brackish aquarium information

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brackish aquarium information

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I have a 29 gallon aquarium freshwater i bought two pufferfish from walmart 3 months ago, the guy there said they were dwarf puffers. 2 weeks ago i went to petco and bought two more puffers. doing research on these guys i found out they are leopard puffers. do i need to set up a brackish aquarium for them and i have two algae eaters in with them the babies ate at one killing him when i had them in a 10 gallon aquarium i am using freshwater aquarium salt now what more do i need to do
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The two leopard puffers will need marine salt and will need a minimum of 30 gallons each. For both of them you will need 60 gallons. They start off as brackish then move to full saltwater as adults.
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As it says in that article, you need to start saving for a MUCH bigger tank if you plan on keeping all of those puffers.
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i went tonite and bought marine salt to turn freshwater tank into brackish tank can someone tell me how to slowly transfer over to brackish
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ok i started adding marine salt and water (just a tiny amount) in bucket and then slowly added water to tank all gsp's are doing wonderful and eating like crazy
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