the inside and get that soft stuff ALL out.

It can be sanded and smoothed like wood after that :)

Did you do tonight's water change?? just a reminder :D
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J-P wrote:you really have to work out the inside and get that soft stuff ALL out.

It can be sanded and smoothed like wood after that :)

Did you do tonight's water change?? just a reminder :D
yepper i did tomarow is tank cleaning day
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ok.. not while the tank is cycling... don't wash the sand / gravel.

you can clean the filter but use the old tank water for that don't use the tap water.
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J-P wrote:ok.. not while the tank is cycling... don't wash the sand / gravel.

you can clean the filter but use the old tank water for that don't use the tap water.
well i was going to gravel vacit it and add more water in
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a gravel vac is good. When you take out the dirty water from the 10gal use that water to clean the sponges in the filter and nothing else :)

Just remember not to use the tap water for cleaning the filter. That is very important :)
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You can vacuum the gravel...but don't clean anything except the glass..

Water change and vacuum!
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J-P wrote:a gravel vac is good. When you take out the dirty water from the 10gal use that water to clean the sponges in the filter and nothing else :)

Just remember not to use the tap water for cleaning the filter. That is very important :)
so its oke to vac the gravel
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Yes, it's ok to vacuum the gravel any time you change the water. Just make sure you don't scrub things down or do more than that right now :)
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Flutter wrote:Yes, it's ok to vacuum the gravel any time you change the water. Just make sure you don't scrub things down or do more than that right now :)
didnt plain on scrubing any thing just vac out the yuck
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Is there a lot?
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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Pufferpunk wrote:Is there a lot?
well theres a lot of none eaten food on the bottum thats all they are messy eaters and wast
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It sounds like you are overfeeding. Feed only what they can eat completely, in 5 minutes. What foods are you offering them?
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Pufferpunk wrote:It sounds like you are overfeeding. Feed only what they can eat completely, in 5 minutes. What foods are you offering them?
shrimp for the puffer and pillets for the cichlid
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Re: I need more infermation on green spotted puffers

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maybe ill make one of them 3d backgrounds for the fish tank that would be kind of cool
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